Early sportsbook action imply Leeds United advantage when welcoming Huddersfield Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Only victory will suffice for the Leeds United regulars in this Elland Road clash with Huddersfield Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship standings.

Insights:
  • Leeds United have not yet lost a game at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leeds and Huddersfield Town.

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Leeds United form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Championship games here at Elland Road for Leeds United. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Leeds United here at Elland Road, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Leeds United in their previous match, an away game at Stoke City that ended in defeat 0-1. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league matches. The penalty miss from Bamford in the defeat against Stoke City was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. The striker Rutter edged out all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.1 out of 10. Rutter hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Norwich City and winning 3-2.

Leeds are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 0 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Leeds United in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Leeds have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Huddersfield Town in their previous game as they lost hosting Cardiff City, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Cardiff City was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Koroma, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Koroma hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Queens Park Rangers.

Huddersfield Town have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Leeds wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
5 goals
Leeds UnitedC. Summerville
C. Summerville
4 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rudoni
J. Rudoni
3 goals

Leeds United missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Leeds United Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
6 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
20 9 1 Scored S 2 6 13
14 4 0 Conceded C 1 10 23
85% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
62% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
54% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 54%
31% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 62%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
31% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
6.1 7.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.3 5.5
4.4 2.2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 5.5
1.8 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 18.3 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.2 13.2
5.2 5.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.3
29% 26% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 23%
 
10 6.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.5 13.1
3 2.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 13 12 0 1 27 7 7 6 0 1 11 3 6 6 0 0 16 4 20 36
2 Ipswich Town 12 10 1 1 26 13 6 5 0 1 19 11 6 5 1 0 7 2 13 31
3 Leeds United 13 6 4 3 20 14 6 3 3 0 9 4 7 3 1 3 11 10 6 22
4 Preston North End 13 6 4 3 18 20 7 4 2 1 11 11 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 22
5 Southampton 13 6 3 4 21 24 6 2 2 2 11 12 7 4 1 2 10 12 -3 21
6 West Bromwich Albion 13 5 5 3 20 14 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 1 3 2 9 8 6 20
7 Cardiff City 13 6 2 5 21 16 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 2 1 4 10 10 5 20
8 Hull City 13 5 5 3 19 16 6 1 4 1 8 7 7 4 1 2 11 9 3 20
9 Middlesbrough 13 6 2 5 19 18 6 3 1 2 6 5 7 3 1 3 13 13 1 20
10 Sunderland 13 6 1 6 21 15 6 3 0 3 10 8 7 3 1 3 11 7 6 19
11 Blackburn Rovers 13 6 1 6 20 22 6 3 0 3 8 11 7 3 1 3 12 11 -2 19
12 Bristol City 13 5 3 5 15 14 7 2 2 3 8 8 6 3 1 2 7 6 1 18
13 Birmingham City 13 5 3 5 15 14 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 1 1 4 4 8 1 18
14 Norwich City 13 5 2 6 24 24 7 4 0 3 11 9 6 1 2 3 13 15 0 17
15 Watford 13 4 4 5 16 16 7 3 2 2 11 6 6 1 2 3 5 10 0 16
16 Millwall 13 4 4 5 13 16 7 2 1 4 7 11 6 2 3 1 6 5 -3 16
17 Stoke City 13 5 1 7 14 18 7 4 0 3 9 8 6 1 1 4 5 10 -4 16
18 Plymouth Argyle 13 4 3 6 21 19 7 4 0 3 17 10 6 0 3 3 4 9 2 15
19 Swansea City 13 4 3 6 19 18 7 2 2 3 9 9 6 2 1 3 10 9 1 15
20 Coventry City 13 3 6 4 17 16 6 2 4 0 9 5 7 1 2 4 8 11 1 15
21 Huddersfield Town 13 3 5 5 13 23 7 2 2 3 7 13 6 1 3 2 6 10 -10 14
22 Rotherham United 12 2 3 7 12 22 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 0 1 5 3 14 -10 9
23 Queens Park Rangers 13 2 2 9 9 24 5 0 1 4 3 12 8 2 1 5 6 12 -15 8
24 Sheffield Wednesday 13 0 3 10 5 22 6 0 2 4 2 8 7 0 1 6 3 14 -17 3

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.