Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Huddersfield Town & Preston North End face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Huddersfield Town so far this season.
The club members are hoping that Huddersfield will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Birmingham City. Midfielder Hogg was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Hogg hit one key pass and had 85 successful passes (of 92 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Burnley with the scoreline 0-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Stoke City in only four days. This game is also played here at The John Smith's Stadium.
Early season league goal statistics from Huddersfield Town's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
Preston North End form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Preston North End have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 196 minutes ago. Riis was the goal scorer. 222 minutes! That's how long the Preston North End goalkeeper Declan Rudd and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Preston North End's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hull City that finished 0-0. Brady got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Brady hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw at Wigan Athletic's stadium before that.The schedule is very tough for Preston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Luton Town is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Preston North End has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Huddersfield Town, two draws and five wins for Preston North End. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ward 1 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hull City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Millwall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Reading | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 21 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | Bristol City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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