AFC Bournemouth vs Huddersfield Town pre-match info: Away side in for a hard task at Vitality Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

Get ready for a show! The leading characters are AFC Bournemouth and Huddersfield Town, a win is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither AFC Bournemouth nor Huddersfield Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vitality Stadium as AFC Bournemouth have scored 13 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Bournemouth has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the West Bromwich Albion defeat 77 days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for AFC Bournemouth, as their goalkeeper Mark Travers has completely shut out the opponents for 214 minutes in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for AFC Bournemouth, who won 1-0 against Stoke City (placed 7th). The goalie Mark Travers was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.63 out of ten. Travers stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Bristol City and winning 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Bournemouth are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Huddersfield Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Huddersfield have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lee Nicholls. It's been 295 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Huddersfield Town's last game was the home draw against Birmingham City (0-0). Goalkeeper Lee Nicholls got the top player rating of the team with 7.42/10. Nicholls stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hull City.

Huddersfield have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Huddersfield are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these sides: Bournemouth won seven, Huddersfield Town triumphed in two and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
8 goals
BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
5 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Zemura
J. Zemura
3 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

AFC Bournemouth Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
21 13 4 Scored S 1 7 18
8 7 3 Conceded C 2 5 14
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
69% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
54% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
15% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
46% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
54% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 46%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
5.2 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 4.2
5.1 5.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 4.2
2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 10.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.5 10.5
4.1 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
40% 48% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AFC Bournemouth have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of AFC Bournemouth's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 AFC Bournemouth 13 9 4 0 21 8 6 4 2 0 13 7 7 5 2 0 8 1 13 31
2 Fulham 13 8 2 3 29 14 7 5 1 1 16 5 6 3 1 2 13 9 15 26
3 West Bromwich Albion 13 7 4 2 22 11 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 3 2 2 11 7 11 25
4 Coventry City 13 7 2 4 19 16 6 6 0 0 14 3 7 1 2 4 5 13 3 23
5 Queens Park Rangers 13 6 3 4 24 20 7 4 2 1 12 7 6 2 1 3 12 13 4 21
6 Huddersfield Town 13 6 3 4 18 14 7 4 1 2 11 9 6 2 2 2 7 5 4 21
7 Stoke City 13 6 3 4 16 14 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 1 2 3 6 9 2 21
8 Reading 13 6 1 6 20 22 7 4 1 2 14 11 6 2 0 4 6 11 -2 19
9 Luton Town 13 4 6 3 22 18 6 2 3 1 11 8 7 2 3 2 11 10 4 18
10 Middlesbrough 13 5 3 5 15 13 7 4 1 2 12 7 6 1 2 3 3 6 2 18
11 Millwall 13 4 6 3 13 14 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 4 1 7 7 -1 18
12 Blackpool 13 5 3 5 15 18 6 3 0 3 4 7 7 2 3 2 11 11 -3 18
13 Blackburn Rovers 13 4 5 4 21 17 6 3 2 1 14 8 7 1 3 3 7 9 4 17
14 Nottingham Forest 13 5 2 6 18 16 6 1 1 4 6 10 7 4 1 2 12 6 2 17
15 Swansea City 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 3 3 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 7 11 -1 17
16 Bristol City 13 4 4 5 15 17 7 0 4 3 4 8 6 4 0 2 11 9 -2 16
17 Sheffield United 13 4 3 6 17 19 7 3 1 3 13 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -2 15
18 Preston North End 13 3 6 4 14 16 7 3 3 1 9 8 6 0 3 3 5 8 -2 15
19 Birmingham City 13 3 4 6 10 16 6 1 2 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 7 7 -6 13
20 Peterborough United 13 3 2 8 14 26 6 2 2 2 9 7 7 1 0 6 5 19 -12 11
21 Cardiff City 13 3 2 8 12 24 6 1 1 4 5 10 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 11
22 Hull City 13 2 3 8 9 19 7 1 2 4 5 10 6 1 1 4 4 9 -10 9
23 Barnsley 13 1 5 7 7 17 6 1 2 3 3 6 7 0 3 4 4 11 -10 8
24 Derby County 13 3 7 3 9 10 7 2 5 0 7 5 6 1 2 3 2 5 -1 4

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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.