Championship preview and numbers: Fulham - Huddersfield Town at Craven Cottage

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

The Fulham & Huddersfield Town managers da Silva and Vallet are both worrying about and eagerly anticipating this important game in the upper part of the Championship table.

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (78) in Championship
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Huddersfield Town have scored away.

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Fulham form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Craven Cottage as Fulham have scored 40 goals to get 34 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 10-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Fulham are confident in defense, having played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Fulham, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hull City away with the result 1-0. Mitrović found the net in that victory. Adarabioyo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender Adarabioyo hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

Before that, Fulham had a home game versus Millwall which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fulham home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Peterborough United in only four days. This game is also played here at Craven Cottage.

The Fulham manager da Silva has got the team scoring with 40 from 16 home games in the league. Fulham have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

5-6-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Huddersfield Town in their Championship matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Huddersfield as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Huddersfield Town aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 191 league minutes without a goal. Rhodes was the last player to find the net. Huddersfield Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lee Nicholls. It's been 282 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Huddersfield delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sheffield United (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. Nicholls (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.31. Nicholls topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Huddersfield Town travelled to Preston North End and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cardiff City in just four days.

Huddersfield are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Huddersfield Town have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Huddersfield Town - Fulham 1-5. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fulham seven wins, two draws and Huddersfield Town one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
31 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
10 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
8 goals

Fulham missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
19 10 2 Won W 1 5 13
7 4 2 Drew D 1 6 11
4 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
78 40 9 Scored S 1 18 40
26 13 3 Conceded C 4 18 34
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 84%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 66%
57% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 38%
40% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 19%
33% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 16%
57% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 47%
37% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 41%
10% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 38% 28%
 
6.1 6.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.2
3.7 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 4.8 4.4
1.4 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.9 17.2 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 10.4 10.9
6.2 6.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.6
42% 40% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 35% 34%
 
9.1 8.7 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 14.3 12.8
3 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Huddersfield Town have scored away.
  • Fulham have the most points (34) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (40) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (78) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+52) in Championship
  • Fulham is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
  • 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 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
9 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 30 15 7 8 46 34 16 8 5 3 23 13 14 7 2 5 23 21 12 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
9 Sheffield United 29 13 7 9 39 33 12 6 2 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 29 12 8 9 39 34 15 8 3 4 23 14 14 4 5 5 16 20 5 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
15 Millwall 30 10 10 10 31 33 15 7 5 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 -2 40
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Hull City 31 9 5 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 15 4 2 9 11 18 -10 32
20 Cardiff City 30 9 5 16 36 50 14 4 1 9 15 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -14 32
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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.