Championship duel: Close contest expected between Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 02.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: John Smith's Stadium

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 21st place.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

8 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Huddersfield Town have to build on here at John Smith's Stadium in the Championship.

Stress levels are on the rise for Huddersfield's attacking players as they have now played 215 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Holmes was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager C. Corberán Vallet led his Huddersfield Town to a defeat in the Championship match away at Preston North End. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at John Smith's Stadium. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Derby County.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Huddersfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost four.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Huddersfield as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Cardiff City are visiting.

A decent goal production from Huddersfield in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. On the other hand, Huddersfield Town have conceded 17 goals.

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Birmingham City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Kristian Pedersen and Alen Halilović scored in Birmingham's previous match, the home game against Queens Park Rangers that ended 2-1. A loss against Norwich City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Alen Halilović came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Queens Park Rangers last time out, making the manager A. Karanka de la Hoz feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Birmingham City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Birmingham, five draws and two defeats.

Birmingham City has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Barnsley in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Birmingham City - Huddersfield Town 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Huddersfield Town three wins, five draws and Birmingham City two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HuddersfieldJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
6 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
6 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 8 3 Won W 1 5 8
6 2 0 Drew D 3 7 10
17 6 1 Lost L 0 4 15
38 24 7 Scored S 1 13 25
50 17 3 Conceded C 0 13 41
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 25% 69% 82%
82% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 55%
55% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 36%
15% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
15% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
52% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 45%
24% 31% 75% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 30%
30% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 44% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.8 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.9 11.1 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.7 9.6
3 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 2.6
38% 55% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 28% 29%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Norwich City 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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 Norwich City 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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.