Possible nail-biting contest in Huddersfield Town - Birmingham City game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Points have been hard to come by for Huddersfield Town so far, and that also applies to Birmingham City. These students from the school of hard knocks pray for some important points here.

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield nor Birmingham City 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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Huddersfield Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Huddersfield Town have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 15 games. When Huddersfield Town hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Huddersfield Town's attacking players as they have now played 184 minutes without scoring in a league game. Koroma was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Huddersfield Town in their previous match, an away game at Stoke City that ended in defeat 0-3.

Heartbreak before that as Huddersfield lost 0-1 at Wigan Athletic's place.

Huddersfield Town have scored {14 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. Huddersfield Town has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Birmingham City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Birmingham City have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far.

Birmingham failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cardiff City (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 0-2.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus West Bromwich Albion.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Norwich City.

Birmingham City have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Birmingham City have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the squads met previously this season; Birmingham City - Huddersfield 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Huddersfield Town victories, four draws and three Birmingham City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals
Birmingham CityT. Deeney
T. Deeney
6 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 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
31 15 6 Played P 4 14 31
7 5 3 Won W 1 5 10
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
17 7 2 Lost L 2 6 13
28 14 8 Scored S 2 16 36
42 15 5 Conceded C 4 20 40
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 87%
68% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 71%
42% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 45%
16% 13% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 19%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 13%
45% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 48%
19% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 29%
42% 40% 17% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 35%
 
4.1 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 4.9
5.1 4.1 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.3 4.8
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.8 10.3
3.2 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.9 3.1
28% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 38%
 
13.1 11.3 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 13 11.9
4.3 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

Huddersfield Town:
Birmingham City:
Championship:
England:
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 Burnley 31 20 9 2 62 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 14 8 4 2 26 14 35 69
2 Sheffield United 31 18 7 6 52 27 16 10 3 3 34 16 15 8 4 3 18 11 25 61
3 Middlesbrough 32 16 6 10 53 37 15 8 5 2 23 12 17 8 1 8 30 25 16 54
4 Luton Town 31 13 11 7 39 31 15 5 7 3 20 16 16 8 4 4 19 15 8 50
5 Sunderland 31 13 9 9 46 33 15 6 4 5 20 16 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 48
6 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
7 Millwall 30 13 7 10 36 30 14 8 4 2 21 9 16 5 3 8 15 21 6 46
8 Blackburn Rovers 31 14 4 13 33 37 14 9 1 4 20 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -4 46
9 Norwich City 31 13 6 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 7 2 6 21 16 7 45
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 31 11 9 11 33 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 0 42
12 Swansea City 31 11 9 11 45 46 15 7 2 6 25 21 16 4 7 5 20 25 -1 42
13 Hull City 32 11 8 13 38 47 16 6 3 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 41
14 Preston North End 31 11 8 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 15 8 3 4 18 16 -9 41
15 Reading 31 12 5 14 35 46 15 9 3 3 24 17 16 3 2 11 11 29 -11 41
16 Bristol City 31 10 10 11 41 40 17 6 5 6 21 18 14 4 5 5 20 22 1 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 10 9 13 33 43 16 5 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 15 20 -10 39
18 Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 36 40 17 5 5 7 20 20 14 5 3 6 16 20 -4 38
19 Stoke City 31 10 7 14 36 38 16 5 4 7 20 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -2 37
20 Rotherham United 31 7 12 12 34 42 14 5 5 4 24 17 17 2 7 8 10 25 -8 33
21 Cardiff City 32 8 8 16 24 36 16 4 5 7 12 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -12 32
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 9 15 29 50 16 3 3 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 30
23 Huddersfield Town 31 7 7 17 28 42 15 5 3 7 14 15 16 2 4 10 14 27 -14 28
24 Blackpool 31 6 10 15 31 47 15 3 5 7 16 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -16 28

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