A home victory is expected from this match if the league table is to be trusted. The Huddersfield Town fans are positive that the contrast between 6th and Birmingham City's 18th position in the table will show on the arena.
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Birmingham City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Huddersfield have less rest than Birmingham City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The John Smith's Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Birmingham City have had more rest.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
Huddersfield Town have performed here at The John Smith's Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Huddersfield Town has recorded two wins in a row here at The John Smith's Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lee Nicholls not having conceded a league goal in 205 minutes.
Huddersfield's last game was hosting Hull City (placed 21st) and winning 2-0. Tom Lees, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Lees scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that, Huddersfield played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Luton Town.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Huddersfield as they are travelling to their away game against AFC Bournemouth in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Huddersfield in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Huddersfield Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Birmingham City form and stats
Playing away, Birmingham City have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Bowyer, the Birmingham manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Birmingham City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 453 league minutes without a goal. T. Deeney was the last player to find the net.
Birmingham play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to West Bromwich Albion (placed 2nd). Jérémie Bela, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Bela hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-3 loss hosting Nottingham Forest before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Birmingham wins, seven draws and zero defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Birmingham City are hosting Swansea City in the Championship only three days away.
Birmingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Birmingham in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Huddersfield 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.Huddersfield Town missing players
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| Huddersfield Town | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 75% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 42% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 23% |
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Birmingham City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Fulham | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Reading | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Millwall | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Hull City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
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