The two squads are delivering a sweet season so far and occasions like today could be deciding. Read up on Huddersfield Town - Blackburn Rovers!
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Blackburn Rovers have not yet lost a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Huddersfield Town so far this season.
J. Hogg was the last player to score a league goal for Huddersfield Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Huddersfield Town haven't scored in 208 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Huddersfield will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against Swansea City (placed 17th). Lee Nicholls, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.84 out of 10 in that game. Nicholls stopped the opponent with five saves.
Before that game, the home loss against Nottingham Forest with the scoreline 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Huddersfield Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Huddersfield as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Huddersfield Town has won six of these, drawn six and lost four.
The manager C. Corberán Vallet will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Luton Town in only four days.
A decent goal production from Huddersfield in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Huddersfield defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Blackburn, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Impressive finishing from Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton (3) and Tyrhys Dolan secured the home win 5-1 against Cardiff City in their previous game. As mentioned above, Blackburn was the only team on the pitch versus Cardiff City in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Ben Brereton's lethal finishing against Cardiff City. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Ben Brereton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.13. Brereton scored three goals and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Barnsley that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Blackburn in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Blackburn Rovers, five draws and eleven defeats.
Blackburn have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Championship fixture against Blackpool. A demanding itinerary for them!
Blackburn have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Blackburn as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Huddersfield won three games, six matches ended with a tie and Blackburn Rovers got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 7 goals |   M. Pearson 3 goals |  S. Gallagher 3 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.8 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 45% | 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 42% |
- Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Blackburn Rovers have not yet lost a game away.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Fulham | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Reading | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Millwall | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Barnsley | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 7 |
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Hull City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 24 | Derby County | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | -2 |
- Huddersfield Town
- Examiner Live - (local newspaper)
- Blackburn Rovers
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)