Huddersfield Town vs Blackburn Rovers betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Huddersfield Town are 6-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). Ever since the Luton Town game Huddersfield has been unbeatable here at The John Smith's Stadium producing four straight wins.

Huddersfield Town are confident in defense, having played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Huddersfield, facing Barnsley in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Watford.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Reading in only four days. This game is also played here at The John Smith's Stadium.

Huddersfield Town has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Huddersfield have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Blackburn Rovers have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Blackburn Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in Blackburn's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Sheffield Wednesday (placed 23rd). Prior to that match, the Blackburn manager T. Mowbray faced defeat when travelling to Stoke City and losing 0-1.

The schedule is very tough for Blackburn Rovers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Birmingham City is waiting in only four days.

Blackburn are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Huddersfield won two games, seven matches ended with a draw and Blackburn Rovers has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
15 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
4 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Huddersfield Town Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 6 0 Won W 1 3 8
5 1 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 2 Lost L 1 5 8
25 14 3 Scored S 4 17 35
28 8 5 Conceded C 2 13 25
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
76% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 76%
48% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 62%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 38%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
43% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 52%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 29%
29% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 11.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 19 17.1 14.8
3 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.5 5.6
40% 48% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 20 13 4 3 29 18 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 7 1 2 16 11 11 43
2 AFC Bournemouth 20 10 8 2 35 16 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 3 6 1 15 8 19 38
3 Swansea City 20 10 6 4 23 12 10 6 3 1 13 4 10 4 3 3 10 8 11 36
4 Brentford 20 9 8 3 31 18 10 4 5 1 16 10 10 5 3 2 15 8 13 35
5 Watford 20 9 7 4 23 15 10 7 2 1 19 9 10 2 5 3 4 6 8 34
6 Middlesbrough 20 9 6 5 24 15 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 2 4 4 9 11 9 33
7 Stoke City 20 9 6 5 25 20 10 5 2 3 16 15 10 4 4 2 9 5 5 33
8 Reading 20 10 3 7 30 26 10 6 0 4 14 11 10 4 3 3 16 15 4 33
9 Bristol City 20 9 3 8 20 21 10 4 2 4 8 9 10 5 1 4 12 12 -1 30
10 Cardiff City 20 8 5 7 26 20 10 4 2 4 16 11 10 4 3 3 10 9 6 29
11 Blackburn Rovers 20 8 4 8 34 24 10 5 2 3 17 11 10 3 2 5 17 13 10 28
12 Huddersfield Town 20 8 4 8 24 27 10 6 1 3 14 8 10 2 3 5 10 19 -3 28
13 Barnsley 20 8 4 8 23 26 10 5 2 3 12 10 10 3 2 5 11 16 -3 28
14 Luton Town 20 7 6 7 17 21 10 4 4 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 4 11 -4 27
15 Preston North End 20 8 2 10 27 30 10 3 1 6 8 12 10 5 1 4 19 18 -3 26
16 Millwall 20 5 10 5 17 18 10 1 7 2 8 10 10 4 3 3 9 8 -1 25
17 Birmingham City 20 5 7 8 17 23 10 2 2 6 8 15 10 3 5 2 9 8 -6 22
18 Coventry City 20 5 7 8 20 28 10 4 4 2 12 13 10 1 3 6 8 15 -8 22
19 Queens Park Rangers 20 4 8 8 19 27 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 8 16 -8 20
20 Nottingham Forest 20 4 5 11 14 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 1 2 7 4 14 -11 17
21 Rotherham United 19 4 4 11 18 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 1 2 7 7 17 -9 16
22 Derby County 19 3 7 9 10 22 10 1 4 5 5 13 9 2 3 4 5 9 -12 16
23 Sheffield Wednesday 20 4 6 10 11 21 10 2 5 3 6 7 10 2 1 7 5 14 -10 12
24 Wycombe Wanderers 20 2 6 12 12 29 10 1 4 5 5 10 10 1 2 7 7 19 -17 12

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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.