Possible nail-biting contest in Huddersfield Town - Blackpool game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 04.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town are depending on their home fans to support them when playing this match against Blackpool. Who will win at The John Smith's Stadium?

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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 and Blackpool.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Huddersfield Town have to build on here at The John Smith's Stadium in the Championship.

Huddersfield Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bristol City (0-2). The gifted forward Thomas bested all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Thomas hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Huddersfield Town hosted West Bromwich Albion and drew the game 2-2.

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 14 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Huddersfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The John Smith's Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Huddersfield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Blackpool's previous game was their home loss versus Blackburn Rovers (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Dougall got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Dougall hit five key passes.

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Bristol City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Blackpool in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Blackpool, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Blackpool have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Blackpool have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Blackpool.

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
2 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Anjorin
F. Anjorin
2 goals
BlackpoolJ. Bowler
J. Bowler
2 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Blackpool missing players

Huddersfield Town Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
7 5 5 Scored S 0 4 8
10 4 3 Conceded C 0 5 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 43%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
33% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 29%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
4.2 3.3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.7 4.6
5 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.7 5
0.8 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 7 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 10.9
2.8 2.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.4
41% 62% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
16.8 16.7 17 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.3 13.3
5.7 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Huddersfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Sheffield United 7 4 2 1 14 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 14
2 Norwich City 7 4 1 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 3 13
3 Burnley 7 3 3 1 13 7 4 1 3 0 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 6 12
4 Watford 7 3 3 1 8 6 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 12
5 Blackburn Rovers 7 4 0 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 4 6 -1 12
6 Reading 7 4 0 3 7 10 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 1 0 3 1 9 -3 12
7 Bristol City 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 11
8 Sunderland 7 3 2 2 11 8 4 1 2 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 11
9 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 2 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 11
10 Preston North End 7 2 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 11
11 Hull City 7 3 2 2 11 13 3 3 0 0 7 4 4 0 2 2 4 9 -2 11
12 Rotherham United 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 7 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 3 9
13 Luton Town 7 2 3 2 6 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 5 4 0 9
14 West Bromwich Albion 7 1 5 1 11 9 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 8
15 Blackpool 7 2 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 -2 8
16 Stoke City 7 2 2 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
17 Cardiff City 7 2 2 3 4 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 8
18 Wigan Athletic 6 1 4 1 5 8 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 7
19 Millwall 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -4 7
20 Middlesbrough 7 1 3 3 10 12 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 0 1 3 5 8 -2 6
21 Swansea City 7 1 3 3 6 11 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 6
22 Birmingham City 7 1 2 4 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 0 1 2 0 3 -4 5
23 Huddersfield Town 6 1 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -3 4
24 Coventry City 4 0 1 3 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 7 -3 1

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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.