Home advantage could prove decisive in Huddersfield Town - Bristol City battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

We should have a significant gap in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Huddersfield Town leading Bristol City by 24 points.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (35) in Championship

Bristol City have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 17th place no matter what happens.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

12 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Huddersfield Town have to build on here at The John Smith's Stadium in the Championship.

A strong away win for Huddersfield against Coventry City the last match, as Anjorin and Toffolo were on target. Huddersfield Town goalkeeper Nicholls did an outstanding job against Coventry City with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Before that, Huddersfield had a home game versus Barnsley which ended with a victory 2-1.

A decent goal production from Huddersfield Town in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 22 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Bristol City form and stats

7-2-13 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bristol City in their Championship matches away. Bristol love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Semenyo, Weimann (2) and Martin (2) scored in Bristol City's previous match, the home game against Hull City that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, Bristol City was very dominant against Hull City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Semenyo, Weimann (2) and Martin (2) providing the goals. The attacker Martin got a match rating of 9.1 in that game. Martin scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Derby County.

Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visiting Bristol City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 29 goals from 22 games. The Bristol manager Pearson has some worries about the defense as 46 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Bristol City - Huddersfield Town 2-3 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Huddersfield Town victories, zero draws and seven Bristol City wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
22 goals
HuddersfieldD. Ward
D. Ward
13 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
12 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
22 12 6 Won W 0 7 15
13 6 1 Drew D 0 2 10
10 4 0 Lost L 7 13 20
62 33 15 Scored S 6 29 62
47 23 2 Conceded C 18 46 75
89% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
73% 77% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 86% 84%
44% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 73% 62%
18% 23% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 45% 33%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 23% 20%
47% 45% 29% BTTS BTTS 57% 64% 69%
40% 45% 71% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 13%
24% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 27% 20%
 
4.4 5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.1
4.9 4.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 6
1.6 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.8 11.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.1 9.6 10.4
3.9 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.4 3.4
35% 37% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 39% 40%
 
12.8 11 8.1 Shots against (avg) S A 15.6 14.4 14
4.3 4.3 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (35) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (21) in Championship
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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