Championship match preview and statistics: Huddersfield Town fight Cardiff City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 05.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: John Smith's Stadium

The visiting Cardiff City side should be favourites in this visit to Huddersfield Town, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 34 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town nor Cardiff City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Huddersfield Town have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Birmingham City in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Preston North End.

Huddersfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Cardiff City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Cardiff City have produced an overall stat of 8-5-4 so far. Things are running smoothly for Cardiff City who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Queens Park Rangers.

Impressive finishing from Kieffer Moore, Leandro Bacuna (2) and Will Vaulks secured the home win 4-0 against Derby County in their previous game. Before that, Cardiff City travelled to Middlesbrough and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, Cardiff was the only team on the pitch versus Derby County in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Cardiff find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Cardiff as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cardiff City - Huddersfield Town 3-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Huddersfield won zero, Cardiff City won seven and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
16 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
7 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Cardiff City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 34
10 8 2 Won W 2 8 15
7 3 0 Drew D 1 5 8
17 6 2 Lost L 2 4 11
39 25 7 Scored S 6 22 53
51 18 4 Conceded C 5 16 35
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
82% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 82%
53% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 47%
15% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
15% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
53% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 50%
24% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 32%
29% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.8 10.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.4 11
3 2.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 4.1
39% 54% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 39% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship
  • 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 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
7 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
8 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
12 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
17 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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  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 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 34 17 6 11 46 37 17 10 0 7 25 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 9 57
6 Cardiff City 34 15 8 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 18 53
7 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
8 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
9 Middlesbrough 34 14 8 12 40 36 17 8 3 6 20 18 17 6 5 6 20 18 4 50
10 Millwall 34 10 16 8 34 31 17 4 10 3 17 14 17 6 6 5 17 17 3 46
11 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
12 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
13 Luton Town 33 12 8 13 28 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 17 6 2 9 8 18 -9 44
14 Preston North End 34 13 4 17 38 44 17 5 3 9 14 16 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 43
15 Blackburn Rovers 33 11 7 15 46 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 17 5 2 10 22 20 7 40
16 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
17 Nottingham Forest 34 10 10 14 28 33 17 5 6 6 15 15 17 5 4 8 13 18 -5 40
18 Derby County 33 10 8 15 25 37 17 5 5 7 12 17 16 5 3 8 13 20 -12 38
19 Huddersfield Town 34 10 7 17 39 51 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 37
20 Coventry City 34 8 11 15 31 46 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -15 35
21 Birmingham City 34 8 11 15 26 42 17 3 3 11 12 28 17 5 8 4 14 14 -16 35
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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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.