Loyal fans at The John Smith's Stadium haven’t watched many victories this season, with Huddersfield Town withering away in the 22nd place. The visiting Coventry City will believe to shield their higher league position in this fixture.
- Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Championship
- Coventry City have the most clean sheets (16) in Championship
The visiting Coventry City played their last game only four days ago, a Championship match. That game was also an away game, at Preston North End. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Huddersfield Town so far this season.
Huddersfield faced defeat in their previous match, away at Burnley (0-4). Huddersfield Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Huddersfield Town's goalkeeper Bilokapic was extremely busy against Burnley, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The forward Ward outperformed all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.34 out of 10. Ward dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Huddersfield had a home game versus Birmingham City which ended with a victory 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Huddersfield Town, as the Championship home game vs Bristol City is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Huddersfield Town at home in the league. 16 on target and 16 scored by the opposition; from 16 matches.
Coventry City form and stats
4-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coventry City in their Championship matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Preston North End (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Wilson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.42. The agile goalkeeper Wilson topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sunderland.Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's last 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Coventry when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Coventry City in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Coventry City - Huddersfield Town 2-0. Previous five meetings involving these squads: Huddersfield won one, Coventry City triumphed in one and we saw three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
![]() V. Gyökeres 15 goals | ![]() J. Allen 6 goals | ![]() J. Rhodes 5 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Coventry City missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Coventry City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 30 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| 47 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 34 |
| 94% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 81% | 88% |
| 70% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 45% | 31% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 45% | 38% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 18% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 42% | 38% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 44% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 10.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 28% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 13.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coventry City have the most clean sheets (16) in Championship
- Huddersfield Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) 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 | Burnley | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 40 | 76 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 55 |
| 5 | Millwall | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 54 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 54 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 52 |
| 8 | Watford | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 50 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 49 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 49 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 48 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -8 | 46 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 44 |
| 14 | Reading | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 30 | -10 | 44 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -4 | 43 |
| 16 | Hull City | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | -2 | 40 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 39 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -8 | 38 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -9 | 37 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 35 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 31 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -18 | 31 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -22 | 31 |
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