The league standings reveals that 5 points separate the two combatants in this Championship fixture. Huddersfield Town carry both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Middlesbrough have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
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.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
Huddersfield Town are steadily winning Championship games and points here at The John Smith's Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for Huddersfield bring valid hopes of a third.
Huddersfield lost their last game at Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Tom Lees, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Lees won 1 of 1 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against West Bromwich Albion.This is expected to be a close game, with Huddersfield Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Huddersfield Town as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Huddersfield has won eight of these, drawn six and lost four.
The Huddersfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
There's been little loot from Middlesbrough's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Middlesbrough only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Middlesbrough failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Preston North End (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Paddy McNair was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.23. The defender McNair scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 12 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Millwall.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Middlesbrough playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were eight Middlesbrough wins, four draws and five defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.
Head 2 Head
Huddersfield Town-Middlesbrough H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town one win, Middlesbrough six wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Ward 4 goals |   M. Crooks 4 goals |  M. Pearson 3 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 63% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 16% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 47% |
| 42% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 26% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 11.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 25% |
| 11.9 | 10.2 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Middlesbrough have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Championship
- Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Fulham | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Stoke City | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Swansea City | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Millwall | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 19 | Hull City | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 18 |
| 21 | Reading | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 28 | -21 | 15 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 1 |
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