Huddersfield Town vs Nottingham Forest match preview: Even contest expected at The John Smith's Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 25.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Championship table has to be read with caution. So far Huddersfield Town find themselves in 21st position and Nottingham Forest are placed 22nd.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town's first Championship home game here at The John Smith's Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 23 matches.

Huddersfield are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 234 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Ahearne-Grant).

In their previous game, the manager C. Corberán Vallet led his Huddersfield to a defeat in the Championship match away at Brentford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The John Smith's Stadium. Ahead of that match, Huddersfield lost 0-1 at home to Norwich City.

Huddersfield Town has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Championship were 8 victories, 11 draws and 4 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Nottingham are looking to quickly end their 209 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

Nottingham's previous game was their home loss versus Cardiff City (0-2). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Queens Park Rangers's place.

Nottingham Forest have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield five wins, Nottingham Forest four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Huddersfield Town missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 7 0 Total Shots T S 0 6 18
5 1 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Huddersfield Town Last season Nottingham Forest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
13 8   Won W   8 18
12 6   Drew D   11 16
21 9   Lost L   4 12
52 26   Scored S   31 58
70 30   Conceded C   23 50
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 96%
80% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 67%
52% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 41%
22% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 24%
11% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
57% 48%   BTTS BTTS   65% 54%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
28% 39%   Failed to Score F T   13% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
465 261   Total Shots T S   266 591
164 91   Shots on Target S O   72 152
32% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reading 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Bristol City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Luton Town 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Millwall 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Swansea City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Watford 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
10 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 3
11 Brentford 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
12 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
13 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
14 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
15 Rotherham United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Preston North End 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
17 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Stoke City 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
19 Derby County 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 Barnsley 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
22 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 -8
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
14 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
15 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
17 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
19 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
20 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
21 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
22 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
23 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 47
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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 Reading 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Bristol City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Luton Town 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Millwall 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Swansea City 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Watford 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
10 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 3
11 Brentford 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
12 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
13 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
14 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
15 Rotherham United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Preston North End 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
17 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
18 Stoke City 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
19 Derby County 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 Barnsley 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
21 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
22 Nottingham Forest 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 -8

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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.