Soccer betting preview: Huddersfield Town welcomes Preston North End in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 45 points and a 20th position in the Championship table. Visiting Preston North End holds 10th place with 57 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield nor Preston North End 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

Huddersfield Town have collected 26 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-5-8.

Happy days for Huddersfield in their previous game, a Championship match away at Birmingham City (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Nottingham Forest.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Huddersfield have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.

Huddersfield Town are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Reading awaits in three days.

Huddersfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 20 games. Huddersfield Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Preston North End form and stats

5-6-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Preston North End in their Championship matches away.

Preston North End might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Derby County proved too strong as Preston slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Deepdale. A 1-3 loss hosting Cardiff City before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Preston North End wins, three draws and seven defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Preston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Sheffield Wednesday is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by Preston in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Huddersfield - Preston North End 0-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Huddersfield Town, one draw and five wins for Preston North End. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

HuddersfieldK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
18 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
12 goals
Preston North EndT. Barkhuizen
T. Barkhuizen
9 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 7 19 40
12 7 3 Won W 4 5 16
9 5 1 Drew D 2 6 9
19 8 3 Lost L 1 8 15
49 24 7 Scored S 9 16 52
63 27 9 Conceded C 6 22 50
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
85% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 68% 78%
55% 50% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 21% 42%
22% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 11% 22%
10% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
60% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 37% 52%
22% 25% 14% Clean Sheets C S 57% 26% 18%
22% 35% 43% Failed to Score F T 14% 42% 32%
 
4.9 5.4 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.3 4.7
4.5 4 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 5.5
1.9 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
415 243 88 Total Shots T S 66 202 441
150 84 32 Shots on Target S O 24 59 140
33% 29% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (16)
  • Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (16) away
  • Preston North End is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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.