Huddersfield Town hope to sell some tickets for this fixture even though the season has been difficult so far with 11 points and a 23rd place in the Championship table. Opponents Preston North End are in 13th place with 19 pts.
- Huddersfield Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (8) 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
The story so far in the Championship for Huddersfield Town at their home stadium (The John Smith's Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Huddersfield Town has recorded two wins in a row here at The John Smith's Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Huddersfield Town in their previous match, an away game at Rotherham United that ended in defeat 1-2. The attacker Ward was named "man of the match" for Huddersfield with the rating of 7.31/10. Ward scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hull City in a game that was won 2-0.Huddersfield Town are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Middlesbrough awaits in four days.
Huddersfield has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches.
Preston North End form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Preston North End failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stoke City (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Fernandez got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Fernandez hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Bristol City before that.Lacking goals? 13 of this club's most recent 15 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Preston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Blackpool is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Preston North End when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Preston North End as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Huddersfield, two draws and six wins for Preston North End. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Riis Jakobsen 4 goals |   D. Ward 3 goals |  J. Rhodes 3 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 77% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 62% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 62% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 9.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 15% |
| 14.2 | 12.4 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.7 | 14.3 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- Huddersfield Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Championship
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (8) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (5) away in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (9) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (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 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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