Championship match prediction: Little separates Huddersfield Town and Queens Park Rangers in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Huddersfield Town are in the 16th position while the guesting Queens Park Rangers worry at 17th.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town nor Queens Park Rangers 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

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Huddersfield Town are 3-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Huddersfield lost their last game at Cardiff City (placed 11th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that, Huddersfield had a home game versus Middlesbrough which ended with a victory 3-2.

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 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Huddersfield Town as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Sheffield Wednesday are visiting.

Huddersfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Huddersfield have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

Queens Park Rangers have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-2-4 (7 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, QPR are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Queens Park Rangers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bristol City proved too strong as QPR slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Loftus Road Stadium. Prior to that match, the QPR manager M. Warburton faced defeat when travelling to Brentford and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with QPR playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Queens Park Rangers wins, three draws and six defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Queens Park Rangers manager M. Warburton as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Millwall.

The attacking power of QPR when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. QPR have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town-Queens Park Rangers H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield three wins, Queens Park Rangers two wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
5 goals
HuddersfieldJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
4 goals
Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
4 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Huddersfield Town Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 15
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
18 8 2 Scored S 1 6 17
22 8 0 Conceded C 6 12 22
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
73% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
60% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 47%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 27%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
53% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 60%
27% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 27%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.9 11.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.3 11.7
3.1 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.2
38% 40% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Norwich City 14 8 4 2 18 11 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 5 1 1 11 6 7 28
2 AFC Bournemouth 15 7 6 2 25 16 8 5 2 1 14 8 7 2 4 1 11 8 9 27
3 Bristol City 15 8 3 4 19 15 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 27
4 Brentford 15 7 5 3 22 13 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 11 6 9 26
5 Watford 14 7 5 2 19 11 7 6 1 0 16 7 7 1 4 2 3 4 8 26
6 Swansea City 14 7 5 2 16 8 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 3 3 1 7 4 8 26
7 Reading 14 8 2 4 23 18 7 5 0 2 10 7 7 3 2 2 13 11 5 26
8 Stoke City 14 6 4 4 21 18 7 3 2 2 13 13 7 3 2 2 8 5 3 22
9 Blackburn Rovers 14 6 3 5 27 16 7 3 2 2 12 7 7 3 1 3 15 9 11 21
10 Middlesbrough 14 5 6 3 14 9 7 4 2 1 9 3 7 1 4 2 5 6 5 21
11 Cardiff City 15 5 5 5 20 13 8 3 2 3 13 7 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 20
12 Millwall 14 4 8 2 12 10 7 1 5 1 6 7 7 3 3 1 6 3 2 20
13 Barnsley 15 5 4 6 17 17 7 3 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 4 9 13 0 19
14 Preston North End 15 6 1 8 20 23 7 1 0 6 2 10 8 5 1 2 18 13 -3 19
15 Luton Town 14 5 4 5 11 17 7 2 3 2 7 9 7 3 1 3 4 8 -6 19
16 Huddersfield Town 15 5 3 7 18 22 7 3 1 3 8 8 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 18
17 Queens Park Rangers 15 4 5 6 17 22 8 3 3 2 11 10 7 1 2 4 6 12 -5 17
18 Birmingham City 15 3 7 5 11 14 8 2 2 4 7 10 7 1 5 1 4 4 -3 16
19 Coventry City 15 3 5 7 15 25 7 3 2 2 9 12 8 0 3 5 6 13 -10 14
20 Rotherham United 15 3 4 8 14 20 8 2 2 4 9 10 7 1 2 4 5 10 -6 13
21 Nottingham Forest 14 3 3 8 9 17 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 2 9 -8 12
22 Wycombe Wanderers 14 2 4 8 7 20 7 1 3 3 3 6 7 1 1 5 4 14 -13 10
23 Sheffield Wednesday 14 3 5 6 7 12 7 1 4 2 3 4 7 2 1 4 4 8 -5 8
24 Derby County 15 1 5 9 7 22 8 0 3 5 3 13 7 1 2 4 4 9 -15 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.