Championship match prediction: Little separates Huddersfield Town and Stoke City in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Huddersfield Town holding 20th place and Stoke City lying 21st. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Huddersfield Town at their home stadium (John Smith's Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

The Huddersfield Town fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at John Smith's Stadium: A 2-5 defeat against Stoke City (placed 21st). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Blackburn Rovers.

A goal frenzy last time out for Huddersfield Town, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Stoke City. Fun stuff to watch!

Huddersfield Town has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Huddersfield Town have conceded 16 goals.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-1-9 (12 played).

Two travels in a row for Stoke City, whose manager M. O'Neill could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Huddersfield Town. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fulham wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Stoke City, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stoke City as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Stoke City have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town - Stoke City 2-5 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Huddersfield Town-Stoke City H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town 1 win, Stoke City 3 wins, 1 draw. 1 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
12 goals
Stoke CityS. Clucas
S. Clucas
6 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Bacuna
J. Bacuna
5 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 14 3 Played P 3 13 26
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
12 6 1 Lost L 2 9 16
30 16 4 Scored S 6 16 33
42 21 4 Conceded C 7 22 42
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
81% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 77%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 65%
19% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 31% 27%
12% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 15%
65% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 58%
19% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 15%
19% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 35%
 
4.9 5.9 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 3.6 4.8
4.9 4.2 2.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.3 4 3.8
2.2 1.9 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.4 1.3
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
250 154 42 Total Shots T S 31 139 327
89 54 12 Shots on Target S O 16 46 98
34% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 34%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stoke City 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 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

Huddersfield Town:
Stoke City:
Championship:
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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 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

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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.