Championship duel: Close contest expected between Huddersfield Town and Stoke City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 28.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Huddersfield Town are enjoying their 6th, while Stoke City are dragging their feet 6 points behind in the league standings. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in Championship

Stoke City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Coventry City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Stoke City.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The complete Championship statistics at home this season for Huddersfield Town are 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Huddersfield Town, who won 4-3 against Reading (placed 21st). Ward, who usually features in attack, was the champion player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 9.3 (out of 10). Ward scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, Huddersfield Town hosted Swansea City and drew the game 1-1.

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 Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won six, drawn seven and lost four.

The Huddersfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Huddersfield have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Stoke City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Stoke City lost away at Coventry City (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The attacker Brown got a match rating of 7.15 in that game. Brown hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against Fulham was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Stoke City wins, five draws and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Stoke City's away league games. Only 13 goals from 13 travels.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Stoke City - Huddersfield Town 2-1. Huddersfield Town-Stoke City H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Huddersfield Town one win, Stoke City five wins, two draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
10 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
6 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Sinani
D. Sinani
5 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 2 13 27
12 7 3 Won W 1 5 11
8 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 6 11
37 19 6 Scored S 2 13 32
33 15 3 Conceded C 3 13 29
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
68% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 63%
43% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 41%
21% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 15%
18% 23% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
36% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 37%
25% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 26%
 
4.1 4.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.6 5.2
4.6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 12.5 6 5.6
1.8 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.7 10.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12.8 11.5
3.8 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
35% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 30%
 
13.1 11.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 10.9 10.3
4.5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.2 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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.