Huddersfield Town and Stoke City spectators can't wait for Championship clash at The John Smith's Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Huddersfield Town in 14th and Stoke City in 9th place.

Insights:
  • Huddersfield Town has the most conceded goals (37) in Championship
  • Stoke City has the most clean sheets (9) away in Championship

The hosts Huddersfield saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. That game was an away game at Bristol City, so at least Huddersfield are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Huddersfield Town, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Championship, have managed 7 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. It's trouble wherever Huddersfield are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Huddersfield, their manager C. Corberán Vallet and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Huddersfield are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Bristol City. Preceding that match was a defeat to Millwall (0-1).

Huddersfield didn't have luck on their side in the loss against Bristol City as they hit the post four times.

Huddersfield Town has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Huddersfield Town have conceded only 12 goals.

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Stoke City form and stats

4-7-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City, who have the most clean sheets (9) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away. Stoke are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Stoke in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Watford, 1-2. Before that, Stoke City travelled to Rotherham United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Stoke find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Stoke City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Stoke City - Huddersfield 4-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Huddersfield one win, one draw and Stoke City four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
7 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Koroma
J. Koroma
6 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
6 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 mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
9 7 1 Won W 2 4 9
4 1 1 Drew D 2 7 10
13 5 2 Lost L 0 2 7
29 17 4 Scored S 4 13 31
37 12 5 Conceded C 1 9 28
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 62% 81%
77% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 46% 58%
54% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 35%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 23%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
46% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 23% 42%
31% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 69% 46%
31% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.8 10.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.5 9.8
2.9 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.5 2.8
39% 52% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 41% 42%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town has the most conceded goals (37) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stoke City has the most clean sheets (9) away 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 Norwich City 25 16 5 4 35 21 13 8 4 1 17 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 14 53
2 Watford 26 13 8 5 30 18 13 10 2 1 23 9 13 3 6 4 7 9 12 47
3 Swansea City 24 13 7 4 29 13 12 7 4 1 15 5 12 6 3 3 14 8 16 46
4 Brentford 23 12 8 3 37 21 12 6 5 1 19 11 11 6 3 2 18 10 16 44
5 Reading 25 13 5 7 37 28 12 8 0 4 19 12 13 5 5 3 18 16 9 44
6 AFC Bournemouth 25 11 9 5 38 21 12 7 3 2 21 10 13 4 6 3 17 11 17 42
7 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 30 21 12 7 2 3 15 6 13 4 4 5 15 15 9 39
8 Bristol City 25 12 3 10 27 27 13 7 2 4 14 11 12 5 1 6 13 16 0 39
9 Stoke City 26 9 10 7 31 28 13 5 3 5 18 19 13 4 7 2 13 9 3 37
10 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 40 28 12 5 4 3 19 13 13 5 2 6 21 15 12 36
11 Preston North End 26 11 3 12 31 33 13 4 2 7 10 13 13 7 1 5 21 20 -2 36
12 Barnsley 25 10 4 11 27 32 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 4 2 7 13 19 -5 34
13 Luton Town 25 9 6 10 21 27 12 5 4 3 15 13 13 4 2 7 6 14 -6 33
14 Huddersfield Town 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 7 1 5 17 12 13 2 3 8 12 25 -8 31
15 Millwall 25 6 12 7 21 24 12 1 8 3 9 12 13 5 4 4 12 12 -3 30
16 Cardiff City 24 8 5 11 30 28 13 4 2 7 19 17 11 4 3 4 11 11 2 29
17 Queens Park Rangers 25 6 9 10 23 31 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 3 5 5 12 17 -8 27
18 Coventry City 24 6 8 10 22 34 11 4 5 2 12 13 13 2 3 8 10 21 -12 26
19 Birmingham City 25 6 8 11 18 30 13 2 2 9 8 22 12 4 6 2 10 8 -12 26
20 Nottingham Forest 25 6 7 12 20 29 13 4 4 5 14 14 12 2 3 7 6 15 -9 25
21 Derby County 25 6 7 12 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 15 12 4 3 5 10 10 -9 25
22 Rotherham United 22 5 5 12 23 32 11 3 3 5 15 15 11 2 2 7 8 17 -9 20
23 Sheffield Wednesday 23 6 7 10 15 23 12 4 5 3 9 8 11 2 2 7 6 15 -8 19
24 Wycombe Wanderers 23 3 6 14 16 35 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 8 21 -19 15

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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 Norwich City 25 16 5 4 35 21 13 8 4 1 17 8 12 8 1 3 18 13 14 53
2 Watford 26 13 8 5 30 18 13 10 2 1 23 9 13 3 6 4 7 9 12 47
3 Swansea City 24 13 7 4 29 13 12 7 4 1 15 5 12 6 3 3 14 8 16 46
4 Brentford 23 12 8 3 37 21 12 6 5 1 19 11 11 6 3 2 18 10 16 44
5 Reading 25 13 5 7 37 28 12 8 0 4 19 12 13 5 5 3 18 16 9 44
6 AFC Bournemouth 25 11 9 5 38 21 12 7 3 2 21 10 13 4 6 3 17 11 17 42
7 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 30 21 12 7 2 3 15 6 13 4 4 5 15 15 9 39
8 Bristol City 25 12 3 10 27 27 13 7 2 4 14 11 12 5 1 6 13 16 0 39
9 Stoke City 26 9 10 7 31 28 13 5 3 5 18 19 13 4 7 2 13 9 3 37
10 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 40 28 12 5 4 3 19 13 13 5 2 6 21 15 12 36
11 Preston North End 26 11 3 12 31 33 13 4 2 7 10 13 13 7 1 5 21 20 -2 36
12 Barnsley 25 10 4 11 27 32 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 4 2 7 13 19 -5 34
13 Luton Town 25 9 6 10 21 27 12 5 4 3 15 13 13 4 2 7 6 14 -6 33
14 Huddersfield Town 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 7 1 5 17 12 13 2 3 8 12 25 -8 31
15 Millwall 25 6 12 7 21 24 12 1 8 3 9 12 13 5 4 4 12 12 -3 30
16 Cardiff City 24 8 5 11 30 28 13 4 2 7 19 17 11 4 3 4 11 11 2 29
17 Queens Park Rangers 25 6 9 10 23 31 12 3 4 5 11 14 13 3 5 5 12 17 -8 27
18 Coventry City 24 6 8 10 22 34 11 4 5 2 12 13 13 2 3 8 10 21 -12 26
19 Birmingham City 25 6 8 11 18 30 13 2 2 9 8 22 12 4 6 2 10 8 -12 26
20 Nottingham Forest 25 6 7 12 20 29 13 4 4 5 14 14 12 2 3 7 6 15 -9 25
21 Derby County 25 6 7 12 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 15 12 4 3 5 10 10 -9 25
22 Rotherham United 22 5 5 12 23 32 11 3 3 5 15 15 11 2 2 7 8 17 -9 20
23 Sheffield Wednesday 23 6 7 10 15 23 12 4 5 3 9 8 11 2 2 7 6 15 -8 19
24 Wycombe Wanderers 23 3 6 14 16 35 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 1 2 8 8 21 -19 15

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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.