The John Smith's Stadium: Huddersfield Town vs West Bromwich Albion Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 17.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

Struggling Huddersfield Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying West Bromwich Albion in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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 are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. WBA are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-9 (wins-draws-losses).

E. Kachunga was the last player to score a league goal for Huddersfield Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Huddersfield haven't scored in 378 minutes.

Huddersfield drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sheffield Wednesday (placed 15th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Luton Town (0-2).

The Huddersfield fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 22 matches. 29 goals have been conceded.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (43) away in Championship, are W12-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

WBA's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fulham that finished 0-0. Before that, WBA travelled to Blackburn Rovers and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

WBA have scored 32 goals on their travels this season, from 22 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on WBA as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the West Bromwich Albion - Huddersfield Town 4-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Huddersfield, zero draws and two wins for West Bromwich Albion. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

HuddersfieldK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
18 goals
West Bromwich AlbionH. Robson-Kanu
H. Robson-Kanu
10 goals
West Bromwich AlbionC. Austin
C. Austin
10 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
12 7 1 Won W 5 12 22
12 6 3 Drew D 2 7 16
20 9 3 Lost L 0 3 6
49 24 5 Scored S 12 32 74
65 29 10 Conceded C 6 16 41
89% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
80% 86% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 77%
50% 45% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 36% 41%
20% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 9% 25%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 16%
55% 45% 57% BTTS BTTS 57% 50% 57%
27% 27% 14% Clean Sheets C S 43% 41% 32%
30% 41% 43% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 18%
 
4.8 5.3 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.1 6.2
4.5 4 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 5.4 5.1
1.8 1.6 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.9 2.1 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
451 254 77 Total Shots T S 93 294 632
158 87 23 Shots on Target S O 25 86 210
31% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 37% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (16)
  • West Bromwich Albion has the fewest conceded goals (16) away
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most points (43) away
  • West Bromwich Albion has the most points from losing position (24)
  • West Bromwich Albion 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 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 16 6 74 41 22 10 9 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 82
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
9 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
10 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
18 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 12 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 22 5 6 11 25 36 -16 48
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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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 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 16 6 74 41 22 10 9 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 82
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
9 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
10 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
18 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
19 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 12 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 22 5 6 11 25 36 -16 48
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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