The A2B Stadium: Hull City vs Huddersfield Town Championship full preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The A2B Stadium (4000 seats)

A total of 26 league matches are done and Hull City are 8 points in front of Huddersfield Town. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Hull City have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest points (8) away in Championship

This looks to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-2-7. Hull have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The Hull City regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a FA Cup duel also played here at The A2B Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Fulham. Woods (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Woods hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 59 total).

Before that match, a Championship win away at Wigan Athletic.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hull handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hull City defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

Huddersfield Town have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-2-7 (11 played).

Two away matches in a row for Huddersfield Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Preston North End in the FA Cup.

The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Luton Town.

Huddersfield are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

Huddersfield Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield Town have been victorious in all of the 5 most recent battles versus this opponent. Can they do it again?

The most up to date recorded match featuring both these participants is the Huddersfield Town - Hull City 2-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

HullO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
11 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 goals
Hull CityO. Tufan
O. Tufan
4 goals

Hull City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 11 25
9 4 2 Won W 2 2 7
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
11 7 2 Lost L 2 7 14
32 13 5 Scored S 6 11 24
42 22 8 Conceded C 7 18 32
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 92%
81% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 64%
54% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 44%
31% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 16%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
58% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 44%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 24%
38% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 40%
 
5.1 6.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.7 4
5.3 5 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.3 5
2 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.6 12.1 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.6 9.6
3.1 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.3 3.3
40% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 31% 29%
 
12.4 11.9 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 20.2 16.5 13.6
4.5 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest points (8) away in Championship
  • Hull City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Hull City have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Championship
  • Hull City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Burnley 26 16 8 2 52 25 13 9 4 0 29 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 27 56
2 Sheffield United 26 15 6 5 44 23 12 7 3 2 26 12 14 8 3 3 18 11 21 51
3 Blackburn Rovers 26 14 0 12 30 30 13 9 0 4 20 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 42
4 Watford 26 11 7 8 31 28 12 6 2 4 17 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 3 40
5 Middlesbrough 26 11 6 9 41 33 12 5 5 2 17 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 8 39
6 Millwall 25 11 6 8 32 26 13 8 3 2 20 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 6 39
7 Luton Town 25 10 9 6 31 26 12 3 7 2 16 13 13 7 2 4 15 13 5 39
8 Sunderland 26 10 8 8 38 29 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 38
9 West Bromwich Albion 26 10 8 8 34 26 14 6 4 4 20 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 8 38
10 Preston North End 26 10 7 9 24 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 13 7 3 3 16 12 -2 37
11 Norwich City 26 10 6 10 32 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 13 3 36
12 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 6 10 28 31 13 5 3 5 16 17 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 36
13 Reading 26 11 3 12 29 36 12 8 1 3 18 12 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 36
14 Coventry City 25 9 8 8 27 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 35
15 Swansea City 26 9 8 9 36 36 13 6 2 5 20 16 13 3 6 4 16 20 0 35
16 Hull City 26 9 6 11 32 42 13 4 2 7 13 22 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 33
17 Birmingham City 26 8 8 10 27 29 14 4 5 5 17 16 12 4 3 5 10 13 -2 32
18 Stoke City 26 8 6 12 28 34 13 3 3 7 13 18 13 5 3 5 15 16 -6 30
19 Bristol City 26 7 8 11 32 35 13 4 3 6 14 14 13 3 5 5 18 21 -3 29
20 Cardiff City 26 7 7 12 20 29 13 4 4 5 10 11 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 28
21 Rotherham United 26 6 9 11 28 39 12 4 4 4 20 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -11 27
22 Blackpool 26 6 8 12 28 38 13 3 3 7 14 19 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 26
23 Huddersfield Town 25 7 4 14 24 32 14 5 2 7 13 14 11 2 2 7 11 18 -8 25
24 Wigan Athletic 26 6 6 14 26 46 14 2 3 9 11 28 12 4 3 5 15 18 -20 24

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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 Burnley 26 16 8 2 52 25 13 9 4 0 29 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 27 56
2 Sheffield United 26 15 6 5 44 23 12 7 3 2 26 12 14 8 3 3 18 11 21 51
3 Blackburn Rovers 26 14 0 12 30 30 13 9 0 4 20 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 0 42
4 Watford 26 11 7 8 31 28 12 6 2 4 17 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 3 40
5 Middlesbrough 26 11 6 9 41 33 12 5 5 2 17 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 8 39
6 Millwall 25 11 6 8 32 26 13 8 3 2 20 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 6 39
7 Luton Town 25 10 9 6 31 26 12 3 7 2 16 13 13 7 2 4 15 13 5 39
8 Sunderland 26 10 8 8 38 29 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 38
9 West Bromwich Albion 26 10 8 8 34 26 14 6 4 4 20 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 8 38
10 Preston North End 26 10 7 9 24 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 13 7 3 3 16 12 -2 37
11 Norwich City 26 10 6 10 32 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 12 5 2 5 13 13 3 36
12 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 6 10 28 31 13 5 3 5 16 17 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 36
13 Reading 26 11 3 12 29 36 12 8 1 3 18 12 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 36
14 Coventry City 25 9 8 8 27 26 13 6 4 3 15 10 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 35
15 Swansea City 26 9 8 9 36 36 13 6 2 5 20 16 13 3 6 4 16 20 0 35
16 Hull City 26 9 6 11 32 42 13 4 2 7 13 22 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 33
17 Birmingham City 26 8 8 10 27 29 14 4 5 5 17 16 12 4 3 5 10 13 -2 32
18 Stoke City 26 8 6 12 28 34 13 3 3 7 13 18 13 5 3 5 15 16 -6 30
19 Bristol City 26 7 8 11 32 35 13 4 3 6 14 14 13 3 5 5 18 21 -3 29
20 Cardiff City 26 7 7 12 20 29 13 4 4 5 10 11 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 28
21 Rotherham United 26 6 9 11 28 39 12 4 4 4 20 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -11 27
22 Blackpool 26 6 8 12 28 38 13 3 3 7 14 19 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 26
23 Huddersfield Town 25 7 4 14 24 32 14 5 2 7 13 14 11 2 2 7 11 18 -8 25
24 Wigan Athletic 26 6 6 14 26 46 14 2 3 9 11 28 12 4 3 5 15 18 -20 24

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