There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Leeds United leading Huddersfield Town by 26 points.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Leeds United form and stats
34 points is a decent return from 17 Championship games here at Elland Road for Leeds United. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Leeds United are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Leeds United has recorded two wins in a row here at Elland Road, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Leeds United, as their goalkeeper Illan Meslier has completely shut out the opponents for 425 minutes in the Championship.
Leeds United are returning here after visiting Hull City in a Championship game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Pablo Hernández, Luke Ayling and Tyler Roberts (2) scored the goal(s). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Middlesbrough.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Leeds United played a great game against Hull City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Leeds United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. Leeds United have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
Huddersfield Town have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-4-9 (17 played).
Huddersfield Town won their last game, 4-0 versus Charlton Athletic played at home. Before that, Huddersfield Town secured a home win against Bristol City with the score 2-1.
As you can tell from the results above, Huddersfield Town was very dominant against Charlton Athletic, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Steve Mounié, Karlan Grant (2) and Juninho Bacuna providing the goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Huddersfield Town have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. Huddersfield Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Leeds United - Huddersfield Town 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Leeds United wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 K. Ahearne-Grant 16 goals |   P. Bamford 12 goals |  S. Mounié 8 goals |
Leeds United missing players
Huddersfield Town missing players
| Leeds United | Huddersfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 54 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 30 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | 56 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 59% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | 83% |
| 31% | 24% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 59% | 56% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 35% | 22% |
| 8% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 18% | 11% |
| 39% | 35% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 76% | 64% |
| 44% | 47% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | 22% |
| 19% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | 19% |
| 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 593 | 296 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 144 | 379 |
| 193 | 95 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 55 | 138 |
| 28% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | 33% |
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (30)
- Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
- Leeds United has the most clean sheets (16)
- Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (25)
- Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (36)
- Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Leeds United 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 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 27 | 69 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 24 | 68 |
| 3 | Fulham | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 64 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 37 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 60 |
| 5 | Brentford | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 57 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 42 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 56 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | -2 | 55 |
| 8 | Millwall | 37 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 54 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 53 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 52 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 48 |
| 13 | Derby County | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 36 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 61 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -6 | 47 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 47 |
| 16 | Reading | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 45 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 31 | -11 | 42 |
| 18 | Hull City | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -10 | 41 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -12 | 40 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 44 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | -9 | 39 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | -10 | 39 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 29 | -18 | 34 |
| 24 | Luton Town | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 71 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 44 | -28 | 34 |
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