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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 11.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

Huddersfield Town journey to West Bromwich Albion and The Hawthorns packed with hope and confidence, but the hosts is hard to beat. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the most clean sheets (15) in Championship

Huddersfield Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Nottingham Forest, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Huddersfield Town.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

8 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what West Bromwich Albion, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Championship, have to build on here at The Hawthorns in the Championship.

A good away victory last time out for WBA, who won 2-0 against Hull City (placed 20th). The forward Grant won the honour of being "man of the match" for West Bromwich Albion with a rating of 8.7/10. Grant scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Swansea City (0-2).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fulham are coming to town in four days.

West Bromwich Albion has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. WBA are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Hawthorns in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (15) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Huddersfield Town who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Middlesbrough.

Huddersfield Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lee Nicholls. It's been 209 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Lees, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Lees scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Peterborough United in the Championship.

We have checked recent matches where Huddersfield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were five victories, two draws and six defeats.

Huddersfield Town find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Huddersfield have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the result Huddersfield Town - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - zero - four (West Bromwich Albion wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WBAK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
12 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
11 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Sinani
D. Sinani
6 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
West Bromwich Albion Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 16 5 Played P 5 18 36
13 8 3 Won W 2 7 17
10 6 2 Drew D 1 6 11
12 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
37 21 10 Scored S 5 22 49
32 10 4 Conceded C 3 19 36
86% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 86%
63% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 67% 69%
34% 31% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 42%
11% 12% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 17%
3% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 14%
31% 31% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 47%
40% 56% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 42%
43% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 25%
 
5.8 6.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.4 4.3
3.7 4.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 4.6
1.8 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.1 16.4 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.9 10.9
4.5 4.9 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.8
24% 27% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 35% 36%
 
8.3 7.9 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 14.4 12.8
2.6 2.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.1 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the most clean sheets (15) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home 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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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.