The Championship meeting at The John Smith's Stadium on Saturday sees home side Huddersfield taking on opponents Birmingham City.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Huddersfield Town v Birmingham City can be found here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Huddersfield Town
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Huddersfield will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 0-4 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Swansea City.
In that game, Huddersfield Town managed 32% possession and 9 shots on goal with 0 on target. Swansea City had 19 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Jamal Lowe (73'), Ronald (85'), Jerry Yates (91') and Liam Walsh (93') scored for Swansea City.
It’s not been often in recent games where Huddersfield Town haven’t conceded. The facts show that Huddersfield Town have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals in the process. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, though.
Birmingham City
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In their previous game, Birmingham City drew 0-0 in the Championship tie with Rotherham United.
In that match, Birmingham City had 53% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Rotherham United got 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
Gary Rowett's Birmingham City have had reason to celebrate scoring 6 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches comes to 5.
Their previous form shows that Birmingham City:
- are winless against Huddersfield Town when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- have not won away from home in their last 8 league games. Who knows how long it might last, too.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 02/03/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Huddersfield winning 2 of those games, Birmingham City 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 from The Terriers and 8 created by The Blues. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Championship match day 10 on 03/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Birmingham City 4-1 Huddersfield Town.
That time, Birmingham City managed 59% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Siriki Dembélé (3', 64'), Koji Miyoshi (23') and Jordan James (95').
On the other side, Huddersfield Town had 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Michał Helik (92') scored.
The referee was Sam Allison.
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Team News: Huddersfield
Ollie Turton (Meniscus injury) and Josh Ruffels (Groin injury) won’t be able to feature for Huddersfield boss André Breitenreiter.
It seems likely that The Terriers may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Lee Nicholls, Brodie Spencer, Matty Pearson, Michal Helik, Jaheim Headley, David Kasumu, Alex Matos, Sorba Thomas, Jack Rudoni, Josh Koroma and Daniel Ward.
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Team News: Birmingham City
From a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett to be concerned with. Alfie Chang (Knee injury) won’t be in action.
We believe The Blues seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing John Ruddy, Ethan Laird, Dion Sanderson, Krystian Bielik, Lee Buchanan, Ivan Sunjic, Seung-ho Paik, Siriki Dembélé, Tyler Roberts, Keshi Anderson and Jay Stansfield.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Birmingham City will surely be able to breach the defence of this Huddersfield Town team, but it probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Huddersfield Town at the end of this one. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
14:03 26/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Huddersfield
Formed: 1908
Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium (24,121)
Captain: Jonathan Hogg
Chairman: Kevin Nagle
Manager: André Breitenreiter
Competitions: Championship position 23
🔑 Key Player: Delano Burgzorg
Mostly played in the Left Wing position, Delano Burgzorg was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After making a first senior appearance for De Graafschap in the 2017 - 2018 season, the talented Forward has netted 7 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 33 appearances.