Huddersfield are going up against visiting side Coventry City at The John Smith's Stadium in this Championship fixture on Friday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Huddersfield Town v Coventry City, scroll down - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Huddersfield Town
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Huddersfield go into this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Championship drawn match vs Rotherham United.
In that game, Huddersfield Town managed 50% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Rotherham United got 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Huddersfield Town have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Huddersfield Town have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 9 goals on the way.
Their prior results show that Huddersfield Town:
- are winless against Coventry City in their last 3 matches in the league.
- are without a win at home for the past 3 league games.
Coventry City
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Coventry City will come into the meeting following on from a 2-3 FA Cup win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous match.
In that game, Coventry City had 42% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 12 on target. For Coventry City, the scorers were Ellis Simms (53', 97') and Haji Wright (100'). Wolverhampton W. got 17 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Rayan Aรฏt-Nouri (83') and Hugo Bueno (88') scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Demonstrating their penchant for eventful matches, goals have been scored 24 times in the prior 6 matches in which Coventry City have played, giving an average of 4 goals each clash. Opposing teams have hit 8 of this grand total. It will be interesting to find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head meetings dating back to 01/05/2021 shows us that Huddersfield have won 1 of them and Coventry City 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.
A combined total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for The Terriers and 10 for The Sky Blues. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was Championship match day 8 on 25/09/2023 when the final score was Coventry City 1-1 Huddersfield Town.
On that day, Coventry City had 59% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Yasin Ayari (27').
On the other side, Huddersfield Town had 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Michaล Helik (94') scored.
The referee was Oliver Langford.
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Team News: Huddersfield
Ollie Turton (Meniscus injury) and Josh Ruffels (Groin injury) are unavailable for Huddersfield gaffer Andrรฉ Breitenreiter.
We think that The Terriers should use a 3-5-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Lee Nicholls, Matty Pearson, Michal Helik, Radinio Balker, Brodie Spencer, Jack Rudoni, Jonathan Hogg, David Kasumu, Jaheim Headley, Daniel Ward and Delano Burgzorg.
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Team News: Coventry City
Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there is just a single fitness worry for the Coventry City manager Mark Robins to be concerned with. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (Back injury) misses out for this game.
We are inclined to think that The Sky Blues seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Brad Collins, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Milan van Ewijk, Kasey Palmer, Haji Wright and Ellis Simms.
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Prediction
Weโre thinking that Huddersfield Town might have a difficult job to find the net against this Coventry City side who we think will do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.
Weโre therefore anticipating a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Coventry City at the end of this game.
Weโll see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
14:07 29/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Huddersfield
Formed: 1908
Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium (24,121)
Captain: Jonathan Hogg
Chairman: Kevin Nagle
Manager: Andrรฉ Breitenreiter
Competitions: Championship position 22
โญ Star Man: Jack Rudoni
Generally played in the Centre Midfield position, Jack Rudoni was born in England. Having played his first senior match for Huddersfield Town in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has accumulated 5 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 29 appearances.