Huddersfield vs Rotherham United Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Huddersfield Town

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Huddersfield, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 Championship victory against West Bromwich Albion.

In that match, Huddersfield Town had 38% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Huddersfield Town, goals were scored by Delano Burgzorg (33') and Jack Rudoni (96'). West Bromwich Albion had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. John Swift (52') was the scorer for West Bromwich Albion.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Huddersfield Town haven’t conceded. The reality is that Huddersfield Town have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 13 goals during that time.

Heading into this fixture, Huddersfield Town are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Rotherham United

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Rotherham United will come into the game following a 2-1 Championship win vs Norwich City in their previous match.

In that match, Rotherham United managed 38% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Rotherham United, goals were scored by Dexter Lembikisa (22') and Jordan Hugill (40'). On the other side, Norwich City got 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. Christian Fassnacht (50') was the scorer for Norwich City.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring Rotherham United, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match within that time is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Rotherham United standing at 1.33. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Pre-game facts show that Rotherham United:

• are winless against Huddersfield Town when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 15 league matches. They must be getting so desperate.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes going back to 14/02/2017 tells us that Huddersfield have won 3 of them & Rotherham United 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 9 of them from The Terriers and 6 created by The Millers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league clash between these sides was Championship match day 25 on 29/12/2022 when it ended Huddersfield Town 2-0 Rotherham United.

On that day, Huddersfield Town had 51% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Duane Holmes (31') and Jordan Rhodes (56').

Rotherham United got 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Jeremy Simpson.

🗞️ Team News: Huddersfield

In all likelihood, The Terriers could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Lee Nicholls, Tom Edwards, Michal Helik, Matty Pearson, Josh Ruffels, Jack Rudoni, Jonathan Hogg, Sorba Thomas, Ben Wiles, Delano Burgzorg and Daniel Ward.

📋 Team News: Rotherham United

With a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Rotherham United boss Matt Taylor has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match.

It’s our belief that The Millers seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Tyler Blackett, Cameron Humphreys, Cohen Bramall, Cafu, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiehi, Andre Green, Jordan Hugill and Fred Onyedinma.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Rotherham United have enough to break down this Huddersfield Town outfit, but it probably won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Huddersfield Town at the end of this one. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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Peter Guest, 08:08 13/09/2023