H2H: Prediction: Huddersfield vs. Birmingham (Championship

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Huddersfield Town and Birmingham last met in February 2018 in an FA Cup fourth round replay, with the Terriers winning 4-1 at St. Andrew’s in extra-time.

Huddersfield Town’s defeat prior to the international break was only their third loss in ten games under new manager Daniel Cowley (W4, D3, L3), showing a marked improvement from their seven-game winless run in all competitions prior to his appointment (D1, L6). Here, the ‘Terriers’ have an opportunity to win back-to-back home league games for the first time since November 2017. Since scoring a 30th minute penalty in Huddersfield’s opening home league game, Karlan Grant’s three home goals since have been netted after the interval. All three of Huddersfield’s first-half home league goals have arrived in the 16’-30’ minute period, though the second half has proven more fruitful for all sides involved in games at the John Smith’s Stadium, with 61.11% of the total league goals scored here coming after half-time.

Huddersfield are the only Championship side yet to score a goal from a corner situation. Huddersfield have conceded the opener in half of their home league games this season. Half of Birmingham’s away league matches featured a goalless first half.

Both Huddersfield and Birmingham City are amongst the worst-disciplined Championship sides, with each registering 30+ bookings this season (HUD: 1.94, BIR: 2.06 bookings per match on average). Huddersfield have registered exactly one, whilst Birmingham have received 2+ bookings, in their last two home and away games, respectively. Ivan Šunjić has scored a second-half goal in two of Birmingham’s last four away league games – he’s also been booked in three of his last five club appearances. Should Birmingham win, it could be by a slim margin – six of their seven league victories this term came via a single-goal margin. However, half of their away league defeats arrived by a margin of 2+ goals (33.33% 3+ goal margin) and since the start of the 2017/18 campaign, the ‘Blues’ have lost a league-high 30 Championship away games.