Huddersfield Town vs Stoke City Match Analysis & Prediction
20/09/2023 9:45 pm
Huddersfield Town host Stoke City at John Smith’s Stadium on Wednesday night with the sides seemingly going in opposite directions in the Championship.
At a time when the hosts have won twice in succession to move to 17th place in the standings, the visitors have lost three times on the bounce.
If reports are to be believed, Neil Warnock is on the verge of resigning from his position as Huddersfield manager, despite already making a U-turn on his future having kept the Terriers in the second tier of English football.
However, should the veteran depart the John Smith’s Stadium, he will do so on a high, a four-game winless run being ended with successive victories.
A 2-1 victory at West Bromwich Albion before the international break was followed by a 2-0 win over Rotherham United at the weekend.
Having scored just twice in their opening 360 minutes of league action this season, Huddersfield appear to have rediscovered the touch that got them out of trouble at the back end of 2022-23.
In sharp contrast, Stoke City started the season looking like a team who appeared perfectly set to retain a promotion push, helped by the heavy investment in the summer.
Instead, four defeats in five matches have left the Potters below their next opponents, Stoke with six points to their name from as many matches and in 19th place.
Furthermore, Stoke have failed to score in defeats to each of Millwall, Preston North End and Norwich City, despite that being the area where they spent much of the focus during the off-season.
Even at this early stage, pressure is growing on Alex Neil – whose appointment has simply not worked out – and the Scot desperately requires another victory from Wednesday’s match or the ones that follow against Hull City and Bristol City.
Huddersfield Town vs. Stoke City Head to head
In the 49 previous meetings between these two teams, Huddersfield have claimed 15 victories while stoke have won 18, and they have drawn in 16. Stoke have scored 70 goals and conceded 58 in the process.
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30/01/2021Huddersfield Town1Stoke City1Championship
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11/09/2021Stoke City2Huddersfield Town1Championship
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28/01/2022Huddersfield Town1Stoke City1Championship
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13/08/2022Huddersfield Town3Stoke City1Championship
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15/02/2023Stoke City3Huddersfield Town0Championship
Huddersfield Town Team News
Jonathan Hogg is expected to miss out for Huddersfield having sustained an injury early in the second half against Rotherham.
On that occasion, defender Rarmani Edmonds-Green was introduced in his place, but Brahima Diarra may be considered if Warnock opts for a more attack-minded look in midfield.
Huddersfield Town's Last 5 Matches
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12/08/2023Huddersfield Town0Leicester City1Championship
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19/08/2023Middlesbrough1Huddersfield Town1Championship
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26/08/2023Huddersfield Town0Norwich City4Championship
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02/09/2023West Bromwich Albion1Huddersfield Town2Championship
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16/09/2023Huddersfield Town2Rotherham United0Championship
Stoke City Team News
While Ki-Jana Hoever may be in line to return at right-back, Stoke are again expected to be without Enda Stevens, Andre Vidigal and Ryan Mmaee.
Daniel Johnson, Sead Haksabanovic and Dwight Gayle are all pushing for opportunities in midfield and attack respectively.
Stoke City's Last 5 Matches
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19/08/2023Stoke City1Watford0Championship
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26/08/2023Millwall1Stoke City0Championship
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29/08/2023Stoke City6Rotherham United1League Cup
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02/09/2023Stoke City0Preston North End2Championship
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16/09/2023Norwich City1Stoke City0Championship
Huddersfield Town vs. Stoke City: Odds and Predictions
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