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Huddersfield Town AFC vs Watford FC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2023-24
Sat 4 Nov 2023 · 15:00 UTC John Smith's Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Huddersfield Town AFC vs Watford FCChampionship at John Smith's Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee
  • Assistant 1 Paul Hodskinson
  • Assistant 2 Alex James (England)

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Nov Watford FC H 0–0 D
28 Oct Leeds United FC A 1–4 L
24 Oct Cardiff City FC H 0–4 L
21 Oct Queens Park Rangers FC H 2–1 W
07 Oct Sheffield Wednesday FC A 0–0 D
03 Oct Birmingham City FC A 1–4 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Nov Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–0 D
28 Oct Millwall FC H 2–2 D
24 Oct Swansea City AFC A 1–0 W
21 Oct Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–0 W
07 Oct Cardiff City FC A 1–1 D
04 Oct Sunderland AFC A 0–2 L

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Huddersfield Town AFC and Watford FC is underway.
  • 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 10' Huddersfield Town AFC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' Huddersfield Town AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Huddersfield Town AFC that had 369 games and scored 378 goals.
  • 25' It looks surprising Huddersfield Town AFC does not make any changes. Yaser Asprilla has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 30' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 35' It’s high time Darren Moore made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 40' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 45' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 50' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 55' Ben Wiles needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 19 Yellow cards this season.
  • 57' The referee shows Watford FC player a Yellow card on 57.
  • 62' Another substitution for Watford FC to replace Jeremy Ngakia by Ryan Andrews on 62 minute.
  • 64' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryan Andrews is hanging Jeremy Ngakia on the field on 64 minute.
  • 67' It’s a booking for Watford FC player. Giorgi Chakvetadze gets a Yellow card.
  • 67' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Giorgi Chakvetadze is replaced by Ismael Kone on 67 minute.
  • 68' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Vakoun Issouf Bayo is replaced by Mileta Rajovic on 68 minute.
  • 73' Brahima Diarra is replacing Kyle Hudlin for the Huddersfield Town AFC side.
  • 78' Supporters expect more eagerness from Francisco Sierralta, as he is very good at scoring at John Smith's Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 83' Ryan Andrews has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 87' Josh Ruffels is replacing Rarmani Edmonds-Green for the Huddersfield Town AFC side.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.02 Huddersfield Town AFC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Huddersfield Town AFC or Watford FC 68% + Under 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Huddersfield Town AFC34% Draw32% Watford FC34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.1
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 62%
38%
± 2.5 35%
65%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Huddersfield Town AFC or Draw
66%
Draw or Watford FC
66%
Huddersfield Town AFC or Watford FC
68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Huddersfield Town AFC22% Draw53% Watford FC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
14.4%
0 – 1
11.9%
1 – 0
11.1%
1 – 2
7.1%
0 – 2
6.9%
2 – 1
6.7%
2 – 0
6.1%
2 – 2
3.8%
1 – 3
2.6%
0 – 3
2.4%
3 – 1
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Huddersfield Town AFC

Handicap Huddersfield Town AFC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 4% 96%
-2 4% 9% 88%
-1.5 12% 88%
-1 12% 19% 68%
-0.5 32% 68%
+0.5 65% 35%
+1 65% 21% 14%
+1.5 86% 14%
+2 86% 10% 4%
+2.5 96% 4%

Clean Sheet

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet
34%
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
37%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.