West Bromwich Albion FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC, Championship 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2023-24

West Bromwich Albion FC

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Huddersfield Town AFC

Sat 2 Sep 2023 · 14:00 UTC The Hawthorns 23,094 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 33' Delano Burgzorg

John Swift 52' 1–1

1–2 90+6' Jack Rudoni

Y 41' Josh Ruffels

John Swift 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

West Bromwich Albion FC vs Huddersfield Town AFC — Championship at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion FC 15 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Huddersfield Town AFC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Linington
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Bhupinder Gill

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

West Bromwich Albion FC 8 games · Avg 3.4 goals Huddersfield Town AFC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-02 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2023-03-11 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Huddersfield Town AFC 2022-08-27 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–2 West Bromwich Albion FC 2022-03-11 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–2 Huddersfield Town AFC 2021-11-20 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–0 West Bromwich Albion FC

Recent Form

West Bromwich Albion FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Huddersfield Town AFC	H	1–2	L
26 Aug	Middlesbrough FC	H	4–2	W
18 Aug	Leeds United FC	A	1–1	D
12 Aug	Swansea City AFC	H	3–2	W
05 Aug	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–2	L
08 May	Swansea City AFC	A	2–3	L

Huddersfield Town AFC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–1	W
26 Aug	Norwich City FC	H	0–4	L
19 Aug	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–1	D
12 Aug	Leicester City FC	H	0–1	L
05 Aug	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	1–3	L
08 May	Reading FC	H	2–0	W

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
West Bromwich Albion FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

West Bromwich Albion FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

5/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

4/3

61-75

5/3

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

West Bromwich Albion FC

Isaac Price	6 G	3 A
Jimmy Morgan	4 G	4 A
Aune Heggebo	4 G	1 A
Callum Styles	3 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for West Bromwich Albion FC to score. At the same time, Huddersfield Town AFC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Cedric Kipre is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Huddersfield Town AFC tonight.
10' Huddersfield Town AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both West Bromwich Albion FC and Huddersfield Town AFC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His West Bromwich Albion FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' Huddersfield Town AFC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
30' A quiet spell here at The Hawthorns. Huddersfield Town AFC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
33' What a moment for Delano Burgzorg! That strike on 33 puts his side firmly in control.
38' David Kasumu needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
41' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Josh Ruffels.
46' England international John Swift has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
52' Brilliant from the ! John Swift makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 52.
57' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
62' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
65' The crowd applauds Kyle Bartley as he leaves the pitch. Erik Pieters steps in for West Bromwich Albion FC.
70' West Bromwich Albion FC have won 500 goals from 389 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
73' Huddersfield Town AFC make a change. Danny Ward trudges off to be replaced by Kian Harratt on 73 minutes.
74' Josh Koroma has so much to prove this time. He replaces Delano Burgzorg on 74 minute.
79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
82' Another change for Huddersfield Town AFC made on 82 minute. Josh Ruffels leaves to be changed by Yuta Nakayama.
85' Time for substitution for Huddersfield Town AFC. Jaheim Headley is replaced by Ben Jackson.
86' A tactical swap from Huddersfield Town AFC — Ben Jackson on, Jaheim Headley off on 86 minutes.
88' Grady Diangana is replacing Jayson Molumby for the West Bromwich Albion FC side.
90' That is a Yellow card for West Bromwich Albion FC. John Swift will be fuming at that decision.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

West Bromwich Albion FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

19
John Swift
21
Brandon Thomas-Asante ↓ Josh Maja 74'
3
Conor Townsend
5
Kyle Bartley ↓ Erik Pieters 65'
10
Matt Phillips
7
Jed Wallace ↓ Jeremy Sarmiento 65'
2
Darnell Furlong
4
Cedric Kipre
35
Okay Yokuslu ↓ Nathaniel Chalobah 74'
24
Alex Palmer
8
Jayson Molumby ↓ Grady Diangana 88'

Bench

14
Nathaniel Chalobah ↑ 74'
15
Erik Pieters ↑ 65'
11
Grady Diangana ↑ 88'
9
Josh Maja ↑ 74'
27
Alex Mowatt
33
Joshua Griffiths
36
Caleb Taylor
17
Jeremy Sarmiento ↑ 65'
31
Tom Fellows

Coach Carlos Corberán

Huddersfield Town AFC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Neil Warnock

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jed Wallace	3
Mikey Johnston	2
Karlan Ahearne-Grant	2
Matt Phillips	2
Daniel Ward	2
Faustino Anjorin	2
John Swift	2
Delano Burgzorg	2

Head to Head

West Bromwich Albion FC Form

2023-09-02 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2023-08-26 West Bromwich Albion FC 4–2 Middlesbrough FC W 2023-08-18 Leeds United FC 1–1 West Bromwich Albion FC D 2023-08-12 West Bromwich Albion FC 3–2 Swansea City AFC W 2023-08-05 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 West Bromwich Albion FC L 2023-05-08 Swansea City AFC 3–2 West Bromwich Albion FC L

Huddersfield Town AFC Form

2023-09-02 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2023-08-26 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–4 Norwich City FC L 2023-08-19 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Huddersfield Town AFC D 2023-08-12 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–1 Leicester City FC L 2023-08-05 Plymouth Argyle FC 3–1 Huddersfield Town AFC L 2023-05-08 Huddersfield Town AFC 2–0 Reading FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.53 West Bromwich Albion FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.36 Huddersfield Town AFC xG

I would bet for: West Bromwich Albion FC or Huddersfield Town AFC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

West Bromwich Albion FC40% Draw28% Huddersfield Town AFC32%

Actual: Huddersfield Town AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

West Bromwich Albion FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Huddersfield Town AFC

60%

West Bromwich Albion FC or Huddersfield Town AFC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

West Bromwich Albion FC30% Draw45% Huddersfield Town AFC25%

Actual: Huddersfield Town AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

7.4%

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.4%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — West Bromwich Albion FC

Handicap	West Bromwich Albion FC covers	Push	Huddersfield Town AFC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

West Bromwich Albion FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Huddersfield Town AFC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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