Huddersfield Town vs Leeds United Prediction 5 February 2017
On February 5 2017 at 12:00 in the regular game of the 30th matchday of the English Football League Championship at the John Smith’s Stadium the local Huddersfield Town play against Leeds Untied.
The current season is definitely a pretty successful one for Huddersfield compared to the previous one when the team had to compete for staying in the league. This year, they are among the favorites of the league after 28 matches played and are now competing for making it to the promotion zone. In the latest five matches Huddersfield gained 10 points of 15 possible as they drew Blackburn 1:1, outplayed Wigan 0:1, Ipswich Town 2:0 and Brighton 3:1 and lost to Sheffield Wednesday 2:0.
As for Leeds, they also managed to show some progress this season compared to the previous one. They are in really good conditions at the moment and they also managed to shorten their distance from the leader of the Football League Championship to make it 6 points. In the latest matches Leeds won against Rotherham 3:0, Derby County 1:0, Nottingham Forest 2:0 and Blackburn 1:2 and lost to Barnsley 3:2. We must also remind you that Leeds gained 22 points in their 14 away games played which is the fifth best result of the league.
Leeds won a bit more games played between the teams when Huddersfield. Yet, in the first round game of the current season Huddersfield won in the away match 0:1. We must also admit that Huddersfield haven’t lost in the home matches since November 28. We think that the upcoming game will be really interesting as both teams are among the leaders of the current season of the Football League championship. Moreover, we think that both of them will manage to score at least once.