Huddersfield and Blackburn seem to have very different aims this season in the Championship this season. The pair meet on Sunday afternoon at the John Smith’s Stadium, with both hoping to secure maximum points.
The home side is currently looking nervously over their shoulders at the relegation zone, as the Terriers are currently 20th place in the table, just four points clear of the dreaded drop zone.
A 1-0 defeat on boxing day against fellow strugglers Middlesbrough ended a promising three-game unbeaten run for Huddersfield. A record of just two wins in nine Championship games rather illustrates why Town are dangerously close to the drop zone.
Similar to last season, when they were in the Premier League, Huddersfield have struggled to score goals this season. In fact, only three teams in the second tier have scored fewer goals than Town this season.
Huddersfield have been tough to beat at the John Smiths Stadium of late though, as the Terriers have suffered just one defeat in their last eight league matches on home soil. The problem is that they have also won just three of those eight home matches.
Blackburn are looking up rather than down in the second tier this season. Rovers are currently ninth-place in the Championship table, just two points outside the play-off spots.
The visitors are eight games unbeaten in the Championship. However, a 1-1 home draw against Birmingham on boxing day means that Tony Mowbray’s team have drawn three of their last four league matches.
Their recent league games have been tight, low-scoring affairs as Rovers last five games have all produced under 2.5 goals.
Blackburn will hope to stretch their unbeaten away run in the Championship to four games. Forebet predicts that Rovers will extend that run, but that this clash will end in a low-scoring draw.