Huddersfield Town vs Preston North End Match Analysis and Prediction

Huddersfield Town will be looking for a victory that can help them move out of the Championship relegation zone when they play host to Preston North End on Tuesday.

Both teams head into the contest at the John Smith’s Stadium off the back of defeats at the weekend, with the hosts in the relegation zone and eight points behind mid-table Preston.

It has been quite the downward spiral in the five months for Huddersfield since the playoff in May, and they fell to an eighth defeat of the season against Rotherham United at the weekend.

New head coach Mark Fotheringham has now overseen two defeats to go with one draw and one win in his four matches in charge, since he replaced Danny Schofield at the end of September.

However, Fotheringham’s only win came at home, in a somewhat surprisingly comfortable 2-0 victory over Hull City, which should give Huddersfield’s fans confidence ahead of this contest.

Meanwhile, Preston stumbled slightly last week, losing both of their matches including Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at home to Stoke City.

Goals from William Smallbone and Tyrese Campbell in the second half secured the victory for Alx Neil’s side, as Preston conceded two at home for just the second time this season.

The well-documented defensive stability has taken a hit recently, conceding six across the last three matches having kicked off the campaign with nine clean sheets in their opening 12 games.

However, Ryan Lowe’s side still boast the best defensive record in the division, having conceded two fewer than Burnley, but have scored the least number of goals with just eight.

Preston’s last victory did come away from home, a 3-2 win over Norwich City earlier this month, and they have been far better on the road this season, picking up 12 of their 19 points on their travels.

Huddersfield Town vs Preston North End head to head

These two teams have previously met on 50 occasions across all competitions, where Huddersfield have claimed 22 victories while Preston have won 19, and they have drawn in nine. They have each scored 75 goals. In their last five meetings, Preston have won three, Huddesfield one with one draw.

Huddersfield Town 1-2 Preston North End 24/10/20

Preston North End 3-0 Huddersfield Town 27/02/21

Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End 17/08/21

Preston North End 0-0 Huddersfield Town 09/02/22

Huddersfield Town 1-4 Preston North End 09/08/22

Huddersfield Town latest home form

Huddersfield Town have recently been on an upturn in form at home, as they have won each of their two most recent matches. They managed to defeat Hull City 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded five.

Huddersfield Town 2-2 West Bromwich Albion 27/08/22

Huddersfield Town 0-1 Blackpool 04/09/22

Huddersfield Town 1-2 Wigan Athletic 13/09/22

Huddersfield Town1-0 Cardiff City 17/09/22

Huddersfield Town 2-0 Hull City 09/10/22

Huddersfield Town latest away form

Huddersfield Town have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having been winless in their seven most recent matches. They lost 2-1 to Rotherham United in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded 12.

Norwich City 2-1 Huddersfield Town 16/08/22

Bristol City 2-0 Huddersfield Town 31/08/22

Reading 3-1 Huddersfield Town 01/10/22

Luton Town 3-3 Huddersfield Town 04/10/22

Rotherham United 2-1 Huddersfield Town 15/10/22

Preston North End latest home form

Preston have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their nine most recent matches. They were beaten 2-0 by Stoke City in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded six.

Preston North End 0-1 Birmingham City 03/09/22

Preston North End 1-1 Burnley 13/09/22

Preston North End 0-2 Sheffield United 17/09/22

Preston North End 1-0 West Bromwich Albion 05/10/22

Preston North End 0-2 Stoke City 15/10/22

Preston North End latest away form

Preston were beaten 2-1 by Bristol City in their last away game in the league. However, they have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their previous four matches. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded four.

Cardiff City 0-0 Preston North End 27/08/22

Coventry City 0-1 Preston North End 31/08/22

Sunderland 0-0 Preston North End 01/10/22

Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End 08/10/22

Bristol City 2-1 Preston North End 12/10/22

Huddersfield Town news

Jonathan Hogg missed out on Saturday with a calf injury so is most likely to miss out once again, as is Will Boyle and Pat Jones with knee and hamstring injuries respectively.

Matty Pearson is still unavailable with a long-term knee issue, but Tyreece Simpson is edging closer to a return from a knee injury.

Preston North End news

Troy Parrott is unavailable for Preston North End until December, and Liam Lindsay and Daniel Johnson will be assessed before the game after missing the Stoke defeat.

Brad Potts was a second-half substitute and is likely to come back into the starting XI in place of Alan Browne at right wing-back.

Prediction and Odds

Huddersfield Town have struggled to breach almost every defence they have come up against this season, so they will most defenitely find it difficult against their visitors.

However, Preston North End have found it difficult to score many goals, so we expect the two sides to play out a draw.

Odds: 1 2.23 X 2.05 2 2.65

Probable outcomes

Huddersfield Town 0-0 Preston North End

Huddersfield Town 1-1 Preston North End

Huddersfield Town 2-2 Preston North End

Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End

Huddersfield Town 0-1 Preston North End