West Brom vs Huddersfield prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-03-10 15:00.
West Bromwich Albion posted a hard-fought 1-0 midweek victory over Wigan to move just four points behind the play-off places ahead of the weekend. Baggies boss Carlos CorberĂĄn now must face his old club Huddersfield for the first time in league action since making his name as a manager by taking the Terriers to the 2021/22 play-off final.
CorberĂĄnâs men will enter this clash as hot favourites following their incredible ten-game unbeaten run of home games (W9, D1), although just a 50% win-rate in home league games started as favourites (W9, D5, L4) hints that this wonât be a simple walkover. Thatâs not all, as a failure to win eight of their last ten home league H2Hs may prove a niggling cause for concern.
The Huddersfield heroics achieved under CorberĂĄn just last season may seem like a fever dream to their fans as theyâre now almost a certainty to go down if the odds are to be believed. Bringing in the previously retired 74-year old manager Neil Warnock for one last job hasnât had the desired impact as of yet (W1, D1, L2), though he insisted his side need to just âkeep on goingâ if theyâre to beat the drop.
The Terriers earned a hard-fought point at home to Bristol City last round, but theyâre typically more bark than bite on their travels. Huddersfieldâs meagre ten-point away haul is a league low (W2, D4, L11), whilst theyâve lost each of their last three league trips without scoring which is a worse run than any since a five-game sequence of travelling defeats âto nilâ posted back in 2017.
Players to watch: Daryl Dike has scored all three of WBAâs goals across their last three games, doubling his league tally for the season in the process. Looking to outdo him will be Huddersfieldâs Danny Ward, who could be the man to end their three-game goal drought after bagging a brace in each of his last two visits to the Hawthorns.
Hot stat: Huddersfield have failed to score in a joint league-high 16 games this term (46%).