Huddersfield vs Sheffield Wed prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-02-02 15:00.
The Championship season still has three months to run, but it is now becoming clearer which remaining matches could be decisive in determining the most important positions, with Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday both languishing near the bottom of the table and therefore needing to take full advantage of games against fellow strugglers to maintain their survival ambitions.
After three consecutive draws against bottom-half opposition, most recently 1-1 at Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield sacked Darren Moore four months into his tenure on Monday. Moore leaves with a poor competitive record of W3, D11, L9 and with the Terriers on 28 points, a tally they also had at the same stage last term before rallying under a newly appointed manager (then Neil Warnock) to finish 18th.
Wednesday have already tossed out a boss this campaign, but without the desired effect just yet, although there has certainly been an improvement under Danny Röhl. However, having lost five of his first six matches in charge (W1), the youngest manager in the EFL is overseeing another drought in which the Owls have failed to win any of their last three league encounters (D2, L1).
Ominously, Wednesday ended the 29th round in 23rd place on 23 points for the first time since 2002/03, when they would go on to be relegated from England’s second tier. There is some reason for optimism when taking into account their recent away form, though the South Yorkshire outfit have been very hit and miss on the road. In their last five Championship games on their travels, they have secured two 1-0 triumphs against teams starting this weekend outside the top ten, while their three current top-ten opponents all got the better of them by 2+ goal margins in that time.
Players to watch: Former Wednesday defender Tom Lees is yet to win a competitive meeting with his former club (D3, L2). His old employers could certainly do with another strike from left flanker Marvin Johnson, whose last five goals were all in victories.
Hot streak: All 12 of Wednesday’s competitive trips to Huddersfield since the start of the 2000s (W5, D4, L3) have produced under 2.5 total goals.