Eng. Championship
2012-09-19 - Sheffield Wednesday vs Huddersfield Town
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Championship
Wednesday 19 September 2012 - Kick Off 7:45pm
Sheffield Wednesday
Dave Jones had been unbeaten as manager of Sheffield Wednesday, but that run was snapped at Crystal Palace at the beginning of the month and they have followed that up with another defeat last time out. Now they will be looking to Hillsborough to help them turn around their form and get back to winning ways.
The side have dropped to 12th in the Championship table following their back to back defeats in the League, but both of those have come away from home. Sheffield Wednesday are 2-0-0 at home so far this season, scoring 6 goals and conceding 4 in those games against Birmingham City and Millwall.
Sheffield Wednesday are unbeaten in their last 11 games at home in all competitions and they have won 9 of those games. They have scored at least 2 goals in their last 9 home League games going back to last season.
Huddersfield Town
The loss of Jordan Rhodes was supposed to make life that much tougher for Simon Grayson and his men as they look to establish a position in the Championship following promotion last season. That hasn't been the case so far as the rest of the squad have rallied together and kept the momentum an unbeaten run can bring.
Huddersfield Town are 8th in the Championship having now picked up 8 points from their opening League games and they have suffered just 1 defeat so far this season. This will only be their third away game in the League this season and they are currently 0-1-1, scoring 2 goals and conceding 3.
The team are unbeaten in their last 4 games in the League since a 90th minute goal at Cardiff City consigned them to a 1-0 loss on the opening weekend. Huddersfield have won just 1 of their last 7 away games in all competitions and they have lost 4 of those games.
Head to Head
Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town have been in the same Division for the last couple of seasons and it is Huddersfield who have the edge with 2 wins and 1 loss and 1 game ending in a draw.
Wednesday did win the last game between the two teams thanks to a 0-2 win at Huddersfield.
However, they have failed to win their last 2 home games against Huddersfield including a 4-4 draw last season when they let a 4-2 lead slip.
Prediction
The two sides have been enjoying contrasting fortunes recently, but I still like Sheffield Wednesday to get back on the horse in this one and take the three points.
They should have beaten Huddersfield last season here, but Jordan Rhodes scored all 4 goals for the Terriers in that game and he is no longer at the club.
My concern is that Wednesday do tend to concede a lot of goals so if Huddersfield get their noses in front, the lack of recent results may play on the home sides minds.
However, at odds against, I do favour Sheffield Wednesday to record their third home win of the season and start pushing back up the table.
The Pick :
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Huddersfield Town
