Huddersfield - Brighton Football prediction

Huddersfield Town and Brighton & Hove Albion play at The John Smith's Stadium in a 14th round Barclays Premier League duel. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time they played at this stadium was on 09-12-2017, in a game for the Barclays Premier League that ended with the victory of Huddersfield Town by (2-0). The goals of the match were scored by S. Mounié (12 'and 43') for Huddersfield Town. In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Analysis of Huddersfield Town
The home team is currently in 14th place with 10 points earned after 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied at home to West Ham by (1-1). In the last match, he won away to Wolverhampton by (0-2). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 17 goals scored and 22 conceded, against 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats at home, with 10 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last 7 home games for the league, Huddersfield Town have won 1, 2 draws and 4 losses, having won 5 points out of 21. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 16 of his last 22 games finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 13 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never managed to turn the board. In the last 8 home games in all competitions there are 1 periods in the standings: he suffered 4 of his 8 goals between the minutes (31'-45 ').

Huddersfield Town have been up in the last rounds, they have been undefeated for 3 games where they have won 2 and drawn 1 and are looking for another positive result to get away from the relegation zone. The team has problems both in the offensive and defensive sectors, since they scored only 8 goals, being the worst attack of the competition, and suffered 22 goals, having the fifth defense more leaked, but it is worth emphasizing that it improved quite defensively and suffered only 1 goal in the last 3 rounds. Playing at home, as the match on Saturday, Huddersfield Town has encountered huge difficulties, won only 1 of 7 games played and it is worth noting that in none of the last 6 games in this type of situation have occurred more than 2 goals on the scoreboard. For the game against Brighton & Hove Albion, coach Wagner will go on the pitch with the same qualification of the last round where he won an excellent away win.
Confirmed lineup: J. Lössl, C. Schindler, F. Hadergjonaj, M. Jørgensen, E. Durm, T. Kongolo, A. Pritchard, A. Mooy, J. Hogg, P. Billing, S. Mounié.
Technical: D. Wagner.

Review of Brighton & Hove Albion
After 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the visiting team is in 12th place, having won 15 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 with Leicester City at home (1-1) after losing 2-1 to Cardiff City in their last match. This is a stronger team when playing in his stadium, because in the last 30 games he has won 1, 5 draws and 9 losses; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the league, Brighton & Hove Albion had 4 points out of 21, after 1 win, 1 draw and 5 losses in their last 7 away games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 13 games in this competition, he never got around to scoring in the 7 games in which he conceded the first goal.

Brighton & Hove Albion have lost their way in the last few games, coming from 3 unbeaten games of which they lost 2 and drew 1 and are looking for a recovery to try to return to the top half of the qualifying table. The team need to improve both offensive and defensively, as it has scored 14 goals, being the eighth worst attack of the competition, and suffered 19 attempts, with the eighth most leaked defense and was considerably worse in both sectors in their last games. Having played away from home, such as this Saturday's match, Brighton & Hove Albion have encountered great difficulties, they have lost 3 of their last 4 games and it is worth mentioning that they have the third worst attack in this type of situation with only 5 goals scored in 7 matches, again highlighting their offensive problems. For the game against Huddersfield Town, coach Chris Hughton has the return of midfielder Stephens who has fulfilled suspension and is back available.