FootyMAD Huddersfield Town match preview

Last updated : 12 September 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Huddersfield Town v Northampton Town fixture

Northampton face a trip to Huddersfield Town at Sir Alfred McAlpine Stadium on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Cobblers having 4 wins against 5 losses.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2003, with Huddersfield running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003Sat 01 MarHuddersfield2 - 0NorthamptonLD2
2002/2003Sat 14 SepNorthampton0 - 0HuddersfieldLD2
2001/2002Sat 23 MarHuddersfield2 - 0NorthamptonLD2
2001/2002Tue 23 OctNorthampton0 - 3HuddersfieldLD2
1989/1990Sat 28 AprNorthampton1 - 0HuddersfieldDIV3
1989/1990Sat 11 NovHuddersfield2 - 2NorthamptonDIV3
1988/1989Sat 18 FebHuddersfield1 - 2NorthamptonDIV3

Recent respective form guides

Huddersfield Town have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.

The away form of Northampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Cobblers have hit 8 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Huddersfield find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 6 matches. Northampton's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Huddersfield6222888
Northampton64028512

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Northampton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Huddersfield. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Huddersfield 4 games since last home draw.
Northampton 8 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 9 outings ago.