Huddersfield Town vs Newcastle United Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Huddersfield Town take on Newcastle United in a televised Championship match this Saturday evening. Read the match predictions to find out why a draw is the betting tip at the John Smith’s Stadium. Huddersfield were comfortably beaten 5-1 away to Manchester City in an FA Cup replay on Wednesday and drew their last Championship match 1-1 away to Barnsley. Meanwhile, Newcastle came back from a goal down to win 1-2 away at Brighton and move ahead of them back to the top of the table.

Huddersfield Town vs Newcastle United Preview

Huddersfield rested most of their first team squad for the defeat at Manchester City with this fixture in mind. Elias Kachunga has bagged 10 Championship goals this season and will be a tricky customer on the right flank. Much of the creative work has come down that side with right-back Thomas Smith providing 9 assists in this campaign.

Newcastle changed things up by deploying Yoann Gouffran as a striker against Brighton and he could continue in that role, if Dwight Gayle is still deemed unfit. Matt Ritchie avoided picking up a booking on the South coast, so is free to play but must again keep his discipline in check to avoid getting a suspension. Ayoze Perez came off the bench to bag the winner and could get the nod ahead of Mo Diame.

Team Predictions Huddersfield Town vs Newcastle United

Huddersfield 4-4-2 formation: Ward; Lowe, Schindler, Hefele, Smith; Mooy, Whitehead; van La Parra, Brown, Kachunga; Quaner

Newcastle 4-2-3-1 formation: Darlow; Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett; Colback, Shelvey; Atsu, Perez, Ritchie; Gouffran

Huddersfield Town vs Newcastle United Betting Tips

• Huddersfield have won 7 drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
• Newcastle have won 6 drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Huddersfield have scored an average of 1.9 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Newcastle have scored an average of 1.9 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Huddersfield’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Newcastle’s previous 10 matches

Huddersfield Town vs Newcastle United Prediction

Huddersfield are on a march in the Championship and have emerged as genuine challengers for an automatic promotion spot. They’ll have the belief that they can win here, having already beaten Newcastle away earlier in the season. However, they surrendered a lead away to Barnsley last time, so must avoid complacency in defence.

Newcastle didn’t really get going until they were a goal down at Brighton but after going behind they dominated the game. Rafa Benitez’s men have taken more points than anyone on the road and will be high on confidence after reclaiming top spot. The Magpies have been slow out of the blocks in recent weeks and will need to be alert from the get go.

Huddersfield have won 6 of their last 7 home matches in the Championship, so look set to put up a fight against the league leaders. Newcastle haven’t lost for 9 matches though and arrive in good heart after Monday’s vital win. These sides look evenly matched and a punt on the draw is advised.

Free Betting Tips

Match Prediction
DRAW at 9/4 with bet365

Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 7/11 with 888Sport

Correct Score Prediction
DRAW 1-1 at 23/4 with 888Sport

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