Match Day Thread Huddersfield Town v Norwich City

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Round 40

Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Norwich City
FT
HT 0 - 0​

Kachunga (66'minutes),
Mooy (70'minutes),
Wells (73'minutes)

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Attendance: 18,706​

Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Assistant Referees: James Mainwaring & Shaun Hudson
Fourth Official: Peter Bankes

Date: 5th April 2017
Venue: John Smith’s Stadium
Kick-Off: 07:45PM

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• Huddersfield have not completed a league double over Norwich since the 1967-68 season.
• Norwich have conceded in each of their last eight league trips to Huddersfield (W2, D2, L4).
• Only Barnsley (17) have scored more headed goals in the Championship than Huddersfield (14) this season, while Norwich have conceded the most headed goals (19).
• Only bottom of the league Rotherham (58) have conceded more away Championship goals than Norwich (40).

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David Wagner’s Match Preview

David Wagner previews tomorrow's game​

“They [Norwich] are seven points behind with seven games to go – so everything is possible.”

“There are 21 teams who would love to be in our position - this is what we have to realise. What the players have achieved so far is something special – it is incredible to be fighting for a play-off place."

“Making the play-offs would be an unbelievable achievement for this football club – we have to be totally realistic about that. Anything else is so far away and unrealistic – if we achieve a play-off place it would be a special achievement and I would be a very happy man.”

“You can never ask for a must-win in the Championship – all you can ask for is effort and attitude, every point is hard to fight for in this division."

“We have spoken a lot about what is possible and realistic and I have always said it isn’t realistic to be in the top six. To be fighting the likes of Norwich City, Aston Villa, Derby County, Fulham, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds – not to mention Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion. We are Huddersfield Town and if I said before the season we would be challenging them then you would send me off to the hospital."

“But it is now a realistic achievement which we want to achieve and are working to do so. We have played 38 games now and I have never had the feeling any game is easy. You can only focus on the future and what you can do, which is against Norwich City on Wednesday evening. This is a top Championship team, maybe even a Premier League side in terms of names, quality and experience. So it will be a very tough test and we need everyone to be switched on and at their best.”

Alan Irvine’s Match Preview

City's interim boss Alan Irvine gives his thoughts​

"They [Huddersfield] haven't surprised me because I could see how they were developing last year."

"Did I expect them to be quite as good as they have been? Probably not. They've been very good and made some good signings."

"They have a really interesting way of playing and they're where they are on merit."

"We'll look at games they've played recently. Like every other team in the league, they have their problems and deficiencies and we'll look to exploit those areas."

Irvine will draw positives from the Canaries' performance against Aston Villa on Saturday, even though two Jonathan Kodjia goals condemned them to defeat.

"We completely controlled the game, even with ten men."

"We outpassed them by about 400 passes and we had the territorial advantage.

"It's not like us not to score, especially when we've been as dominant as that. I would expect that if we're as dominant as that again we'd go on and score a couple of goals."

"It's vitally important that we get a good result at Huddersfield, there's no question about that. We need to win as many of the games as we've got left in order to give ourselves a chance of getting into the play-offs."

Current Form (Last 6 Competitive Fixtures – Most Recent First)

Huddersfield Town

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HUDDERSFIELD HOME

Huddersfield have won 65%, drawn 10% and lost 25% of their last 20 home games.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Huddersfield have won 5, drawn 5 and lost 10 of these matches.

In their last 20 home games against teams positioned below them in the table, Huddersfield have won 14, drawn 3 and lost 3 of these matches.

Norwich City

LWDDLD

NORWICH AWAY

Norwich have won 20%, drawn 25% and lost 55% of their last 20 away games.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned in the top half of the table, Norwich have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 15 of these matches.

In their last 20 away games against teams positioned above them in the table, Norwich have won 2, drawn 2 and lost 16 of these matches.

MATCH STATS: www.kickoff.co.uk

Match History

Huddersfield Town Wins: 12

Norwich City Wins: 13

Drawn Games: 17

Tomorrow’s game will be the 43rd competitive fixture between the two clubs with honours thus far extremely even, in fact a home win for the Terriers tomorrow will see them equal City’s tally of 13 wins.

Of the 17 drawn games a total of nine have resulted in a 1-1 stalemate.

Huddersfield have never put more than 3 goals past City with their highest winning margin being 2 goals to nil.

By contrast the Canaries have beaten Huddersfield 5-0 on two occasions, on 13th April 1998 at Carrow Road in League Division One (2nd tier) and on 13th December 2014 at the same venue in the Championship (2nd tier).

The Canaries thumped The Terriers 5-0 on 13th December 2014​

City have also managed to score 4 three times with a 4-2 FA Cup 3rd Round replay win at Leeds Road on 21st January 1987 being the highest aggregate score between the two sides to date.

Highest Huddersfield Town Score

Norwich City 2 Huddersfield Town 3
Huddersfield Town 3 Norwich City 2

Highest Norwich City Score

Norwich City 5 Huddersfield Town 0
Norwich City 5 Huddersfield Town 0

Highest Aggregate (6)

Huddersfield Town 2 Norwich City 4

Club Connections

Those to have worn both jerseys include:

Mark Barham, Kenny Brown, Jacob Butterfield, Simon Charlton, Lee Croft (Huddersfield loan), Des Hamilton (Norwich & Huddersfield loan), Grant Holt (Huddersfield loan), Alan Lee (Norwich loan), David Phillips, Anthony Pilkington, Iwan Roberts, James Vaughan, Steve Walford (Huddersfield loan) and Elliott Ward (Huddersfield loan).

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Anthony Pilkington in his Huddersfield playing days​

Former City central defender and Milk Cup Winner Steve Bruce managed the Terriers between May 1999 and October 2000.

Ex Norwich Goalkeeper and coach Paul Crichton also coached at Huddersfield.

One time prolific Canaries striker Mark Robins once managed Huddersfield.

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Mark Robins celebrates one of his many goals for the Canaries with team mate Gary Megson​

Former Huddersfield boss Mick Wadsworth had a spell as assistant manager with the Canaries.

Did You Know?​

Leeds United are considered to be Huddersfield’s main rival with The Terriers having the better head-to-head record of the two teams.
Huddersfield have won 25 of the 61 derbies between the two sides with 17 draws and 19 Leeds wins.

In November 1919 a fund-raising campaign asked the citizens of Huddersfield to buy shares in the club for £1 each to avoid a move to Leeds and a proposed merger.

In 1926 Huddersfield became the first English club to win three successive league titles, a feat which only three other clubs have matched and none bettered.

Huddersfield have also been League Title Runners-Up on three occasions, have finished third three times and won the FA Cup once.

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Masterpiece again KIO.

I guessed the last game spot on. This one. Terriers win, definitely.

I'm going to say 3-1.

And that's being positive. I could easily see a 4 or 5-0.

 

Yep unfortunately I agree FML and I'm about to predict a City loss in the poll

 

Brilliant work as usual KIO and I'll be VERY surprised if we even manage a draw. Huddersfield are easily the best team I've seen at CR this season and their last 2 defeats and us nicking Webber certainly won't 'choke' them and will spur them on to do the double over us. <getscoatemoticon>
I'll still be down the pub watching the game though!!!

 

Really can't make up my mind for this one....


...do I need two casks of Ghost Ship watching the game, or will one do!

 

6.

 

6 casks?

 

I'm a big fan of Oakham Green Devil, but at 6%, 3 or 4 pints is all I can manage.

 

Great thread Rich, you really do excel at these.

I've got my yellow and green glasses on - Terriers 0-4 City!

You heard it here first!

 

You'll need it. You watch!

 

Dave you have finally gone sea-lion

 

He's been wobbly for a long while. His statements have always been a bit JellyFishy.

 

Oh my Cod !

 

For God's Hake don't start this again.

 

Just watch every one will be floundering for comments

 

Word association has no plaice on this thread

 

I'll mullet over...nah feck it! 3-1 to the Norwich.

 

You don't have to be a brain sturgeon to go for a terriers win 2 - 1 but of course hopeful as always

 

Come on lads scale this down please and be serious, I know a lot of you seem to have a whale of a time with these puns but this is a football thread !

4-1 Udders

 

Fins can only get better....!