Our prediction for this Championship match:
Kirklees Stadium will host Friday’s Championship game between Huddersfield Town and Stoke City. The Terriers aim to build on a thrilling 4-3 win over Reading, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Danny Ward, who scored a hat-trick in the last league match, while both Levi Colwill and Alex Vallejo should miss out with injuries.
The Potters, on the other hand, aim to make amends for back-to-back losses to Fulham and Coventry City. Stoke City are not regarded as good travelers, which is probably the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on Huddersfield Town. All Romaine Sawyers, Josef Bursik, Jordan Thompson, and Harry Souttar remain in the recovery room, while January signing Phil Jagielka should keep his place in the starting XI.
Highlighted Player (Danny Ward):
Daniel Ward is a goalkeeper who was born on 22 June, 1993 in Wrexham, Wales. The 191-cm-tall shoot-stopper is a product of Wrexham Academy, but he did not make his senior debut for the club. After spending the 2010/2011 season at Tamworth, Danny Ward returned to Wrexham and on 30 January, 2012 he joined Liverpool for a fee of £100,000.
He made just two league appearances for the Anfield outfit and in 2015 he signed a loan deal with Morecambe. On 23 June he signed a new five-year deal with Liverpool, but he was soon sent on loan to Aberdeen. He played 21 games for the Scottish outfit and on 11 July, 2016 he signed a season-long deal with Championship team Huddersfield Town.
Danny Ward has 4 caps for Wales U21 team and he made his senior debut for the Dragons in a friendly against Northern Ireland on 24 March, 2016. Ward represented his homeland at the 2016 European Championship finals in France as he started the game against Slovakia.
Highlighted Team (Stoke City):
Stoke City FC (named Stoke FC until 1925) is an English football club from the city Stoke-on-Trent (located in the north of England). De club was founded in the year 1863 and next to Notts County FC the club from Stoke is the oldest professional football club worldwide. Different signs of Stoke City show that the club is founded in 1868. Currently Stoke City is playing in the Premier League. The home games of Stoke City are hosted in the Britannia Stadium which holds a capacity for 29 000 spectators.
The most known nickname of Stoke City FC is the Potters. The main club colors of the club are red and white. The away it is colored in blue. The only 3 prizes Stoke City managed to win so far are the League Cup in 1972 and the Football League Trophy twice (1992 and 2000). Famous players that played for Stoke City FC are: Ameobi, Gudjohnsen and Peter Crouch.