Our prediction for this Championship match:
Huddersfield and Blackburn face each other at John Smith’s Stadium in the opening match of Monday’s program. Huddersfield have found their best form of late, with the team escaping the relegation zone, but they need to keep on making progress if they are to secure the Championship survival. With no fresh injury worries to report, Neil Warnock is unlikely to make changes to the team that defeated Watford at the weekend.
The Riversiders, on the other hand, are eager to stay in the playoffs berth. Since Ben Brereton Diaz and Co. will go for a win as well, we predict that both sides are going to find the net in Monday’s encounter. As for the visiting team, both Tyrhus Dolan and Callum Brittain are pushing for recalls, while Daniel Ayala remains on the sidelines with injury. Sorba Thomas is ineligible to face his parent club.
Highlighted Player (Danny Ward):
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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 (Blackburn Rovers):
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Blackburn Rovers have been trying to return to the Premier League ever since they dropped to the Championship in 2012. The Riversiders compete in the English second tier and they play their home games at Ewood Park. Blackburn were founded back in 1875 and they are one of the founding members of the Football League (1888).
Burnley are considered Blackburn’s main rivals and the two teams square off against each other in the East Lancashire derby. It has to be noted that Blackburn Burnley 7-1 in their first ever meeting in the East Lancashire Derby on 3 November, 1888. The Riversiders have won three First Division (Premier League) trophies (1911/1912, 1913/1914, 1994/1995).
Blackburn Rovers have clinched six FA Cup titles as well. Speaking of the club’s European success, the Riversiders won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2007. The colour of Blackburn’s home kit is blue and white.