Our prediction for this Championship match:
John Smith’s Stadium will host Wednesday’s football game between Huddersfield Town and Stoke City, the two teams who are almost level on points in the Championship table. The Terriers have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team beating both WBA and Rotherham in the last two league matches and they must be high on confidence ahead of the visit of Stoke City. Both Tom Lees and Oliver Turton are sidelined with injuries, while there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Potters, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team suffering a loss in each of their last three league matches. Given Stoke City’s difficulties in front of goal, we predict that the hosts are going to extend their winning run to three games. The likes of Ryan Mmaee, Enda Stevens, Lewis Baker, and Emre Tegzel are injured for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Jack Bonham):
Jack Bonham is a professional footballer who was born in Stevenage on the 14th of September, 1993. The 26-year-old, although having born in England, is an Irish International and has featured for the Republic of Ireland's Under-17 team five times.
At the club level, he began his youth career with Watford and signed his first professional contract in September 2010 at the age of 17. Bonham's first-ever professional appearance came on the 4th of May, 2013 as a substitute against Leeds United in the final game of the 12/13 Championship season.
This appearance marked the 1.92 m standing goalkeeper's only appearance in a Watford shirt. Bonham then went on to play for clubs like Brentford, Carlisle United and Bristol Rovers before eventually joining Gillingham at the start of the 2019 season on a two-year contract. He's since featured nine times for the club and kept two clean sheets.
Highlighted Team (Huddersfield):
Back in 1926 Huddersfield Town became the first English club to win three straight domestic trophies. Since 1908 the Terriers were playing at Leeds Road, but in 1994 John Smith’s Stadium became home of Huddersfield Town. The club play in the English second tier (Championship) and the colour of the their home kit is blue and white (stripes).
Huddersfield Town were founded in 1910 and just three years later they entered the Football League. In 1926 the Terriers won their last domestic trophy, but they did well finishing runners up in the FA Cup 1920. The club’s biggest rivals are Leeds United and it has to be noted that Huddersfield Town have better head-to-head record of the two teams.
Bradford City are considered Huddersfield’s local rivals as well, but there are small rivalries with Barnsley, Halifax Town, Manchester City and Oldham Athletic. The club’s chairman is Dean Hoyle.