Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Huddersfield
Match Time & Date:
05/02/2022
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
Barnsley
Kirklees Stadium will host Saturday’s FA Cup game between Huddersfield Town and Barnsley. The Terriers set up a meeting with the Tykes by shocking Burnley at Turf Moor, and you should know that they are undefeated in the previous ten games in all competitions. Even though all Rolando Aarons, Levi Colwill, and Alex Vallejo are sidelined with injuries, home win should be considered as Huddersfield are tough to beat at home.
Barnsley, on the other hand, are on a four-game losing run in the English second tier. Considering that the Tykes have been struggling at the back of late, we predict that the Terriers are going to book their place in the FA Cup last 16. To make things even worse for the visiting side, all Gomes, Adeboyejo, Oduor, Brittain, Woodrow, and Halme are out of contention with injuries.
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 (Barnsley):
Barnsley are an English club nicknamed the Tykes. The club was founded in 1887 and it has to be noted that they spend more seasons in the Championship than any other club in the history. The Tykes played in the Sheffield and District League from 1890, but in 1895 they were part of the Midland League. Barnsley play their home games at Oakwell, the stadium that was built in 1887.
The capacity of the stadium is 23,009 and it was opened back in 1888, just one year after the club’s foundation. The Tykes made it to the FA Cup final in 1910, but Newcastle United proved to be a big catch for the Oakwell outfit in the title game.
Nonetheless, Barnsley won the FA cup trophy in 1912 and that is considered the club’s biggest success. Barnsley defeated West Bromwich Albion in the two-legged tie (0-0, 1-0) to clinch the prestigious trophy for the first and only time in their history.
