HUDDERSFIELD. Hull City overcome Huddersfield Town to win 2-1. J. Greaves was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Hull City to strike first with an early goal of Jacob Greaves at the 7′. Then Jacob Greaves scored again for Hull City in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Jack Rudoni reduced the distance for Huddersfield Town (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 19,947 spectators. The referee was Rebecca Welch with the support of Matthew Jones and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Edward Duckworth. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.39 degrees Celsius or 54.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 3 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 119 Attack 87
- 70 Dangerous attack 30
- 35 Ball safe 58
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 3
Fouls
- 5 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Huddersfield Town was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Hull City that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Huddersfield Town was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Hull City was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Huddersfield Town shot 16 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Hull City shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards (Brodie Spencer, Sorba Thomas and Jack Rudoni). Talking about the opposition, Hull City received 1 yellow card (Jaden Philogene-Bidace).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Huddersfield Town stays with 34 points to hold in the 20th place. Regarding the opposition, Hull City will has 51 points like Coventry City and Norwich City to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will play away against Watford on the 24th of February with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Watford (1 draw).
Hull City will play away against Southampton on the 20th of February with a 9-2 head to head record in favor of Southampton (4 draws).
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
30'
90'
56'
Huddersfield Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jonathan Worthington decided to play with the following team: Lee Nicholls , Matthew Pearson , Radinio Balker , Tom Lees , Brodie Spencer , Jonathan Hogg , Alex Matos , Jack Rudoni , Ben Wiles , Sorba Thomas and Josh Koroma .
The home team had on the bench: David Kasumu , Delano Burgzorg , Bojan Radulović, Brahima Diarra , Chris Maxwell, Daniel Ward , Patrick Jones, Ben Jackson and Yuta Nakayama.
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 4 changes: Alex Matos for Brahima Diarra (56′), Josh Koroma for Delano Burgzorg (56′), Ben Wiles for David Kasumu (55′) and Jonathan Hogg for Daniel Ward (76′).
Player of the match: Sorba Thomas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Sorba Thomas.
His rating is with 30 passes (70% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 23 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Hull City – Formation
Hull City
Hull City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Liam Rosenior played with: Ryan Allsop , Regan Slater , Alfie Jones , Jacob Greaves , Ryan Giles , Tyler Morton , Fabio Carvalho , Jaden Philogene-Bidace , Ozan Tufan , Anass Zaroury and Billy Sharp .
They had on the bench: Lewie Coyle , Sean McLoughlin, Greg Docherty , Noah Ohio , Adama Traoré, Matty Jacob , Ivor Pandur, Aaron Connolly and Abdülkadir Ömür .
Hull City could not rely on the presence of Matty Jacob (injured).
Substitutions
Hull City made 5 changes: Tyler Morton for Matty Jacob (32′), Billy Sharp for Noah Ohio (46′), Ozan Tufan for Lewie Coyle (76′), Anass Zaroury for Abdülkadir Ömür (62′) and Fabio Carvalho for Greg Docherty (63′).
Player of the match: Jacob Greaves
The player that probably impressed the most for Hull City was Jacob Greaves.
His rating is with 2 goals, 63 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 18 duels out of 19.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Ipswich Town – 1-2
- Stoke City – Coventry City – 0-1
- Rotherham United – Watford – 0-1
- Preston North End – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Leeds United – 0-2
- Norwich City – Cardiff City – 4-1
- Millwall – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
- Leicester City – Middlesbrough – 1-2
- Huddersfield Town – Hull City – 1-2
- Bristol City – Queens Park Rangers – 0-1
- Birmingham City – Sunderland – 2-1
