Huddersfield Town v Stoke Betting Tips [28 January 2022]

The journey towards promotion is on for Huddersfield Town and their home game against Stoke City will be a perfect chance to boost it. Huddersfield have 44 points, in sixth place, going into this game while Stoke City have 38 points, in 11th place. The hosts go to this game unbeaten in nine matches, with the latest having ended in a 4-3 win over relegation-threatened Reading. In their recent matches against Stoke City, Huddersfield haven’t done well, failing to win any of the last four. However, they have the better run going into this game. Defensively, it hasn’t been smooth for Huddersfield though, and they have no clean sheet in the last three matches ahead of this. Also, both sides have scored in Huddersfield’s last four home matches and they have just one clean sheet in the last five matches at home.

Stoke City have a poor run going into this game; they have managed just three wins in their last 10 matches. Six of the 10 matches have ended in defeats and they have failed to score in four of the 10 games. Ahead of this game, Stoke lost their last two matches, but they’ve only failed to score in one of the last five games. This is a fixture they haven’t lost in the last four meetings, just one draw, but in the four matches both teams have been able to score. In seven meetings with Huddersfield, they’ve won five and will hope this form continues here. In September, these two sides met and it ended 2-1 in favor of Stoke. However, ahead of this encounter, they have four losses and just one win in the last five Championship matches.

Stoke City have had a poor run in the Championship ahead of this game. While they have had a fine run against Huddersfield in recent meetings, their recent form will be a concern, and especially the fact that they have managed just one clean sheet in the last five Championship matches. Huddersfield are doing much better than their visitors but they have issues defensively. They are coming from three straight matches without a clean sheet but are unbeaten in their last nine. Both teams scoring can be a good pick here.