Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City
Championship | John Smith's Stadium
Tuesday, 24 October 2023 @ 7.45pm
Cardiff City travel to Huddersfield Town on late Tuesday in the Championship.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat in their last match, having lost to Blackburn Rovers 1-0 away.
The Terriers, meanwhile, won their last match, 2-1 against Queens Park Rangers, with their goals scored by Jack Rudoni and Kian Harratt.
In the last 10 years, Huddersfield and Cardiff have played each other on 16 occasions. Huddersfield won three of them, Cardiff nine, and they drew four times.
On average, the Terriers scored 0.8 goals and the Bluebirds 1.6 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on April 30, when Huddersfield won 2-1 away.
With 13 goals in 12 games so far this season, Huddersfield are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.1 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 19 goals at a rate of 1.6 per game.
Cardiff, meanwhile, are average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
Town's Sorba Thomas is among the league's most creative players, racking up four assists in 11 appearances so far this season, and holding second spot in the Championship's assist charts.
For City, Joe Ralls, Ryan Wintle and Karlan Ahearne-Grant have set up the most goals, having laid on two assists apiece to date.
The Terriers are 18th in the table after 12 games, of which they have won three and drawn five, earning 14 points.
The Bluebirds are seven places ahead of the hosts in 11th, with five wins and two draws putting them on 17 points.
Huddersfield are in mixed form in the Championship, with one win and four draws from their last six games.
With three wins and a draw over that period, the away team's form is better – they have taken 10 points from 18, compared to Huddersfield's seven.
Tuesday's match will be refereed by Anthony Backhouse, who has taken charge of three Championship games so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 13 players. He has awarded one penalty.
He is yet to oversee a match featuring either Huddersfield or Cardiff this season.