Match Report
Huddersfield Town, 20th on 16 points, faced a 20-point deficit to Brighton & Hove Albion (17th, 36). In league terms the two rates read 0.92/1.58 for Brighton & Hove Albion and 0.58/2 for Huddersfield Town (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.41.
The head-to-head ledger counts 18 games: 5 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 5 for Huddersfield Town, 8 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 39% of those meetings. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at The American Express Community Stadium in Falmer (capacity 30,750). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.