Match Report
Newcastle United, 13th with 45 points, sat 29 points above Huddersfield Town (20th, 16). On the form table Newcastle United stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Per game in the league, Newcastle United were scoring 1.11 and conceding 1.26, Huddersfield Town 0.58 and 2, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Huddersfield Town had lost four in a row.
6 meetings are on record — 4 won by Newcastle United, 2 by Huddersfield Town, 0 drawn, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Recent meetings have been cagier — 2 goals per game across the last five against 2.83 historically.
St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.