PREVIEW: WEST BROM (H)

18 November 2021

All the information you need ahead of Saturday’s game

- Huddersfield Town Vs West Brom preview
- Tickets still available
- Listen on iFollow HTAFC

Huddersfield Town return to Sky Bet Championship action following the international break when they take on West Brom at the John Smith’s Stadium; 3pm kick-off.

Town come into the game looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat away to Cardiff City.

West Brom come into the game looking to build on their 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough.

THE OPPOSITION

The conclusion of last season saw West Brom relegated from the Premier League with 26 points.

Following the departure of Sam Allardyce at the end of the 2020/21 season, Valérien Ismaël was appointed the Baggies’ new Head Coach in June 2021.

Currently sat in third place in the Championship table, West Brom will be looking to move themselves closer to the automatic promotion spots that are currently occupied by Bournemouth and Fulham.

ONES TO WATCH

Sam Johnstone

Johnstone signed for West Brom from Manchester United in July 2018. In March 2021, the ‘keeper received his first call-up for the England team ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. His fine form last season also resulted in him winning the Supporter's Player of the Year, Player's Player of the year and PFA Community Champion Award for his work off the field. The 2021/22 season has seen the 28-year-old has keep seven clean sheets in 16 games so far.

Kyle Bartley

The experienced centre half has made over 100 appearances for West Brom since signing for the Club from Swansea City ahead of the 2018/19 season. Often starting in the centre of the back three, the 30-year-old has featured in all but one of West Brom’s games so far during the current campaign, bagging two goals and an assist in the process.

Karlan Grant

A familiar face to Town fans, Grant makes his return to the John Smith’s Stadium for the first time since his departure. The striker scored 23 times for the Terriers in 56 games across both the Premier League and Championship before signing for West Brom. The 2021/22 campaign has seen the 24-year-old find the back of the net on eight occasions so far, including a brace against Queens Park Rangers in September 2021.

TEAM NEWS

Town Head Coach Carlos Corberán will provide an update on the fitness of his squad during his virtual press conference on Friday 19 November 2021.

KIT

Town will be in their famous blue and white stripes for Saturday’s game.

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HOW TO WATCH

Tickets are on sale online now – CLICK HERE – and are available to purchase from the Ticket Office.

Adults - £25
65s and over - £20
18s and under - £15
Under-11s - £10

Disabled supporters should pay their relevant price class, with a companion ticket free of charge.

Tickets for wheelchair users are priced at £20, with a companion ticket free of charge.

CARD PAYMENTS AT THE TICKET OFFICE ON MATCH DAY

We're currently having to take card payments at the Ticket Office manually, due to an issue with our chip and pin and contactless machines.

If you plan on attending Saturday’s game, please buy your ticket online if possible or give yourself enough time to buy one from the ticket office.

HOW TO LISTEN

If you’re unable to attend Saturday’s game against West Brom, you’ll be able to listen to the game via iFollow HTAFC.

Live audio commentary will be available for the game when you purchase either a Monthly Pass or Audio Match Pass. You can purchase a UK Season Pass for £45, Monthly Pass for £4.49 or an Audio Match Pass for £2.50.

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CAR PARKING

You can book parking in Town’s Gasworks Street car park for home match days, priced at just £5 per car.

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Match Reports

REPORT: TOWN 1-0 WEST BROM

20 November 2021

Town victorious at home

- Town beat West Brom 1-0
- Sixth home win for the Terriers
- Danel Sinani on the scoresheet

Huddersfield Town returned to winning ways at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday afternoon, seeing out a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

An end-to-end game, Town’s impressive opening 20 minutes were enough to see them leave with all three Sky Bet Championship points.

It was a lively start to the game for the Terriers, with Matty Pearson having Town’s first shot of the day blocked in just the second minute.

The deadlock was broken soon after, with Danel Sinani opening the scoring in the sixth minute! With West Brom pressing high as expected, some excellent work in midfield from Scott High set up Danny Ward to the right of goal. Ward played the ball across the box to the Luxembourg international, who sent it into the back of the net at close range!

Harry Toffolo almost doubled the lead three minutes later, but saw his shot from 20 yards go inches wide.

As the game began to settle, the Terriers worked hard to put some good pressure on the visitors' final third - Ward in particular was causing some real problems for the Baggies against three big centre backs.

West Brom began to grow back into the game as the clock showed 26 minutes played, but Town showcased some excellent defending to keep the visitors at bay as they tried to equalise from territorial pressure and consecutive corners.

The first real sight on goal for the Baggies came in the 36th minute, with centre back Kyle Bartley winning a header following a good cross from left wing back Conor Townsend. Thankfully, it was straight at Lee Nicholls.

The visitors had the final chance of the half too, with Matt Phillips sending a header over the bar.

The second half saw Town’s first yellow card of the game, with Ollie Turton rightly booked in the 47th minute for a late tackle on Grady Diangana.

West Brom almost had their equaliser in the 57th minute thanks to a great strike from Taylor Gardner-Hickman. Fortunately, he saw his powerful volley go wide.

The 68th minute saw a big chance for Town to double their lead as Sinani played in Ward, but he swept his first-time effort inches wide of the far post with the goal at his mercy.

Another big chance came for the Terriers followed just moments later, but West Brom defended well to concede a corner. Second half substitute Fraizer Campbell went through and tried to play it across for Sinani, but it was cut out well by Bartley with Sinani poised to score.

Another big moment in the game soon followed as visiting captain Jake Livermore was sent off in the 78th minute for a high boot on Campbell. Fraizer beat the former England international to the bouncing ball before the high boot caught him in the face, with referee Tim Robinson taking his time before showing the straight red.

Town, with all three centre backs performing excellently and the homegrown midfield duo of Lewis O'Brien and Scott High showing excellent energy, saw out the remaining 17 minutes. The closest that West Brom came was a glancing header by centre back Matt Clarke, which bounced inches wide of the far post.

B Team midfielder Jon Russell made his Championship debut late on to help us see out the win!

Town’s Line-Up (3-4-3)

Lee Nicholls; Levi Colwill, Naby Sarr, Matty Pearson; Harry Toffolo, Lewis O’Brien, Scott High, Ollie Turton; Danny Ward (Fraizer Campbell, 68’), Danel Sinani (Jon Russell, 90+1’), Sorba Thomas (Josh Ruffels, 85’)

Unused Subs

Ryan Schofield; Mipo Odubeko, Josh Koroma, Rolando Aarons

Town Scorer

Danel Sinani (6’)

Town Booking

Ollie Turton (49’)

Town are back at home next Saturday, 27 November, for the visit of Middlesbrough - and Under-18 tickets are just £1! Buy yours online now - click HERE!