Bradford vs Huddersfield Prediction

Form check: Bradford riding high, Huddersfield wobbling

Bradford have won their last three league outings in a row, part of a run that's seen them lose only twice in their opening seven league matches this season.

Bradford: 20 completed matches; Huddersfield: 20 completed matches.

Bradford

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

15

Difference

+21

Huddersfield

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

25

Difference

+15

Huddersfield's recent form is patchier. Their last three league games have brought two draws and a defeat, a dip after a reasonable start to the campaign.

Bradford go into this with real momentum behind them, while Huddersfield will want to arrest a small slide.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bradford vs Huddersfield

Recent meetings have gone either way

The last two competitive meetings between these sides split one each. Huddersfield won 1-0 back in January, having lost 3-1 away at Bradford the previous September.

Older meetings go back over a decade but carry little weight given how much both squads have changed since then.

League table tells its own story

Bradford sit top of League One with 15 points from seven games, built on five wins and just two defeats so far.

Huddersfield are down in sixth with 12 points from the same number of matches, having drawn three and lost one alongside their three wins.

Bradford hold a three-point advantage over Huddersfield already, and they're the form side on top of that.

Players to watch

J. Taylor has been Huddersfield's main source of goals, with five in just seven appearances, and both D. Sanches Fernandes and R. Ledson have been chipping in with assists.

Bradford:

Penalty cards:

A. Sarcevic x 3

C. Connolly x 3

Huddersfield:

Best scorers:

J. Taylor - 5

Best assist providers:

D. Sanches Fernandes - 3

R. Ledson - 3

Penalty cards:

B. Mumba x 1 x 1

At the other end, Bradford's A. Sarcevic and C. Connolly have both picked up three yellow cards in seven games, worth keeping an eye on given how disciplinary records can shape a tight match.

How this one might play out

Bradford have generally been productive at home this season, including home wins over Peterborough and Mansfield, and they'll fancy continuing that pattern against a Huddersfield side low on recent away form.

That said, Huddersfield have shown they can pick up points on the road too, with draws at Mansfield and Notts County, so Bradford won't have it entirely their own way just because of the table gap.