English League Championship

FT Thursday, February 2, 2017
Brighton & Hove Albion WLWWL 1
–
Huddersfield Town WWLWW 3
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BHA101
HUD303
Accu Stadium · 20,104 att.

Match Report

Press Association

Smith, Wells, Kachunga score as Huddersfield beat leaders Brighton

Huddersfield displayed their promotion credentials with a 3-1 victory against Championship leaders Brighton.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
0
31.5
Possession
68.5
2
SHOTS
23
1
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
167
Accurate Passes
469
275
Passes
585
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
5
Crosses
25
0.0
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
77
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
12
29
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

HUD · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 26Christopher SchindlerCD-L
  3. 44Michael HefeleCD-R
  4. 15Chris LöweLB
  5. 2Tommy SmithRB
  6. 37Isaiah BrownAM
  7. 10Aaron MooyLM
  8. 6Jonathan HoggRM
  9. 21Nahki WellsF
  10. 17Rajiv van La ParraAM-L
  11. 9Elias KachungaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Joel ColemanSUB
  2. 45Kasey PalmerSUB
  3. 4Dean WhiteheadSUB
  4. 23Collin QuanerSUB
  5. 18Joe LolleySUB
  6. 12Tareiq Holmes-DennisSUB
  7. 27Jon Gorenc StankovicSUB

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 22Shane DuffyCD-R
  4. 12Sébastien PocognoliLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 21Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  7. 7Biram KiyalCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Steve SidwellSUB
  2. 4Uwe HünemeierSUB
  3. 26Christian WaltonSUB
  4. 27Fikayo TomoriSUB
  5. 28Chuba AkpomSUB
  6. 8Jiri SkalakSUB
  7. 20Solly MarchSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 20' Goal! Huddersfield Town 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal.
  4. 36' Goal! Huddersfield Town 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Nahki Wells (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  5. 39' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+1' Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+3' Goal! Huddersfield Town 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  8. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Beram Kayal.
  9. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Jamie Murphy.
  10. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Chuba Akpom replaces Tomer Hemed.
  11. 67' Second yellow card to Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) for a bad foul.
  12. 71' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Kasey Palmer replaces Isaiah Brown because of an injury.
  13. 77' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Joe Lolley replaces Rajiv van La Parra.
  14. 79' Oliver Norwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Collin Quaner replaces Nahki Wells.

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