Rotherham vs Huddersfield Town Prediction & Betting Tips - Championship

Prediction published on 16/03/2024, 02:10  by Daniel Ngulu in Championship Predictions

Huddersfield Town have the chance to rise out of the relegation zone, when they travel to Rotherham United in the Championship. Both teams are well in the relegation scrap but Huddersfield are a point below the safety line while 20 points below. Time is running out for bottom placed Rotherham United, who have so far managed just 19 points from 37 games. They have just three wins in those 37 matches and the future looks bleak for the side that finished 19th last season. The hosts have regressed and even if they were to put up a miraculous fight, they won’t match the 50 points they managed last season. Rotherham have been poor defensively this season, and have conceded 77 times in 37 matches so far. No team has conceded more in the league, while they’ve also scored the joint fewest goals. coming into this game, they lost 5-0 for the second straight game, this time falling to Norwich City. After two straight away matches, they will be glad to return home, though five straight losses there don’t build their confidence. The Millers even failed to score in four of their last five home matches.

In the race for survival, Huddersfield will want to view this as their best chance to leave the relegation zone. Three points here will serve that target well. They have so far garnered 38 points, 19 more than their hosts but just one below 21st placed Birmingham City. In each of their last two meetings with Rotherham United, Huddersfield Town emerged winners. That run includes a 2-0 win in their last meeting, back in September. In Huddersfield’s last eight matches, they have three wins, a stepping stone to build on. They do have two clean sheets in that run, but the best of it is their scoring run. The Terriers have only failed to score in one of their last 11 matches, and that was in their last away game. Twice in the last three away matches, they scored more than a goal. In the bottom six, no team has scored more goals than Huddersfield Town so far, a sign that they can do better. An improvement in defending will be necessary here, but having kept back-to-back clean sheets against Rotherham, it shouldn’t be a worry.