On Tuesday, at 20:00, we bet on a match in the England League Cup, where Stoke City (the second league) receives Huddersfield’s first-time show. The match comes at an inconvenient time for the hosts, who have just managed the first success of the season in the Championship, score 2-0 with Hull. But the League Cup is not a priority for the “potters”!
It is surprising that Stoke starts up as a favorite, given that Huddersfield is, at this time, a superior gang. Moreover, the white-reds disappointed in the start of the season, although they were favorites to advance from the second league. The first success came only in the 5th stage, in front of a team with big problems, and Stoke’s priority remains to advance to the play-off area. Under these conditions, the League Cup more tangles the plans!
Huddersfield knows he will have a difficult relegation season in the Premier League but has just picked up an important point in the Cardiff City dispute (0-0). It is a result that gives confidence after the drastic failure of Manchester City (1-6), and Huddersfield has high-quality players in the batch that can control the game at Stoke. Mounie will be the lead in the attack and, as uncertain as the white-red defensive lately, we would not be surprised to see his name on the scoreboard. There are no significant batch problems in the two camps, but we may see ground reserves. Even so, Huddersfield’s players are more valuable at the moment.
Direct matches are “closed” and have few goals.
We notice that every time the two met, the gaps were a rarity. In the last direct duel at Stoke, the hosts were forced 2-0 in a Premier League match played in January. The previous 3 duels ended in draw, twice 1-1 and once 0-0. Probably we will see few goals again, because Stoke gets hard to finish (with Wigan, 0-3, he did not even have a shot at the goal!), And Huddersfield practiced a crowded defensive, very difficult to penetrate.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.73
