Can New Boss Take Huddersfield Off the Bottom?
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We have a full set of Premier League fixtures to enjoy in mid-week and on Tuesday night Huddersfield Town host Everton at the John Smith's Stadium.
This will be the first match in charge for Jan Siewert and the German will be hoping to get off to the perfect start with a win. Huddersfield know a win could take them off the bottom but regardless of the result they will remain in the relegation zone.
Everton have dropped into mid-table and their season is focused on the Premier League. Marco Silva is under pressure and cannot afford to drop more points in winnable matches.
Huddesfield did not play on the weekend as they were already out of the FA Cup. Huddersfield have failed to win any of their last eleven games, losing ten of them and drawing one. Trends show they have won only two of their last twenty-nine games in all competitions.
Playing at home has been a struggle in recent matches and they have failed to win any of their last six in the Premier League. Having drawn with West Ham United in November, Huddersfield have lost each of their last five games. One of the defeats was expected against Manchester City but the others against Newcastle United, Brighton, Southampton and Burnley we hard to take.
Huddersfield have kept just one clean sheet in their last eleven home Premier League games and have failed to score in five of those matches.
Everton were dumped out of the FA Cup on the weekend at Millwall. Having led twice in the match it was a hugely disappointing result for the Toffees against a team struggling at the bottom half of the Championship table.
That result means Everton have lost each of their last two games, the other being away to Southampton in the Premier League. Trends show they have lost five of their last seven matches in the Premier League and have won three of their last twelve games in all competitions, one of which was at home to Lincoln City in the FA Cup.
Away form in the Premier League shows just one win in the last seven and Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last five away games.
Looking ahead to the team news and Huddersfield have Philip Billing and Aaron Mooy back in training but may have to wait until next week. Daniel Williams and Abdelhamid Sabiri are definitely out.
Everton are still without Phil Jagielka and the experienced defender is not likely to return until February. Cenk Tosun will be hoping to start having come off the bench to score at Millwall on the weekend.
Neither team are in good form and although Huddersfield have the boost of a new manager, Everton have the superior talent in their team. If their key players perform, Everton should come away with the points in what could be a narrow win.
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