Stockport County vs Huddersfield

Stockport County

Preview

19:45

Huddersfield

12/29/2026

League One · Round 22Edgeley Park

Big match

39%

Huddersfield

model favours

36%25%39%

Stockport County score first in only 20% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1

likely score

55%

over 2.5 goals

58%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 10+ matches

Stockport County36%

×Draw25%

Huddersfield39%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.4%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Stockport CountyExpected goals in this matchHuddersfield

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.41

1.46

Stockport County

1.41

Huddersfield

1.46

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 10 home / 14 away

1.56

creates per match

1.68

1.25

allows per match

1.26

creates per match

Stockport County

1.56

Huddersfield

1.68

allows per match

Stockport County

1.25

Huddersfield

1.26

+0.24scores more than expected

finishing

-0.04on par

finishing

Stockport County+0.24scores more

Huddersfield-0.04on par

Total goals

Over55
Under45

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes58
No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Stockport County ↓

Huddersfield →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–06%

0–18%

0–26%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–08%

1–112%

1–29%

1–34%

1–42%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–23%

3–31%

3–41%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

94%6%1.5

78%22%2.5

55%45%3.5

32%68%4.5

16%84%

Double chance

Stockport County or draw

61%

Stockport County or Huddersfield

75%

Draw or Huddersfield

64%

Winning margin

Stockport County wins by 2+

17%

Huddersfield wins by 2+

18%

Team goals

Stockport County 1+ goals

76%

Stockport County 2+ goals

41%

Stockport County 3+ goals

17%

Huddersfield 1+ goals

77%

Huddersfield 2+ goals

43%

Huddersfield 3+ goals

18%

Draw no bet

Stockport County (draw refunded)

49%

Huddersfield (draw refunded)

51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

46%

Both score & under 3

12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Stockport County at home — creates 1.56, concedes 1.25 · 10 matches

Huddersfield away — creates 1.68, concedes 1.26 · 14 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Stockport County attack 1.56 + Huddersfield defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.41

Huddersfield attack 1.68 + Stockport County defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.46

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 39%?"

Stockport County scores more

36%

level

25%

Huddersfield scores more

39%

Huddersfield at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 39% does not mean "Huddersfield will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

80% of Stockport County’s matches go over 2.5 goals
Both teams score in 70% of Stockport County’s matches
Huddersfield fall short of their xG (1.4 vs 1.8 expected)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles

Stockport County

Balanced

Huddersfield

Attack-heavy

55%Possession52%

76%Pass accuracy74%

12.8Shots12.8

1.35xGBiggest gap1.81

Stockport CountyHuddersfield

Head-to-head

5 previous meetings

3

Stockport County

0

Draws

2

Huddersfield

Avg goals: 2.4BTTS: 40%

1–02–12–10–10–4

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form

County

WLWWW

Huddersfield

LLWLW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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Stockport County vs Huddersfield — League One 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Total goals

Both teams score

Match Insights

Style Matchup

Head-to-head

Head to Head

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