Huddersfield Town digest: Injury latest, predicted line-up and match preview
The Terriers face league leaders Cardiff in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off before visiting Northampton on Tuesday
What’s been said
You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Ben Wiles’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.
Coming up next
A trip to Cardiff City awaits on Saturday lunchtime. The newly-relegated side currently sit top of League One having played at least a game fewer than most of the sides below them in the table — second-placed Stevenage not included.
Brian Barry-Murphy’s side rank second-best for both goals scored and their defensive record this season and have been the most effective side in League One for creating chances. Cardiff take a possession-heavy approach, averaging 61% possession so far this season, and are particularly aggressive with their press.
Forward Yousef Salech has been a particular goal threat this season, racking up seven league goals, while 18-year-old Ronan Kpakio has been a revelation at right-back and currently leads the League One assists charts (with six).
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Then it’s another away trip for Huddersfield on Tuesday evening as Lee Grant takes his side to Northampton Town. Like half the division, the Cobblers have struggled for consistency this season, and go into this weekend 15th in the table yet still just five points away from the top six.
Northampton have one of the strongest defensive records in League One so far, conceding just 17 goals in as many games. But they have struggled at the other end of the pitch: only bottom side Port Vale (11) have managed fewer goals than Kevin Nolan’s side (16), and nobody has had fewer efforts on goal.
Town are likely to face a very different tactical challenge from Cardiff, with Northampton playing the most long balls and fewest short passes per game in the division; Cardiff, by contrast, play the most short passes per game and the second-fewest long balls.
Huddersfield Town injuries and absences
Jack Whatmough (calf) and Marcus McGuane (groin) are still working their way back from injury, with Whatmough ‘progressing nicely’ through the later stages of his recovery.
Mickel Miller is ruled out until around late January with a hamstring injury.
Herbie Kane has returned to light individual training but is still some way off returning from his groin injury.
Antony Evans does not need surgery on the knee injury that forced him off against Luton last week, but is still expected to be out for ‘a couple of months’.
Will Alves (foot) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) remain out for the longer term.
Predicted line-up to face Cardiff City
4-4-2: Lee Nicholls; Lynden Gooch, Josh Feeney, Radinio Balker, Sean Roughan; Leo Castledine, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Ruben Roosken; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.
Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Murray Wallace, Lasse Sorensen, Ben Wiles, Cameron Ashia, Dion Charles, Joe Taylor.
Huddersfield Town Women
Top-of-the-table Town host rock-bottom Blackburn Rovers at the Stafflex Arena in Sunday afternoon’s 2pm kick-off.
Blackburn have lost every one of their ten league games so far this season, while Glen Preston’s Terriers currently lead the division on goal difference with Cheadle and Wythenshawe both level on points.
Vertu Trophy Round of 16 draw details
The draw for the round of 16 in the Vertu Trophy will take place on Saturday 6th December at 11:45am, live on the Sky Sports EFL show.
The balls for the Northern Section are as follows, with games set to take place in the week commencing 12th January 2026.
Bolton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers
Fleetwood Town
Harrogate Town
Huddersfield Town
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Stockport County
We look forward to yet another trip to bloody Bolton.
And finally
Terriers fans have been asked to donate new and unwrapped toys as Christmas presents for underprivileged local children as part of Cash For Kids’ Mission Christmas campaign. Donations can be made at the Town club shop during opening hours, with donation points also available at the stadium’s Community Hub before the upcoming game against Wigan Athletic.
In addition, at the Wigan game, HTSA will be running a foodbank collection point at the St Andrew’s Road entrance, opposite the burger van, from 11am to 12:30pm. All donations will go to The Welcome Centre. Alternatively, you can make a financial donation to the Welcome Centre via their Aviva match-funding campaign, which will see all donations up to £250 matched by the Aviva community fund until Christmas Eve.