Huddersfield Town digest: Mansfield preview as trophy lift planned for Town Women
Plus our predicted line-up and all the latest injury news for the weekend
What’s been said
You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Martin Drury’s press conference — as well as Sean Roughan’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers. If you’d prefer to watch along, the club’s live stream is available on YouTube here.
Coming up next
Mansfield Town come to Accu Stadium for a dead rubber of a game with nothing on the line for either side.
Nigel Clough’s side sit 12th in the table as they come towards the end of a rather streaky season, but they have specialised in making themselves hard to beat over the past couple of months with four wins, seven draws and just two losses in their past 13 games — and one of those defeats was in a battling 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup.
In that time Mansfield have kept clean sheets in half of their league games, including shutting out play-off hopefuls Stockport away from home in a 1-0 win on Tuesday night.
Former Town midfielder Jon Russell has made an impact since joining on loan from Barnsley in the January transfer window, scoring five goals in 18 league appearances, including a brace in a 2-2 draw against Luton last weekend
We’ll have five conclusions on the game for our paying subscribers first thing on Sunday morning, followed by further reaction not just on that game but the season as a whole in Monday morning’s podcast. Get signed up if you’re not already.
Elsewhere at the top end of League One
Ahh, who even cares anymore?
Stevenage’s victory on Tuesday night means that Town can no longer reach the top six this season and are set for another campaign in League One.
Plymouth and Luton both remain in the hunt, at least for now, as they bid to catch Stockport or Stevenage before the end of the season.
Huddersfield Town injuries and absences
Bojan Radulovic is not available to face Mansfield and is also a doubt for the final day against Wimbledon.
Lee Nicholls is also ruled out on Saturday as he hopefully nears the end of the concussion protocol, but could be back in contention for the last game of the season next weekend.
Ryan Hardie and Jack Whatmough were still hoping to be able to play a part for Town before the end of the season, but Cameron Ashia, Josh Feeney and Lynden Gooch are all expected to miss the rest of the campaign.
Predicted line-up to face Mansfield
3-4-1-2: Jak Alnwick; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Ryan Ledson, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, David Kasumu; George Sebine.
Substitutes: Nik Tzanev, Joe Low, Antony Evans, Marcus McGuane, Mickel Miller, Dion Charles, Alfie May.
Celebrate with Huddersfield Town Women
Town Women secured the league title with a game to spare after beating rivals Cheadle 4-0 on Sunday and then pushing over the line with another comprehensive victory, coming away from York City with a 5-0 win.
The Terriers will now get a victory lap as they host Wythenshawe at the Graham Leslie Arena at Storthes Hall in Sunday’s 2pm kick-off before receiving the trophy on home turf.
Get down to that one to see Town lift the trophy and join the promotion celebrations!