Huddersfield Town vs Notts County - prediction, team news, lineups

Huddersfield Town volition beryllium looking to support their presumption astatine the League One acme erstwhile they invited chap unbeaten broadside Notts County to Accu Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers made it 3 wins from 4 connected Tuesday nighttime aft beating Oxford United 3-1, portion the Magpies secured their archetypal triumph of the play astatine the play with a comeback triumph implicit Burton Albion earlier drafting connected the roadworthy against Doncaster Rovers during the week.

Match preview

Huddersfield Town endured a chaotic end to the 2025-26 season, with managerial changes extracurricular of their power contributing to a mediocre tally of signifier that saw the Yorkshire broadside autumn distant from the playoff positions and yet decorativeness 8 points down sixth-placed.

Just 1 triumph from their last 5 matches near Martin Drury's broadside with 67 points from 46 league outings, condemning the Terriers to a 3rd successive play successful League One.

However, a productive summertime and Drury's assignment arsenic the caller full-time manager person helped Huddersfield marque an encouraging commencement to the caller campaign, with the Terriers entering their 5th league crippled sitting apical of the table.

A punishment shootout decision to Preston North End successful the League Cup was followed by a broad triumph implicit AFC Wimbledon connected the opening time of League One, earlier a gully distant to MK Dons, a precocious comeback triumph against Cambridge United and Tuesday's 3-1 occurrence implicit Oxford United.

For the Terriers, the mode of those victories volition beryllium an contiguous root of encouragement, with their past 2 wins some requiring them to travel from down to assertion maximum points.

As for Notts County, they person returned to the 3rd tier of English shot aft much than a decennary away, a play which included a spell successful the National League, having secured promotion via the League Two playoffs successful May.

A 3-0 triumph implicit Salford astatine Wembley marked their instrumentality to League One for the archetypal clip since the 2014-15 season, erstwhile they were relegated by conscionable 2 points and subsequently struggled to marque their mode backmost up the divisions.

Led by Martin Paterson, who arrived successful June 2025, the Magpies person made a coagulated instrumentality to the part and besides participate their 5th crippled of the play yet to sensation defeat.

However, Notts County person won conscionable 1 of their opening 4 league matches, with their League Cup run ending connected penalties against Burnley aft they had drawn with precocious relegated Leicester City and promotion hopefuls Luton Town.

Paterson's broadside yet claimed their archetypal triumph of the play past Saturday erstwhile they came from down to bushed Burton Albion, with a Luka Smyth brace securing each 3 points astatine Meadow Lane.

The 2 conscionable this Saturday day for the archetypal clip since August 2015, with Huddersfield having since spent 2 seasons successful the Premier League, portion Notts County person suffered aggregate relegations that saw the Magpies walk 4 seasons successful the 5th tier since their past clash.

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Team News

Huddersfield Town caput into the play without immoderate further wounded concerns and with the luxury of naming the aforesaid XI erstwhile again.

Joe Taylor scored doubly wrong 3 minutes successful their latest triumph and is apt to clasp his spot successful attack, portion determination could beryllium a instrumentality for Bali Mumba, who was sent disconnected 3 games agone and has since completed his suspension.

The Terriers volition beryllium incapable to telephone upon Cameron Ashia, Sean Roughan, Herbie Kane and Marcus McGuane owed to injury.

Drury is expected to instrumentality with skipper Ryan Ledson successful midfield, with the backmost 4 erstwhile again apt to see Ilias Bronkhorst, who has played each infinitesimal of the league play truthful far.

Notts County, meanwhile, besides came distant from Tuesday's gully without immoderate further wounded concerns and tin erstwhile again sanction a akin XI to the 1 that started against Doncaster Rovers.

Smyth and Oliver Cooper person already scored doubly successful the league this season, truthful the Australian guardant and Welsh midfielder are expected to commencement erstwhile again.

Paterson is besides expected to clasp the back-three enactment that has helped the Magpies marque an unbeaten commencement to the season, with James Belshaw acceptable to proceed successful goal.

Huddersfield Town imaginable starting lineup:

Young; Bronkhorst, Balker, Wallace, Bowat; Ledson; S. Fernandes, Harness, Smith-Sway; Fletcher, Taylor

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Belshaw; Gibbons, Ness, Bedeau; Tsaroulla, Cooper, Finneran, Lipsiuc; Grant, Smyth, Mustapha

We say: Huddersfield Town 1-1 Notts County

Huddersfield Town and Notts County are 2 of conscionable 3 sides who stay unbeaten successful League One truthful far, and we expect some teams to amusement wherefore erstwhile they conscionable connected Saturday.

The Terriers person made the stronger commencement and volition person location advantage, but Notts County person shown plentifulness of resilience since returning to the 3rd tier and should beryllium susceptible of making beingness hard for the league leaders.

We spot the brace playing retired a choky and cagey affair, with some sides perchance ending the time inactive successful the apical six. 

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