Town hit the telly for the second time
HUDDERSFIELD Town are set to face Tottenham Hotspur in their second live SKY TV game of the season at the John Smith’s Stadium this Saturday (kick-off 12.30pm).
Over the past five years the club have featured a total of 25 times across a number of different television channels - the lowest of any current Premier League club.
Sky have aired 22 games, with ITV, ESPN and BBC all airing one game each while BT have yet to air a single Town game with the Yorkshire derby the most aired fixture (featuring five times on Sky).
According to new research from MoneySuperMarket, Town have a win percentage of 36%, winning 9 of their matches, scoring 26 goals which is an average of 1 goal per game while they have conceded 38 times, an average of 1.5 goals per game.
Overall, Manchester United had 54 matches televised last season, the most of any Premier League side in a single campaign over the past five seasons.
In fact, this is more than six other top-flight sides have each had over the past five years in total (AFC Bournemouth had 34 games televised in that time, Brighton & Hove Albion 52 games, Burnley 46 games, Town 25 games, Stoke City 49 games and West Bromwich Albion 51 games).
In contrast, the number of Chelsea games on TV has decreased each season, down from 44 in 2012/2013 to 33 in 2016/2017 – a 25% decrease, despite them having won the Premier League title twice in the last three seasons.
Check out the full MoneySuperMarket guide on their website to see the full breakdown of where and how often team’s games have been televised over the past five seasons.
(www.moneysupermarket.com/ broadband/televised-footballfixtures-index). ■■Midfielders Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick will miss Manchester United’s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow in Russia tonight.
Belgium international Fellaini was added to the absentee list after a Shane Long tackle in Saturday’s win over Southampton injured his ankle and, with Carrick also missing, Ander Herrera is set to start.
Defenders Phil Jones and Eric Bailly are available again after serving European suspensions. ■■Defender David Luiz is expected to play for Chelsea at Atletico Madrid in tonight’s Champions League Group C clash despite a broken wrist.
Luiz suffered the injury against Arsenal, when he was also sent off to incur a three-match ban which expires after Saturday’s Premier League clash with Manchester City.
Playmaker Eden Hazard is expected to start, winger Pedro is a doubt with a minor undisclosed issue, while club captain Gary Cahill could return in defence for Chelsea, whose only definite injury absentee is midfielder Danny Drinkwater (calf).