We have to be solid in our home matches

targeting the Swansea and Palace matches for maximum points, the defender said: “Yes - and as well we play Newcastle and Brighton away who are direct competitors for relegation as well.

“These are the games where you have to collect points - at least you cannot lose these games.

“It’s tough. Swansea are in good form, also Brighton and Newcastle away is a different story to when we played them at home.

“We have to be solid in our home games and try not to lose – or even win in our away games like at West Brom.

“If we can do this then we will stay up, if not then we can’t complain because these are the games with the teams which are on our level.

“These are the games where you can decide a season in your favour or not.”

Meanwhile, Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal says he is not one for “revenge” ahead of the trip to Town.

The Portuguese manager led Sheffield Wednesday to the Championship play-offs in both 2015/16 and 2016/17, with the Owls crashing out in the semi-finals in the latter, with Town claiming victory on penalties.

David Wagner’s men went on to win another penalty shoot-out against Reading at Wembley in the final, sending them to the Premier League.

And Carvalhal must once again face the Terriers.

Asked whether the play-off loss would give him any extra motivation, the 52-year-old said: “No, I am not this kind of person. I don’t keep things with me to have revenge on someone. It is important for us, we will try to win like we did before, so there is nothing different.”

Carvalhal is unbeaten against the Terriers over 90 minutes, claiming four wins and two draws in six matches.

On his record against Town, he said: “We did not lose, we played six and drew two but they won the penalties in the more important game.

“They played well, I can’t say they were better than us but we were equal and the penalties reflected that. I have a different team now and they have different players.”