On Saturday, second-placed Town head to Huddersfield hoping to keep their perfect road record under manager Kieran McKenna and anticipates a boisterous Terriers fan reception for new manager Darren Moore at the John Smith’s Stadium.
The Blues have so far won all 12 of their away Championship games, defeating Sunderland 2-1, QPR 2-1, Sheffield Wednesday 1-0, and Southampton 1-0.
The Terriers, who placed 18th in the Championship last season, nine points above the relegation zone, are currently in seventh place and have gone four games without a loss after drawing their last two games, 2-2 at home against Stoke under former manager Neil Warnock in his final game in charge and 1-1 at Coventry on Monday under new manager Moore.
Five of the West Yorkshiremen’s nine points have been earned away from home so far this season, which is marginally better than their record at home.
They had one victory at home, a 2-0 victory over Rotherham two weeks ago, one tie, and two losses, including a 4-0 thrashing by Norwich City.
If Huddersfield’s recent managerial change had an effect on the Blues’ pregame preparation, McKenna was questioned about it.
There are no changes to the structure of how we prepare, he declared. Of course, the specifics of what we attempt to anticipate from Huddersfield have changed.
Under the new management, they have played one game with a new system and organization. That game becomes quite significant and something you consider.
However, since it was only one game, not everything could be predicted from it. I believe that from a mental standpoint, we must be really prepared because we are playing a team that has a new manager in their first home game.
That always gives the audience and the opponents a vigor for which we must be ready and go out and face them.
