Huddersfield Town will be looking to respond with all three points when they face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium
Since reviving their season with seven points from the nine on offer in November, Huddersfield have come crashing back down to earth with back-to-back losses.
The Terriers dragged themselves out of the relegation zone by seeing off Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers, either side of a draw against West Ham United, but that momentum has since been killed off by Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth.
David Wagner felt that his side were unlucky not to take anything from their midweek trip to the Vitality Stadium, and the popular German boss certainly had a point.
Town were undone by some poor defending in the first half, conceding to goals from Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser, but Terence Kongolo dragged them back into the game before half time and only a lack of cutting edge prevented them from earning a point.
That lack of killer instinct in front of goal is nothing new, however, as the Terriers are the division's lowest scorers with just 10 goals to their name in 15 matches - 24 fewer than this weekend's opponents Arsenal.
The fact that none of their strikers have yet to get off the mark says an awful lot, but Saturday's trip to the English capital provides a chance to change all that. Arsenal, surprisingly, have kept just two clean sheets all season - they are there to be attacked.
The bottom line, however, is that Huddersfield have collected only two points from their last seven away games against big-six opposition, scoring twice in that run, and they are winless in their last four visits to London.
One goal has been scored in that sequence and 10 conceded, half of those coming in their most recent trip to the Emirates Stadium, so anything other than a comprehensive defeat would be a surprise
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