Town missed out on the chance to claim the Championship’s top spot as they were beaten 3-2 at Brighton. Sam Baldock put the Seagulls in front in the 18th minute, Daryl Murphy struck back four minutes later with his 18th of the season, but Joao Teixeira struck on 38 and in first-half injury time to make it 3-1 at the break, with Freddie Sears pulling one back with his first Town goal with 12 minutes of the game remaining.
Boss Mick McCarthy warns that 20th-placed Brighton will be far from easy opponents as the Blues look to go top of the Championship following Bournemouth s 1-0 defeat at Leeds last night.
Jordan Spence makes his Town debut and Andre Dozzell, Kevin Bru and Freddie Sears all return to the Blues side at Huddersfield, while Dean Gerken keeps his place in goal with Bartosz Bialkowski unwell.
Goals either side of half-time from Izzy Brown and Christopher Schindler saw Huddersfield to a comfortable victory over the Blues at the John Smith’s Stadium. Brown netted on 41 and Schindler 12 minutes after the break, while Town never looked getting back into the match once they had gone behind.