Huddersfield Town unbeaten run being felt on global scale as remarkable detail emerges

Terriers fans need no telling just how astonishing their unbeaten run has been over the past three months, but will no doubt be delighted nonetheless to hear that the scale of their achievement registers on a global scale.

Twitter account Matchday365 have gone poking around across the leagues and discovered that Huddersfield Town’s 18-game unbeaten run in all competitions is the longest unbeaten streak of any professional football club tracked by stats site WhoScored.com.

Carlos Corberan’s side have not lost since a 2-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough on 27th November, racking up 16 Championship games and two FA Cup matches without defeat.

That list of leagues encompasses:

English Premier League

EFL Championship

EFL League One

EFL League Two

Scottish Premiership

Italian Serie A

La Liga (Spain)

German Bundesliga

German Bundesliga II

Ligue 1 (France)

Portuguese Liga NOS

Dutch Eredivisie

Belgian Jupiler Pro League

Russian Premier League

Turkish Super Lig

Brazilian Serie A

Major League Soccer (USA)

Argentinian Liga Profesional

We're sure there's someone in the Slovakian second division or something or can boast better, but that list covers most of the world's leading leagues, so it's impressive nonetheless.

Town’s 3-0 league victory over Peterborough United has put them second in the table going into Monday’s FA Cup fifth round clash away to Nottingham Forest, the winner of which will earn the right to host Premier League title contenders Liverpool in the quarter finals.

Bournemouth’s 2-1 defeat away to Preston on Saturday afternoon means Scott Parker’s side remain in third place for now, although the Cherries still have four games in hand on Town.

Town cannot lose their top six place on the basis of games in hand