Although Luton started the new campaign like a team who were suffering a hangover from missing out on promotion last year, the Hatters are now very much back on an upward trajectory.
As many as 14 points have been collected from their last seven fixtures, the latest of four wins during that period coming at Hull City on Friday night.
Both goals came in the opening half of the contest on Humberside, Henri Lansburybecoming the sixth player to register one goal this season while Carlton Morrisdominates the scoring charts with six strikes.
At some stage, Nathan Jones will hope that his team stop becoming overly reliant on the summer arrival, but positives can be taken from different players making contributions in the final third, even if it is sporadically.
Despite their progress up the table, Luton have prevailed in just one of their six league matches at Kenilworth Road this season.
After the arrival of Mark Fotheringhamearlier in the week, Huddersfield supporters would have had high hopes of a strong showing against Reading.
However, what they witnessed was the exact opposite, the Terriers being 2-0 down at half time before going on to lose 3-1 to the Royals with a consolation goal coming in the final minute.
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Given the form of Reading, Fotheringham will not necessarily be discouraged at this stage, but he will now recognise the size of the task in front of him at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Huddersfield have now lost each of their four away matches in the Championship and the odds of that run ending at Luton appear slim unless they find solutions at both ends of the pitch.
At a time when just one clean sheet has been recorded this season, Huddersfield have also gone five games without scoring more than once in a single match.
