Huddersfield Town goalkeeper Ryan Schofield made his Championship debut on Wednesday night in their 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough.

The Terriers continued their unbeaten run under new manager Danny Cowley after a stalemate at the John Smith’s Stadium, taking their form to five games without losing, with two wins and three draws.

It was a game that threatened to tip in favour of the visitors, with Middlesbrough feeling like they could have won the game if not for missing a glut of golden opportunities, no more so than Dani Ayala’s close-range header and Ashley Fletcher’s three-yard effort blazed over.

This match also saw rare opportunities handed to both sides’ young goalkeepers, with Ryan Schofield given his first start for the Terriers in the league and Aynsley Pears handed his, following the illness of Kamil Grabara and the injury to Darren Randolph for the respective teams.

Both young goalkeepers performed well for their sides, with Schofield being the outstanding player with a series of great saves to keep Woodgate’s side at bay for 90 minutes. Schofield will be hoping that his performance has earned him an extended stint in the lineup with Grabara’s illness seemingly not allowing him to recover for Town’s next game.

With Schofield’s impressive performance catching the eye, we take a look at his game in numbers to see if he has what it takes to play for Huddersfield on a regular basis going forward…

Schofield obviously played the full game, clocking up 99 minutes. In this time, the young ‘keeper had to face 3 shots from Middlesbrough’s attack, and consequently made three saves, all with reflexes.

The most notable of these was a point-blank stop to deny Paddy McNair’s flicked effort following a low free-kick, with virtually no time to react at all. Schofield’s reflexes were put to the test at this moment and he passed with flying colours with a brilliant, strong save.

The goalkeeper may think he could have done better to parry the out of danger but there was nothing more he could have done.

Schofield also completed 88% of his passes in the game, demonstrating strong distribution both long and short as he regularly found a Huddersfield shirt with his passes. His confidence on the ball was exemplified when faced with a very strong press from the Boro forwards, which he responded with a simple fake and turn to beat the man on his goal line and play out.

There was one wobbly moment for the young shot-stopper, when a delightful corner was whipped just over his head to the back post in the first half, where Schofield appeared to get caught out.

This technically counted as an ‘exit’ for him but he knows he should have done better despite doing enough to put the Boro attackers off scoring. These figures demonstrate a very strong first league appearance for Ryan Schofield and he will be hoping to build on this when the Terriers face Barnsley on Saturday.