Huddersfield 1 Wolves 0 - Report and pictures

Winless in six, lost two on the spin, going absolutely nowhere in the Championship table, and with their supporters growing increasingly restless.

The away fans tried gallows humour towards the end of this hugely disappointing 1-0 loss, chanting just how 'rubbish' they thought their team was.

But there was nothing funny about this latest setback for Kenny Jackett's team.

The game could have gone either way - Joe Mason and Bjorn Sigurdarson went close and Wolves threw the kitchen sink at the Terriers in stoppage time.

In the end, Nakhi Wells' late goal proved the difference. Wolves are rarely being outplayed this season, they're 'in' every game.

But the fact remains that against other average Championship side they have failed to exert any kind of dominance.

Huddersfield (4-2-3-1): Steer; Smith, Hudson (c), Lynch, Husband; Hogg, Billing; Bunn, Paterson (Matmour, 59), Lolley (Manu, 75); Wells (Cranie, 90).

Subs not used: Murphy, Whitehead, Dempsey, Bojaj.

Goal: Wells (79)

Wolves (4-4-2): Ikeme; Iorfa, Batth (c), Ebanks-Landell, Doherty; Van La Parra, Coady, Saville, Rowe (Byrne, 78); Sigurdarson, Mason.

Subs not used: Martinez, Deslandes, Hause, Price, McDonald, Le Fondre.

Jackett sprang a surprise with his team selection, recalling Tommy Rowe in place of Jack Price, while Mason came in for the injured James Henry.

He also changed the formation, playing 4-4-2 with Mason alongside Bjorn Sigurdarson up front.

Wolves had the first shot in anger, with George Saville hitting a deflected effort wide after Sigurdarson broke down the left.

Rajiv van La Parra, a target for Huddersfield in last month's transfer window, was being targeted by the Huddersfield defenders, with a couple of early fouls leaving him struggling with a knock.

Both teams were finding it hard to make any headway up front. Wolves were sitting deep, happy to Huddersfield to have most of the ball, and looking to break when they could.

Ethan Ebanks-Landell made an important clearance from Joe Lolley's cross - and then Jamie Paterson was inches away from giving his team the lead with a low 20-yard drive that struck the outside of the post.

Saville and Conor Coady - facing his former club for the first time since leaving last summer - were winning plenty of challenge in midfield in a compact Wolves formation.

But distribution from the back, particularly from Danny Batth, was poor and Mason and Sigurdarson were starved of service. The ball broke for Rowe 25 yards out but he lashed it over the bar.

Sigurdarson then headed towards Mason, with Wolves for a second two-on-one, but after Mason returned the ball to him the Icelandic striker was superbly shepherded wide by Joel Lynch.

Van La Parra's cross was sliced over his own bar by Philip Billing and that was the closest Wolves came to a goal in a very tepid half of football, with neither side registering a shot on target.

The rather sedate pace continued at the start of the second half, with the only effort of note a Tommy Smith shot that whistled over Ikeme's bar.

Van La Parra wanted a penalty after getting in behind Husband before going down in the box under the left-back's challenge, but referee Kevin Wright was unmoved.

Matt Doherty then got to the byline and cut back for Mason, whose flick was blocked, before Lolley drilled an effort past the post on the hour mark for Huddersfield.

Wolves then had a big let-off when Ebanks-Landell slipped and missed a low cross - the ball came to Nakhi Wells but a poor touch allowed Doherty to snuff him out.

But then came their best spell of the game. Mason had the ball in the net from Sigurdarson's clever through ball, but was flagged offside.

The impressive Sigurdarson turned and fired goalwards from 20 yards - Steer pushed it to Mason who fired over under pressure and via a deflection.

The game was finally livening up and substitute Karim Matmour was inches away from scoring for Huddersfield, firing across goal and wide.

But then with 11 minutes to go Huddersfield did take the lead - and it was that man Wells who netted his 13th of the season.

James Husband's low cross made its way to Wells at the back stick and he fired into the corner, with Wolves' defending statue-esque.

Harry Bunn should have made it 2-0 three minutes later, beating Batth in a 50-50 and racing through on goal, but he chipped wide when trying to lob the advancing Ikeme.

Wolves struggled to mount any sort of response but in added time they came desperately close to equalising.

After Steer brilliantly cleared a Van La Parra cross under pressure, Mason made a superb run in behind, he looked to round the goalkeeper but was tackled at the death.

Ikeme came up for the corner - it broke to Saville but he fired horribly wide from 12 yards. And that was that, as Wolves succumbed to a bitterly disappointing defeat.