Huddersfield Town head coach Michael Duff believes his side are a “different team” heading into this weekend’s Yorkshire derby against Rotherham United when compared to the reverse fixture.

The Terriers’ host the Millers at the John Smith’s Stadium tomorrow afternoon in a 3pm kick-off, with Duff’s side sitting fourth in the League One table, while the visitors are 17th in the division.

The Millers were 2-1 winners at the New York Stadium back in August, as the hosts came from behind to defeat 10-man Town late on.

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However, with the Terriers currently 13 League One matches unbeaten ahead of tomorrow's clash, Duff stressed that his side have made strides forward since the previous encounter between the teams.

“I think we’re a different team to then,” said Duff. “I think if we were the team now and we go 1-0 up with 10 men with 10 minutes to go, I don’t think we lose the game. I think we’re a stronger group, the mentality’s miles stronger.

“They’ve not changed that much in the way they play, we’ve not changed that much, so it’ll be a tight game, and it’ll be a typical local derby. The place will be rocking and we know what Steve Evans’ teams bring.

“It doesn’t mean we’ll win the game by the way, because it doesn’t mean we’ll go 1-0 up with ten minutes to go, but hopefully we won’t be down to 10 men.

“As we always say, you want it to be a good game, you want the best team to win, you don’t want it to be a referee decision or anything like that. It’ll be a tough game, you never have easy games against a Steve Evans team. I’ve never played Rotherham as a Huddersfield manager (at home), but I imagine there have been a few ding-dongs over the years, so I’m expecting a high-tempo, energetic game.”

Town head into tomorrow's contest off the back of a 1-1 draw against Burton Albion on Sunday. Their New Year’s Day fixture at Wigan Athletic was called off due to flooding.

Discussing his side’s change in preparation for this weekend’s clash off the back of the midweek postponement, Duff added: “We’ve tried to turn it into a normal week. They would normally be off on a Wednesday, so they had the rest of the day off, and then we’ve had a Thursday Friday run-in to a Saturday game, which is as normal as we can make it.

“They would’ve played [Wednesday], been off Thursday and in Friday, so it normalises the week a little bit more – footballers are creatures of habit. It’s unfortunate for them, because they didn’t get a New Year, but they wouldn’t have had one anyway.”