Luton Town vs Nottingham Forest pre-match betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Championship: Two sides who have played superbly thus far. Get ready for Luton Town - Nottingham Forest with this thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship

Luton Town have less rest than Nottingham Forest in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Huddersfield Town, so at least Luton Town are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town have played 20 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The followers are hoping that Luton will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Huddersfield Town (placed 3rd). The penalty miss from Adebayo in the defeat against Huddersfield Town was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Defender Naismith got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.13/10. Naismith hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Peterborough United the opponent.

The manager Jones will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cardiff City in only three days.

Luton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium with 34 goals in 20 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Nottingham as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Nottingham Forest have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Brice Samba. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

The club members enjoyed Nottingham Forest's previous game versus Birmingham City (placed 18th), a 2-0 win played at home. The attacker Davis got a match rating of 7.95 in that game. Davis scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Coventry City.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting West Bromwich Albion in just three days.

Nottingham Forest are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 18 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Nottingham as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other already this season, with the match result Nottingham Forest - Luton Town 0-0 entered in the official records. Luton Town-Nottingham Forest H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Luton three wins, Nottingham Forest three wins, two draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
15 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
14 goals
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
12 goals

Luton Town missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 4 18 39
18 10 2 Won W 2 8 19
11 6 4 Drew D 1 6 10
12 4 0 Lost L 1 4 10
59 34 7 Scored S 5 27 61
47 21 4 Conceded C 3 15 36
90% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
76% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 85%
51% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 39% 49%
27% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
12% 20% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
44% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 51%
39% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 36%
27% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 22% 21%
 
4.9 5.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.3 5.6
4.9 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 4.2
1.9 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.8 11.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.2 12
3.7 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 3.8
39% 45% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 41%
 
10.9 9.6 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.3 10.6
3.2 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Nottingham Forest is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 40 25 8 7 94 35 20 12 4 4 46 19 20 13 4 3 48 16 59 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Huddersfield Town 41 19 12 10 54 43 20 11 5 4 29 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 69
4 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
5 Luton Town 41 18 11 12 59 47 20 10 6 4 34 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 12 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Coventry City 41 16 11 14 54 51 21 10 5 6 31 21 20 6 6 8 23 30 3 59
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
13 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
14 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 40 25 8 7 94 35 20 12 4 4 46 19 20 13 4 3 48 16 59 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Huddersfield Town 41 19 12 10 54 43 20 11 5 4 29 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 69
4 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
5 Luton Town 41 18 11 12 59 47 20 10 6 4 34 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 12 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Coventry City 41 16 11 14 54 51 21 10 5 6 31 21 20 6 6 8 23 30 3 59
11 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
13 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
14 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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