Home advantage could prove decisive in Luton Town - Sunderland battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 16.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Excitement is expected at Kenilworth Road Stadium when Luton Town face Sunderland in what should be a terrific fixture. Read on!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (30) in Championship

Sunderland are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Luton and Sunderland.

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Luton Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Luton Town have managed 10 wins, 9 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 23 games.

Luton Town's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sunderland. The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without. Defender Osho got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.25/10. Osho scored one goal and won 1 of 2 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sunderland (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Luton Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 22 league matches, 18 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The Luton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 31 in 23 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Luton Town have only conceded 21 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

The visitors are W11-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Sunderland play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Luton Town. That defeat broke this club's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in all! The attacker Gelhardt got a match rating of 7.03 in that game. Gelhardt hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Luton Town.

Sunderland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Sunderland has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 35 goals from 23 games. Sunderland are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 22 times in 23 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sunderland have won or drawn the last 5 matches (1-4-0) versus Luton.

These teams played each other earlier this season: Sunderland - Luton Town 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

LutonC. Morris
C. Morris
20 goals
SunderlandA. Traoré
A. Traoré
14 goals
SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals

Luton Town missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Sunderland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
48 24 6 Played P 6 24 48
22 11 2 Won W 0 11 19
17 9 3 Drew D 2 6 15
9 4 1 Lost L 4 7 14
59 32 9 Scored S 3 35 70
41 21 7 Conceded C 8 23 57
90% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 96% 94%
67% 58% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 77%
31% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 54%
15% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 19%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 10%
46% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 60%
44% 42% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 29%
21% 21% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 17%
 
5.6 6.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.6 4.5
4.8 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5.1
2 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.9 13.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 11.9
3.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.8 4
32% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 39% 37%
 
10.8 10.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.4 12
2.9 3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (15) in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (30) in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most matches under the total-line (32) in Championship
  • Luton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 42

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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 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 42

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