Bristol City vs Luton Town betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Ashton Gate

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate (21497 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Bristol City are in the 10th position while the guests worry at 22nd.

It's no vacation for neither Bristol City nor Luton Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bristol City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Bristol City at their home stadium (Ashton Gate) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. It's trouble wherever Bristol City are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bristol City, their manager L. Johnson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager L. Johnson led his Bristol City to a defeat in the Championship match away at Charlton Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ashton Gate. Heartbreak before that as Bristol City lost 0-1 at Sheffield Wednesday's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bristol City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from three games).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol City as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Brentford are visiting.

Bristol City has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Championship, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-10 (12 played). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Luton Town in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Blackburn Rovers.

Luton Town delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Fulham (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Championship game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Swansea City.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Luton Town, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? 9 saves made goalkeeper Simon Sluga a hero against Fulham, contributing heavy to the point gained.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Luton Town playing away, we found three games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Millwall.

Luton Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Luton Town's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 12 travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Luton Town - Bristol City 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Bristol City 0 wins, 0 draws and Luton Town 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
8 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
8 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
6 goals

Bristol City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Luton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 5 12 24
9 4 2 Won W 1 2 6
8 4 2 Drew D 0 0 3
7 3 0 Lost L 4 10 15
36 16 11 Scored S 6 12 31
36 14 7 Conceded C 11 30 50
92% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 83%
38% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 25%
17% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 21%
67% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 58% 67%
21% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
21% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 42% 29%
 
4.8 4.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3.4 4.4 5.2
6.8 6.2 7.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.6 5.9 6.5
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.3 1.2
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
257 133 59 Total Shots T S 42 107 248
81 40 25 Shots on Target S O 16 34 76
44% 40% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (30) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (50)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (23)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (18)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-18) away
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-19)
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Luton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 24 14 9 1 47 25 11 6 5 0 29 16 13 8 4 1 18 9 22 51
2 Leeds United 24 14 6 4 37 16 12 7 4 1 19 8 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 48
3 Brentford 24 12 4 8 37 19 12 7 3 2 22 8 12 5 1 6 15 11 18 40
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 6 7 36 23 11 6 4 1 13 7 13 5 2 6 23 16 13 39
5 Fulham 24 11 6 7 38 28 12 7 2 3 23 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 39
6 Preston North End 24 11 6 7 36 28 12 9 2 1 29 13 12 2 4 6 7 15 8 39
7 Nottingham Forest 23 10 7 6 30 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 7 37
8 Swansea City 24 10 7 7 31 30 12 5 2 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 37
9 Blackburn Rovers 24 10 6 8 31 29 13 6 5 2 16 11 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 36
10 Bristol City 24 9 8 7 36 36 11 4 4 3 16 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 0 35
11 Cardiff City 24 8 10 6 35 33 12 7 4 1 19 10 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 34
12 Millwall 24 8 10 6 30 31 11 5 4 2 17 13 13 3 6 4 13 18 -1 34
13 Hull City 24 9 6 9 37 33 13 6 2 5 21 16 11 3 4 4 16 17 4 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 5 10 37 45 12 4 4 4 21 24 12 5 1 6 16 21 -8 32
15 Reading 23 8 5 10 29 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 2 29
16 Birmingham City 24 8 5 11 25 35 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 29
17 Charlton Athletic 24 7 7 10 33 34 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 18 -1 28
18 Derby County 24 6 9 9 22 32 12 5 5 2 14 9 12 1 4 7 8 23 -10 27
19 Middlesbrough 24 6 9 9 22 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -10 27
20 Huddersfield Town 24 6 7 11 26 36 12 3 4 5 12 15 12 3 3 6 14 21 -10 25
21 Stoke City 24 6 3 15 28 39 13 4 2 7 17 20 11 2 1 8 11 19 -11 21
22 Luton Town 24 6 3 15 31 50 12 4 3 5 19 20 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 21
23 Barnsley 24 4 8 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 20
24 Wigan Athletic 24 4 8 12 21 36 12 4 4 4 12 15 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 20

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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 West Bromwich Albion 24 14 9 1 47 25 11 6 5 0 29 16 13 8 4 1 18 9 22 51
2 Leeds United 24 14 6 4 37 16 12 7 4 1 19 8 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 48
3 Brentford 24 12 4 8 37 19 12 7 3 2 22 8 12 5 1 6 15 11 18 40
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 6 7 36 23 11 6 4 1 13 7 13 5 2 6 23 16 13 39
5 Fulham 24 11 6 7 38 28 12 7 2 3 23 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 39
6 Preston North End 24 11 6 7 36 28 12 9 2 1 29 13 12 2 4 6 7 15 8 39
7 Nottingham Forest 23 10 7 6 30 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 7 37
8 Swansea City 24 10 7 7 31 30 12 5 2 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 37
9 Blackburn Rovers 24 10 6 8 31 29 13 6 5 2 16 11 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 36
10 Bristol City 24 9 8 7 36 36 11 4 4 3 16 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 0 35
11 Cardiff City 24 8 10 6 35 33 12 7 4 1 19 10 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 34
12 Millwall 24 8 10 6 30 31 11 5 4 2 17 13 13 3 6 4 13 18 -1 34
13 Hull City 24 9 6 9 37 33 13 6 2 5 21 16 11 3 4 4 16 17 4 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 5 10 37 45 12 4 4 4 21 24 12 5 1 6 16 21 -8 32
15 Reading 23 8 5 10 29 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 2 29
16 Birmingham City 24 8 5 11 25 35 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 29
17 Charlton Athletic 24 7 7 10 33 34 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 18 -1 28
18 Derby County 24 6 9 9 22 32 12 5 5 2 14 9 12 1 4 7 8 23 -10 27
19 Middlesbrough 24 6 9 9 22 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -10 27
20 Huddersfield Town 24 6 7 11 26 36 12 3 4 5 12 15 12 3 3 6 14 21 -10 25
21 Stoke City 24 6 3 15 28 39 13 4 2 7 17 20 11 2 1 8 11 19 -11 21
22 Luton Town 24 6 3 15 31 50 12 4 3 5 19 20 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 21
23 Barnsley 24 4 8 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 20
24 Wigan Athletic 24 4 8 12 21 36 12 4 4 4 12 15 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 20

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