Championship prediction and preview: Cardiff City modest favorites to beat Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (33280 seats)

Game week two of the Championship season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Cardiff City - Luton Town preview:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Cardiff City form and stats

Three consecutive losses here at Cardiff City Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Cardiff City lost their last game at Wigan Athletic after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Manchester United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cardiff City handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L1.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Middlesbrough in their previous match; a Championship game. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Oxford United in the League One.

A new game in only three days for Luton Town, the Carabao Cup home match versus Ipswich Town. Busy days.

Let's have a look at how Luton Town performed last season in the League One: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 27 victories, 13 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 90 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 33/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cardiff City 1 win, 2 draws and Luton Town 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Ralls
1 goals
O. Bogle
1 goals
S. Bradley
1 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Cardiff City Luton Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 8
6 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 11
4 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Cardiff City Last season Luton Town
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   23 46
10 6   Won   11 27
4 2   Drew   6 13
24 11   Lost   6 6
34 21   Scored   33 90
69 38   Conceded   23 42
89% 89%   Over 0.5   87% 91%
74% 79%   Over 1.5   74% 83%
50% 63%   Over 2.5   57% 59%
26% 32%   Over 3.5   22% 39%
24% 32%   Over 4.5   4% 13%
39% 47%   BTTS   57% 54%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets   39% 43%
45% 37%   Failed To Score   17% 11%
 
4.4 5   Corners For (avg)   5.8 6.3
7.1 6.1   Corners Against (avg)   4.4 4.4
1.7 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.3
1 0   Red Cards   3 4
Key stats last season:
  • Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Luton Town have scored more than double the goals of Cardiff City.

Cardiff City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-05-19 PL Manchester United 0 - 2 Cardiff City
14-07-19 CF San Antonio 0 - 1 Cardiff City
21-07-19 CF Cardiff City 1 - 1 Real Valladolid
27-07-19 CF Cardiff City 1 - 0 Nice
03-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 3 - 2 Cardiff City
10-08-19 CH Cardiff City 14:00 Luton Town
18-08-19 CH Reading 11:00 Cardiff City
21-08-19 CH Cardiff City 18:45 Huddersfield Town
24-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Cardiff City
30-08-19 CH Cardiff City 18:45 Fulham
Luton Town
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Welwyn Garden City 1 - 3 Luton Town
13-07-19 CF Bedford Town 1 - 2 Luton Town
16-07-19 CF Basingstoke Town 2 - 7 Luton Town
27-07-19 CF Luton Town 1 - 5 Norwich City
02-08-19 CH Luton Town 3 - 3 Middlesbrough
10-08-19 CH Cardiff City 14:00 Luton Town
13-08-19 CC Luton Town 18:45 Ipswich Town
17-08-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 West Bromwich Albion
20-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 18:45 Luton Town
24-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Luton Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Derby County 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
11 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
14 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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