Soccer betting preview: Huddersfield Town welcomes Luton Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium (24500 seats)

A quick look at the Championship standings suggest an upper hand to Luton Town when they travel to Huddersfield Town. Even so; let's play the game before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Huddersfield Town 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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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The total Championship stats at home this season for Huddersfield Town are 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The Huddersfield regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Rotherham United and win 2-0. Lees was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.61 out of 10. The defender Lees hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Preston North End with a 2-1 scoreline.

It should be considered that a look at the 11 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Huddersfield Town here at The John Smith's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Huddersfield have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Luton Town in their Championship matches away.

Luton Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Queens Park Rangers (placed 11th). Attacker Morris got a player rating of 8.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Morris scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, Luton secured a home win against Norwich City with the score 2-1.

Luton Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

Huddersfield have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (2-5-0) when facing Luton Town.

The squads have met each other already this season, with the result Luton Town - Huddersfield Town 3-3 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
10 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 goals
HuddersfieldD. Ward
D. Ward
3 goals

Huddersfield Town missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Huddersfield Town Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 13 4 Played P 5 12 24
7 5 1 Won W 3 6 9
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 9
13 6 3 Lost L 2 4 6
23 12 1 Scored S 5 13 29
30 12 5 Conceded C 5 12 25
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
62% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 75%
42% 23% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 38%
17% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 17%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
42% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 20% 25% 46%
25% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 38%
42% 46% 75% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 29%
 
4.1 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 4.6 6.1
5.2 4.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 5.6
2.2 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.7 10.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 9.7 12.2
3.3 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 4
29% 27% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 30%
 
13.8 11.5 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 12.8 12.2
4.5 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 25 15 5 5 43 22 12 7 3 2 26 12 13 8 2 3 17 10 21 50
3 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 0 12 29 30 12 8 0 4 19 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 -1 39
4 Sunderland 25 10 7 8 37 28 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 6 3 4 21 15 9 37
5 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
6 Middlesbrough 25 10 6 9 38 32 12 5 5 2 17 12 13 5 1 7 21 20 6 36
7 Luton Town 24 9 9 6 29 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 12 6 2 4 13 12 4 36
8 Millwall 24 10 6 8 29 26 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 36
9 West Bromwich Albion 25 9 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 7 35
10 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
11 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 5 10 27 30 12 5 2 5 15 16 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 35
12 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
13 Coventry City 24 9 7 8 26 25 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 34
14 Preston North End 25 9 7 9 23 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 12 6 3 3 15 12 -3 34
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 25 7 7 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 12 3 4 5 17 20 -3 28
19 Cardiff City 25 7 7 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 12 3 3 6 10 17 -8 28
20 Rotherham United 25 6 9 10 28 36 12 4 4 4 20 17 13 2 5 6 8 19 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Huddersfield Town 24 7 4 13 23 30 13 5 2 6 12 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -7 25
23 Blackpool 25 6 7 12 27 37 12 3 2 7 13 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 25
24 Wigan Athletic 25 6 6 13 25 42 13 2 3 8 10 24 12 4 3 5 15 18 -17 24

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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 24 14 8 2 49 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 11 5 4 2 20 13 25 50
2 Sheffield United 25 15 5 5 43 22 12 7 3 2 26 12 13 8 2 3 17 10 21 50
3 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 0 12 29 30 12 8 0 4 19 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 -1 39
4 Sunderland 25 10 7 8 37 28 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 6 3 4 21 15 9 37
5 Watford 24 10 7 7 30 24 12 6 2 4 17 12 12 4 5 3 13 12 6 37
6 Middlesbrough 25 10 6 9 38 32 12 5 5 2 17 12 13 5 1 7 21 20 6 36
7 Luton Town 24 9 9 6 29 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 12 6 2 4 13 12 4 36
8 Millwall 24 10 6 8 29 26 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 36
9 West Bromwich Albion 25 9 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 7 35
10 Norwich City 24 10 5 9 31 27 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 35
11 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 5 10 27 30 12 5 2 5 15 16 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 35
12 Reading 24 11 2 11 28 34 12 8 1 3 18 12 12 3 1 8 10 22 -6 35
13 Coventry City 24 9 7 8 26 25 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 34
14 Preston North End 25 9 7 9 23 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 12 6 3 3 15 12 -3 34
15 Birmingham City 24 8 8 8 26 25 12 4 5 3 16 12 12 4 3 5 10 13 1 32
16 Swansea City 24 8 8 8 31 34 11 5 2 4 15 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 -3 32
17 Stoke City 24 8 6 10 28 32 11 3 3 5 13 16 13 5 3 5 15 16 -4 30
18 Bristol City 25 7 7 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 12 3 4 5 17 20 -3 28
19 Cardiff City 25 7 7 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 12 3 3 6 10 17 -8 28
20 Rotherham United 25 6 9 10 28 36 12 4 4 4 20 17 13 2 5 6 8 19 -8 27
21 Hull City 24 7 6 11 27 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 27
22 Huddersfield Town 24 7 4 13 23 30 13 5 2 6 12 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -7 25
23 Blackpool 25 6 7 12 27 37 12 3 2 7 13 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 25
24 Wigan Athletic 25 6 6 13 25 42 13 2 3 8 10 24 12 4 3 5 15 18 -17 24

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.