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

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25400 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Hull City and Luton Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 23rd place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Relegation threatens Hull who should definitely be looking for some points here. Luton are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City, who have the most conceded goals (83) in Championship, have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-12 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Hull are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Hull are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 209 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by T. Eaves).

Hull are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-8 away versus Wigan Athletic. Preceding that match was a defeat to Millwall (0-1).

Hull were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hull City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hull City as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Hull has won seven of these, drawn one and lost six.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hull as they are travelling to their away game against Cardiff City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Hull has scored 29 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hull City defense is not exactly impregnable. 36 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luton Town so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 5-2-15 (win-draw-lose).

Luton delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Queens Park Rangers (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Huddersfield Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luton playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Luton Town win, two draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Blackburn Rovers in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luton Town as they have only managed to score 20 times from 22 away games in the league. For Luton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Luton Town - Hull City 0-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Hull City wins - draws - Luton Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
13 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
9 goals
Hull CityT. Eaves
T. Eaves
5 goals

Hull City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hull City Luton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
12 7 3 Won W 3 5 12
9 3 0 Drew D 0 2 9
23 12 3 Lost L 3 15 23
57 29 8 Scored S 8 20 50
83 36 6 Conceded C 9 45 80
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
80% 68% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 84%
66% 59% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 64%
34% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 32% 25%
16% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 16%
55% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 61%
16% 18% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 14%
30% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 17% 36% 27%
 
4.7 5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 4.7
5.7 5.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 6.8
1.6 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
524 270 90 Total Shots T S 55 172 402
158 83 23 Shots on Target S O 17 52 123
36% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 38% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City has the fewest matches under the total-line (15)
  • Hull City has the fewest points (24) at home
  • Hull City has the most conceded goals (83)
  • Hull City has the most conceded goals in the second half (48)
  • Hull City has the most matches over the total-line (26)
  • Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-25) away
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-30)
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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.