Championship match preview: Leeds United versus Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Leeds United leading Luton Town by 36 points. Match preview to follow:

Leeds United and Luton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship, have performed here at Elland Road this season with 11 wins from 18 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 3. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. It’s been three wins in a row for Leeds United here at Elland Road, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Leeds United goalkeeper Illan Meslier is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 515 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

A nice win for Leeds United last time playing, versus Huddersfield Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Luke Ayling and Patrick Bamford scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Hull City.

The Leeds United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. Leeds United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Elland Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 18 matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (71) in Championship, so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-15 (win-draw-lose).

Luton Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Wigan Athletic (placed 20th). A draw for Luton Town before that, at their own venue hosting Stoke City (1-1).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luton Town as they have only managed to score 16 times from 19 away games in the league. The Luton Town manager G. Jones has some worries about the defense as 44 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Luton Town - Leeds United 1-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Leeds United five wins, two draws and Luton Town one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
13 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
11 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals

Leeds United missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leeds United Luton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 4 Played P 7 19 37
21 11 3 Won W 0 3 10
8 4 0 Drew D 0 1 5
8 3 1 Lost L 7 15 22
56 26 8 Scored S 5 16 43
30 13 1 Conceded C 23 44 71
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
68% 61% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 84%
30% 22% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 74% 73%
16% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 37% 27%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 16% 16%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 57% 53% 62%
46% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
19% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 43% 42% 30%
 
7.7 7.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.3 4.9
4.2 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 6.5 6.6
1.6 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
600 303 57 Total Shots T S 58 159 360
197 99 20 Shots on Target S O 15 46 108
28% 26% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (30)
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (13)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (11)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (17)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (9) at home
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (26)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (37)
  • Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leeds United is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Luton Town has the fewest clean sheets (4)
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (10)
  • Luton Town has the fewest points (10) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (44) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (71)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (30)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (24)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-28)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-28) away
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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.