Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Leeds United welcomes Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 30.June
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Leeds United fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Luton Town's 23rd place in the table will show on the pitch.

It's no vacation for neither Leeds 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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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Championship, have performed here at Elland Road this season with 12 wins from 19 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 3. Leeds has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Elland Road. We remember; it was Wigan Athletic.

Leeds's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Fulham (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Cardiff City.

Leeds United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost two.

There will be little rest for Leeds after this match as they are travelling to Blackburn Rovers for a Championship game in only four days.

The Leeds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 19 league matches. Leeds 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 19 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 (72) in Championship, so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-15 (win-draw-lose).

Two travels in a row for Luton, whose manager N. Jones could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Swansea City. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Preston North End.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Luton played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

A new game in only four days for Luton, the Championship home match versus Reading. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luton as they have only managed to score 17 times from 20 away games in the league. The Luton manager N. Jones has some worries about the defense as 44 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town - Leeds 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - two - one (Leeds wins - draws - Luton Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeedsP. Bamford
P. Bamford
14 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
12 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
39 19 4 Played P 7 20 39
22 12 3 Won W 0 4 11
8 4 0 Drew D 0 1 6
9 3 1 Lost L 7 15 22
59 29 8 Scored S 5 17 45
32 13 1 Conceded C 21 44 72
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 97%
69% 63% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
31% 26% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 70% 69%
15% 16% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 35% 26%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 15% 15%
36% 32% 0% BTTS BTTS 57% 50% 62%
46% 53% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 13%
21% 16% 25% Failed to Score F T 43% 40% 28%
 
7.7 7.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4.9
4.1 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 6.6
1.6 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
628 314 57 Total Shots T S 58 164 370
205 105 20 Shots on Target S O 14 48 111
29% 28% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (13) at home
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (32)
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (12)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (10) at home
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (18)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (27)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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.
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
  • Luton Town has the fewest points (13) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (44) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (72)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (24)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-27)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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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 39 22 8 9 59 32 19 12 4 3 29 13 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 74
2 West Bromwich Albion 39 19 14 6 64 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 20 11 6 3 28 15 26 71
3 Brentford 39 19 9 11 67 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 30 18 34 66
4 Nottingham Forest 39 17 13 9 52 40 19 9 4 6 23 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 12 64
5 Fulham 39 18 10 11 52 43 20 12 2 6 32 23 19 6 8 5 20 20 9 64
6 Cardiff City 39 15 15 9 57 51 19 9 8 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 60
7 Preston North End 39 16 9 14 52 49 20 11 3 6 36 27 19 5 6 8 16 22 3 57
8 Derby County 39 15 12 12 54 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 19 4 5 10 24 38 2 57
9 Blackburn Rovers 39 15 11 13 55 48 20 9 8 3 27 17 19 6 3 10 28 31 7 56
10 Swansea City 39 14 14 11 49 46 20 8 5 7 24 21 19 6 9 4 25 25 3 56
11 Millwall 39 13 16 10 46 43 19 8 7 4 27 21 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 55
12 Bristol City 39 15 10 14 53 58 19 7 5 7 26 29 20 8 5 7 27 29 -5 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 10 15 49 51 19 7 6 6 17 22 20 7 4 9 32 29 -2 52
14 Queens Park Rangers 39 14 8 17 58 64 20 8 5 7 37 34 19 6 3 10 21 30 -6 50
15 Reading 39 13 10 16 48 45 19 7 3 9 24 25 20 6 7 7 24 20 3 49
16 Birmingham City 39 12 13 14 51 60 19 6 6 7 30 32 20 6 7 7 21 28 -9 49
17 Wigan Athletic 39 12 11 16 42 50 19 7 6 6 20 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -8 47
18 Charlton Athletic 39 12 9 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 19 4 4 11 20 31 -8 45
19 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
20 Stoke City 39 12 7 20 50 58 20 8 3 9 29 26 19 4 4 11 21 32 -8 43
21 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
22 Huddersfield Town 39 11 9 19 46 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 19 4 4 11 22 36 -17 42
23 Luton Town 39 11 6 22 45 72 19 7 5 7 28 28 20 4 1 15 17 44 -27 39
24 Barnsley 39 9 11 19 43 62 20 5 8 7 26 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -19 38

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