We have to say that both participants are sailing pretty smoothly so far, AFC Bournemouth enjoying a 20 point lead on Luton Town in the tables. Let's start!
- Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an energetic game!
Luton Town form and stats
The Championship statistics playing at home this season for Luton Town are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Luton Town last time playing, versus Harrogate Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Adebayo, Jerome, Naismith and Berry scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Luton "killed" Harrogate Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fulham that ended 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Luton as they are travelling to their away game against Reading in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Luton Town in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Luton have conceded 13 goals.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The visitors are W7-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
The AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 217 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
AFC Bournemouth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Yeovil Town. Marcondes certainly enjoyed AFC Bournemouth's last game versus Yeovil Town, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.
Before that, Bournemouth secured a home win against Cardiff City with the score 3-0.AFC Bournemouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). AFC Bournemouth are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded history involving both these squads is the AFC Bournemouth - Luton 2-1 played previously this season. Last eight meetings between these teams: Luton Town won one, AFC Bournemouth triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. Solanke 18 goals |   E. Adebayo 10 goals |  H. Cornick 7 goals |
Luton Town missing players
AFC Bournemouth missing players
| Luton Town | AFC Bournemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 41 |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 86% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 73% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 54% | 76% |
| 50% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 15% | 52% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 44% |
| 41% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 48% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 16% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 12 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 38% |
| 10.5 | 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3 |
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (8) away in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have the most points (25) away in Championship
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
- Luton Town
- Luton Today - (local newspaper)
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
