Football tips: Luton Town vs Barnsley - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road

Luton Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Barnsley.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Luton nor Barnsley 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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Luton Town form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Luton Town at their home stadium (Kenilworth Road) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Luton lost their last game at Derby County (placed 19th) after a 0-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Preston North End and winning 1-0.

Luton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Barnsley form and stats

9-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Barnsley in their Championship matches away. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Barnsley's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Nottingham Forest game.

There were no winners in Barnsley's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Reading (placed 6th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Sheffield Wednesday.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barnsley have scored 25 goals in 19 league games away. 23 goals have been conceded by Barnsley in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Barnsley - Luton 0-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Luton wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
11 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
7 goals
BarnsleyA. Mowatt
A. Mowatt
7 goals

Luton Town missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Barnsley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 18 5 Played P 7 19 39
14 7 1 Won W 2 9 19
8 6 1 Drew D 3 3 8
16 5 3 Lost L 2 7 12
31 22 3 Scored S 9 25 50
43 20 7 Conceded C 8 23 43
95% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 92%
63% 89% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 79% 74%
26% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 53% 51%
8% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 21% 18%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 3%
29% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 71% 53% 49%
32% 22% 20% Clean Sheets C S 29% 21% 28%
45% 33% 80% Failed to Score F T 14% 32% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
9.8 11.6 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.9 11.3
2.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.6
31% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Norwich City 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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 Norwich City 39 25 9 5 57 28 19 12 6 1 27 10 20 13 3 4 30 18 29 84
2 Watford 39 23 9 7 56 26 20 16 2 2 39 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 30 78
3 Brentford 38 19 12 7 66 40 18 10 6 2 35 19 20 9 6 5 31 21 26 69
4 Swansea City 38 20 9 9 45 30 19 11 5 3 23 11 19 9 4 6 22 19 15 69
5 Barnsley 39 19 8 12 50 43 20 10 5 5 25 20 19 9 3 7 25 23 7 65
6 Reading 39 18 9 12 53 42 19 11 1 7 29 21 20 7 8 5 24 21 11 63
7 AFC Bournemouth 38 17 11 10 58 38 20 12 3 5 36 20 18 5 8 5 22 18 20 62
8 Cardiff City 39 16 10 13 55 38 20 7 4 9 32 22 19 9 6 4 23 16 17 58
9 Middlesbrough 39 16 8 15 47 42 19 10 3 6 25 18 20 6 5 9 22 24 5 56
10 Millwall 39 13 16 10 39 36 20 6 10 4 19 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 3 55
11 Stoke City 39 14 13 12 44 42 19 9 4 6 26 21 20 5 9 6 18 21 2 55
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 42 43 20 9 4 7 24 22 18 5 7 6 18 21 -1 53
13 Luton Town 38 14 8 16 31 43 18 7 6 5 22 20 20 7 2 11 9 23 -12 50
14 Bristol City 39 15 4 20 39 52 20 7 2 11 15 24 19 8 2 9 24 28 -13 49
15 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 10 17 50 43 19 6 7 6 25 21 20 6 3 11 25 22 7 46
16 Nottingham Forest 39 11 12 16 31 38 19 5 7 7 16 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 -7 45
17 Preston North End 39 13 6 20 40 50 20 5 5 10 16 19 19 8 1 10 24 31 -10 45
18 Huddersfield Town 38 11 10 17 42 53 19 8 5 6 26 19 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 43
19 Derby County 39 11 10 18 29 42 20 6 6 8 16 20 19 5 4 10 13 22 -13 43
20 Birmingham City 39 10 11 18 29 50 20 5 3 12 15 32 19 5 8 6 14 18 -21 41
21 Coventry City 38 9 12 17 32 51 19 7 7 5 19 19 19 2 5 12 13 32 -19 39
22 Rotherham United 35 10 5 20 38 48 17 4 3 10 21 26 18 6 2 10 17 22 -10 35
23 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 8 20 28 48 18 6 6 6 15 14 20 4 2 14 13 34 -20 32
24 Wycombe Wanderers 39 7 9 23 26 61 20 5 5 10 13 24 19 2 4 13 13 37 -35 30

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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.