Luton Town vs Barnsley pre-match info: Away side face a hard job at Kenilworth Road Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Get ready for Championship and Luton Town - Barnsley. In this preview and prediction you'll get numbers, previous results, analysis, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship

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

Luton Town have collected 23 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-5-3.

Luton Town are confident in defense, having played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

In the game before, an away victory in the Championship match versus Swansea City with a 1-0 scoreline.

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

Luton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Luton Town have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Barnsley have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cardiff City game.

Barnsley are looking to quickly end their 273 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

A 0-1 loss hosting Cardiff City before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Barnsley when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Queens Park Rangers in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barnsley as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. As for defending, Barnsley rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley - Luton Town 0-1 was the score in these teams' latest H2H game, played this season. Data for the last nine meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Luton Town, two draws and three wins for Barnsley. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
11 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals
Luton TownL. Berry
L. Berry
4 goals

Luton Town missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 14 28
11 6 3 Won W 0 0 2
9 5 0 Drew D 1 4 8
8 3 2 Lost L 2 10 18
39 22 7 Scored S 2 9 17
32 16 8 Conceded C 4 26 43
86% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
71% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 64%
46% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 39%
29% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
18% 29% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
39% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 46%
43% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
32% 36% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 50%
 
4.8 5.1 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4 3.7
5.3 4.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.1 5.6
1.8 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 11.7 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.6 10
3.7 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.3
38% 44% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 18% 18%
 
11.1 9.9 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 13.7 12.8
3.2 3 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.9 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship
  • Barnsley have yet to win a game away.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have scored more than double the goals of Barnsley.
  • 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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 15 8 7 45 31 15 10 3 2 31 17 15 5 5 5 14 14 14 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 Huddersfield Town 30 13 9 8 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 6 48
6 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
7 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Luton Town 28 11 9 8 39 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 5 4 5 17 16 7 42
10 Sheffield United 27 12 6 9 37 33 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 7 4 5 20 22 4 42
11 Preston North End 30 10 11 9 34 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 16 5 4 7 14 18 -1 41
12 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
13 Blackpool 29 11 7 11 32 34 16 8 2 6 16 16 13 3 5 5 16 18 -2 40
14 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
15 Millwall 28 9 10 9 29 29 14 6 5 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 37
16 Swansea City 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 35
17 Bristol City 30 9 7 14 39 54 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 2 9 21 35 -15 34
18 Birmingham City 30 8 9 13 33 46 15 5 4 6 18 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -13 33
19 Hull City 29 9 5 15 25 32 15 5 3 7 15 17 14 4 2 8 10 15 -7 32
20 Cardiff City 28 8 5 15 31 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 15 5 4 6 20 28 -17 29
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 29 8 12 9 28 30 14 6 6 2 18 13 15 2 6 7 10 17 -2 15
24 Barnsley 28 2 8 18 17 43 14 2 4 8 8 17 14 0 4 10 9 26 -26 14

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