Delightful dogfight as daring Luton Town duels with determined Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 22.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Season ticket holders at Kenilworth Road Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Luton Town languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Blackburn Rovers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Luton are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Blackburn is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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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 Stadium) is 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Luton Town.

A good away victory last time out for Luton Town, who won 1-0 against Hull City (placed 23rd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Queens Park Rangers.

The victory against Hull City came after Kazenga LuaLua's winning goal. The Luton Town manager N. Jones was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 70th minute.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Luton Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Luton has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 35 goals have been conceded.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Blackburn's previous game versus Reading (placed 15th), a Championship 4-3 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Millwall wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Reading was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager T. Mowbray when Sam Gallagher scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute.

Blackburn Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Blackburn find the net regularly in their away games. 31 goals from 22 away fixtures in the league. Blackburn's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 36 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn Rovers - Luton 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last two meetings between the teams: Luton won one, Blackburn Rovers won one and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
15 goals
LutonJ. Collins
J. Collins
13 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
9 goals

Luton Town missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
13 7 4 Won W 3 7 17
9 7 2 Drew D 1 3 12
23 8 1 Lost L 3 12 16
51 30 11 Scored S 7 31 64
80 35 10 Conceded C 7 36 60
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
82% 86% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 86% 78%
62% 64% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 55% 51%
24% 18% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 32% 29%
16% 18% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 18%
60% 73% 57% BTTS BTTS 43% 55% 58%
16% 9% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 18% 27%
27% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 29% 27% 22%
 
4.7 5.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
6.7 6.6 3.9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 5 4.4
1.5 1.2 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
421 230 76 Total Shots T S 69 197 482
128 71 27 Shots on Target S O 24 73 168
40% 42% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 42% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-29)
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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.