Luton Town vs Blackburn Rovers match guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

High profile Blackburn Rovers arrive at Luton Town after their 1-0-result against Middlesbrough. Check out our comprehensive match preview!

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

Luton have less rest than Blackburn Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Kenilworth Road Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Blackburn Rovers have had more rest.

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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 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Luton Town are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A nice win for Luton Town last time playing, versus Bristol City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Lockyer and Adebayo scoring for the victors. Lockyer was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.15 out of 10. The defender Lockyer scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 13 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sheffield United.

This is expected to be a close game, with Luton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luton Town as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Luton Town has won seven of these, drawn five and lost four.

Luton Town are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Swansea City awaits in three days.

Luton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium with 22 goals in 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Blackburn Rovers playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Gallagher scored in Blackburn's previous match, the home game against Middlesbrough that ended 1-0. The attacker Gallagher got a match rating of 8.0 in that game. Gallagher scored one goal.

Prior to that match, the Blackburn Rovers manager Mowbray faced defeat when travelling to Hull City and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Blackburn Rovers, five draws and eleven defeats.

The visiting Blackburn Rovers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other previously this season, with the match result Blackburn Rovers - Luton 2-2 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Luton Town two wins, two draws and Blackburn Rovers two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
20 goals
Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
11 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
7 goals

Luton Town missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 28
10 6 2 Won W 1 5 15
8 4 2 Drew D 2 4 7
8 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
38 22 7 Scored S 4 14 45
32 16 4 Conceded C 4 13 30
88% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
77% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 75%
50% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 50%
31% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 29%
19% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
42% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 50%
38% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 39%
31% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 18%
 
4.8 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.1
5.3 4.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 4.9
1.6 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.5 12 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.5 10.2
3.8 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.7
38% 46% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 43%
 
11 10.2 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11 11
3.2 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 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 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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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.