Home advantage could prove decisive in Luton Town - Blackpool battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Luton Town have delivered excellent football so far this season, being 4th place in the table. Blackpool have an outlook both ways from their 16th spot.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town have played 21 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 11-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper James Shea not having conceded a league goal in 181 minutes.

It's back home for Luton Town, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cardiff City away with the result 1-0. Cornick found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Jones when Cornick scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 43rd minute. Midfield player Snodgrass got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Snodgrass served one assist and hit six key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Nottingham Forest in a game that was won 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Luton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.

Luton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium with 35 goals in 21 league matches.

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Blackpool form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blackpool so far with only 20 points returning home. The records show 4-8-8 (win-draw-lose).

Blackpool are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the match against Birmingham City (placed 20th). As you can tell from the results above, Blackpool was very dominant against Birmingham City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Beesley (2), Dougall, Yates, Hamilton and Connolly providing the goals. Midfielder Dougall was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.05. Dougall scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit three key passes.

A 1-2 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion before that.

Blackpool 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, two draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Blackpool manager Critchley as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Barnsley.

Blackpool find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blackpool have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other previously this campaign: Blackpool - Luton 0-3. Statistics for the previous seven meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Luton Town, three draws and one win for Blackpool. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
15 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
11 goals
BlackpoolG. Madine
G. Madine
8 goals

Luton Town missing players

Blackpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 20 42
20 11 4 Won W 1 4 15
11 6 1 Drew D 3 8 11
12 4 2 Lost L 3 8 16
61 35 18 Scored S 9 22 51
47 21 7 Conceded C 11 26 50
91% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
72% 67% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 75% 67%
49% 57% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 40% 43%
26% 33% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 15% 19%
12% 19% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 12%
42% 43% 43% BTTS BTTS 86% 75% 57%
42% 48% 43% Clean Sheets C S 14% 10% 24%
26% 24% 14% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 24%
 
4.9 5.3 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 4.1
4.9 4.4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.9
2 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10.7 11.1 12.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.1 9.2 10.4
3.7 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.4
38% 44% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 39% 36%
 
11 9.7 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 12.3 12.4
3.3 3 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.9 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 41 22 11 8 65 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 77
3 Huddersfield Town 43 20 13 10 58 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 22 9 7 6 27 23 13 73
4 Luton Town 43 20 11 12 61 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 71
5 Nottingham Forest 41 20 10 11 65 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 28 70
6 Sheffield United 43 18 12 13 55 44 21 11 5 5 33 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 11 66
7 Millwall 43 17 14 12 48 42 22 12 6 4 29 16 21 5 8 8 19 26 6 65
8 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
9 Middlesbrough 42 18 9 15 52 44 21 12 2 7 29 20 21 6 7 8 23 24 8 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 43 18 9 16 58 55 22 10 6 6 29 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 3 63
11 Coventry City 43 17 11 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 21 7 6 8 27 32 2 62
12 West Bromwich Albion 43 16 12 15 47 45 21 11 7 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 60
13 Swansea City 42 16 11 15 53 58 20 9 6 5 26 22 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 59
14 Stoke City 43 16 10 17 54 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 6 58
15 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
16 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 51 50 22 11 3 8 29 24 20 4 8 8 22 26 1 56
17 Cardiff City 42 14 7 21 48 64 22 7 3 12 21 28 20 7 4 9 27 36 -16 49
18 Bristol City 43 13 10 20 54 74 22 7 8 7 28 29 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 49
19 Hull City 43 13 8 22 37 48 21 6 3 12 18 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -11 47
20 Birmingham City 43 11 12 20 46 70 21 7 5 9 24 29 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 45
21 Reading 43 13 8 22 54 82 22 7 5 10 33 43 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 41
22 Peterborough United 43 8 10 25 38 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 22 3 3 16 16 51 -45 34
23 Derby County 43 13 13 17 42 49 21 11 7 3 29 18 22 2 6 14 13 31 -7 31
24 Barnsley 42 6 12 24 31 62 21 5 7 9 17 24 21 1 5 15 14 38 -31 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.