Football betting preview: Luton Town vs Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Luton Town and Bristol City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Luton and Bristol City.

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Luton Town form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Luton Town have to build on here at Kenilworth Road Stadium in the Championship.

Luton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Reading. Before that, Luton drew at home versus AFC Bournemouth.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Luton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Luton, as the Championship home game vs Queens Park Rangers is only four days away.

Luton Town has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bristol City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Bristol has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Bristol are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Wycombe Wanderers (placed 24th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Preston North End's place.

Famara Diédhiou came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Wycombe Wanderers last time out, making the manager D. Holden feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Bristol City in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Bristol City, four draws and four defeats.

Bristol has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Brentford in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visiting Bristol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Bristol have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Luton won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Bristol City has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
6 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
5 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
3 goals

Luton Town missing players

Bristol City missing players

Luton Town Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 10 21
7 4 1 Won W 2 5 10
6 4 1 Drew D 1 1 3
8 2 0 Lost L 1 4 8
18 13 4 Scored S 5 12 22
23 10 1 Conceded C 4 12 22
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
67% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 62%
29% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 43%
33% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 29%
43% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.8 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 11.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.9 9.2
2.3 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.9
38% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 44% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City 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 Norwich City 21 13 4 4 29 19 10 6 3 1 13 7 11 7 1 3 16 12 10 43
2 Swansea City 21 11 6 4 25 12 10 6 3 1 13 4 11 5 3 3 12 8 13 39
3 AFC Bournemouth 20 10 8 2 35 16 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 3 6 1 15 8 19 38
4 Brentford 21 10 8 3 34 20 10 4 5 1 16 10 11 6 3 2 18 10 14 38
5 Watford 21 10 7 4 24 15 11 8 2 1 20 9 10 2 5 3 4 6 9 37
6 Reading 21 11 3 7 32 27 11 7 0 4 16 12 10 4 3 3 16 15 5 36
7 Stoke City 21 9 7 5 25 20 10 5 2 3 16 15 11 4 5 2 9 5 5 34
8 Middlesbrough 20 9 6 5 24 15 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 2 4 4 9 11 9 33
9 Bristol City 21 10 3 8 22 22 11 5 2 4 10 10 10 5 1 4 12 12 0 33
10 Barnsley 21 9 4 8 25 27 11 6 2 3 14 11 10 3 2 5 11 16 -2 31
11 Blackburn Rovers 21 8 5 8 35 25 11 5 3 3 18 12 10 3 2 5 17 13 10 29
12 Cardiff City 21 8 5 8 28 23 11 4 2 5 18 14 10 4 3 3 10 9 5 29
13 Preston North End 21 9 2 10 28 30 10 3 1 6 8 12 11 6 1 4 20 18 -2 29
14 Huddersfield Town 21 8 4 9 25 29 10 6 1 3 14 8 11 2 3 6 11 21 -4 28
15 Luton Town 21 7 6 8 18 23 10 4 4 2 13 10 11 3 2 6 5 13 -5 27
16 Millwall 20 5 10 5 17 18 10 1 7 2 8 10 10 4 3 3 9 8 -1 25
17 Birmingham City 21 5 8 8 17 23 10 2 2 6 8 15 11 3 6 2 9 8 -6 23
18 Coventry City 21 5 8 8 20 28 11 4 5 2 12 13 10 1 3 6 8 15 -8 23
19 Queens Park Rangers 21 4 8 9 19 29 11 3 4 4 11 13 10 1 4 5 8 16 -10 20
20 Nottingham Forest 21 4 6 11 14 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 1 2 7 4 14 -11 18
21 Rotherham United 19 4 4 11 18 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 1 2 7 7 17 -9 16
22 Derby County 20 3 7 10 10 23 11 1 4 6 5 14 9 2 3 4 5 9 -13 16
23 Sheffield Wednesday 21 4 7 10 12 22 10 2 5 3 6 7 11 2 2 7 6 15 -10 13
24 Wycombe Wanderers 21 2 6 13 13 31 10 1 4 5 5 10 11 1 2 8 8 21 -18 12

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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.