Luton Town fights Fulham in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road (10226 seats)

Struggling Luton Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Fulham in the upcoming league round. It's 21st vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Luton Town and Fulham should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Championship, have to build on here at Kenilworth Road in the Championship. Luton Town has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager G. Jones and the players.

Luton Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Swansea City (placed 7th). Prior to that, an away loss at Preston North End.

The manager G. Jones will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bristol City in only three days.

Luton Town has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Fulham form and stats

4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fulham in their Championship matches away. Fulham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Fulham are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Leeds United (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Brentford's place.

Goalkeeper Marek Rodák was absolutely vital in the Fulham victory against Leeds United, making 6 saves.

A new game in only three days for Fulham, the Championship home match versus Stoke City. Busy days.

Fulham have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Fulham have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town and Fulham have met before this season: Fulham - Luton Town 3-2.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
17 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
7 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
6 goals

Luton Town missing players

Fulham missing players

Luton Town Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
6 4 0 Won W 1 4 11
2 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
15 5 3 Lost L 2 4 7
28 16 2 Scored S 2 12 35
47 17 5 Conceded C 4 11 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 96%
91% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 83%
83% 82% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 57%
22% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
17% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
65% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 55% 57%
4% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 26%
30% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 22%
 
5.1 5.9 4 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 5.9
6.5 7.1 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.5
1.3 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
239 132 35 Total Shots T S 49 132 305
73 39 11 Shots on Target S O 18 42 102
38% 41% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 34%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Luton Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (47)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-19)
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 23 14 8 1 46 24 11 6 5 0 29 16 12 8 3 1 17 8 22 50
2 Leeds United 23 14 5 4 36 15 11 7 3 1 18 7 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 47
3 Sheffield Wednesday 23 11 6 6 34 20 11 6 4 1 13 7 12 5 2 5 21 13 14 39
4 Fulham 23 11 5 7 35 25 12 7 2 3 23 14 11 4 3 4 12 11 10 38
5 Preston North End 23 11 5 7 35 27 12 9 2 1 29 13 11 2 3 6 6 14 8 38
6 Brentford 23 11 4 8 34 18 11 6 3 2 19 7 12 5 1 6 15 11 16 37
7 Swansea City 23 10 7 6 30 27 12 5 2 5 16 15 11 5 5 1 14 12 3 37
8 Blackburn Rovers 23 10 5 8 30 28 12 6 4 2 15 10 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 35
9 Bristol City 23 9 8 6 34 33 11 4 4 3 16 14 12 5 4 3 18 19 1 35
10 Nottingham Forest 22 9 7 6 28 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 12 5 5 2 18 12 5 34
11 Hull City 23 9 6 8 37 31 12 6 2 4 21 14 11 3 4 4 16 17 6 33
12 Cardiff City 23 8 9 6 34 32 11 7 3 1 18 9 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 33
13 Millwall 23 8 9 6 29 30 11 5 4 2 17 13 12 3 5 4 12 17 -1 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 23 9 5 9 37 44 12 4 4 4 21 24 11 5 1 5 16 20 -7 32
15 Birmingham City 23 8 4 11 24 34 11 5 2 4 13 12 12 3 2 7 11 22 -10 28
16 Reading 22 7 5 10 28 27 11 5 0 6 17 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 1 26
17 Derby County 23 6 8 9 21 31 12 5 5 2 14 9 11 1 3 7 7 22 -10 26
18 Charlton Athletic 23 6 7 10 30 32 12 4 3 5 15 14 11 2 4 5 15 18 -2 25
19 Huddersfield Town 23 6 7 10 26 35 12 3 4 5 12 15 11 3 3 5 14 20 -9 25
20 Middlesbrough 23 5 9 9 21 32 12 5 4 3 11 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -11 24
21 Luton Town 23 6 2 15 28 47 11 4 2 5 16 17 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 20
22 Barnsley 23 4 7 12 31 46 12 3 5 4 21 24 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 19
23 Wigan Athletic 23 4 7 12 20 35 11 4 3 4 11 14 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 19
24 Stoke City 23 5 3 15 25 37 12 3 2 7 14 18 11 2 1 8 11 19 -12 18

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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.