Soccer betting preview: Luton Town welcomes Huddersfield Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Championship: Two squads who have done nicely up to now. Get ready for Luton Town - Huddersfield Town with this thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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 12 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

A nice win for Luton last time playing, versus Reading. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Cornick scoring for the victors. Naismith was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Naismith hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-7 away at Fulham.

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 Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost three.

There will be little rest for Luton after this match as they are travelling to Huddersfield Town for a Championship game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Luton Town in their home games so far, with 37 goals from 23 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Luton have only conceded 22 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

10 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Huddersfield Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season. The fact that Huddersfield Town have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Huddersfield Town won their last game, 2-0 versus Bristol City played at home. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Toffolo and that is impressive! The attacker Ward got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Ward scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Coventry City with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Huddersfield Town, seven draws and six defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Luton Town in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Huddersfield have scored 29 goals in 23 league games away. 24 goals have been conceded by Huddersfield Town in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered history featuring both these teams is the Huddersfield Town - Luton Town 2-0 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - three - three (Luton wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
16 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
14 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
12 goals

Luton Town missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played P 6 23 46
21 12 3 Won W 4 10 23
12 7 3 Drew D 1 7 13
13 4 0 Lost L 1 6 10
63 37 8 Scored S 7 29 64
55 22 4 Conceded C 5 24 47
91% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 89%
72% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 74%
48% 52% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 43%
26% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 17%
13% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 11%
41% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 48% 46%
41% 48% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 35% 41%
26% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 24%
 
4.6 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.4
4.8 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 5.7 4.9
2 1.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 11.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 10.5 10.9
3.7 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.8 4
37% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 35%
 
11.1 9.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 14.4 12.7
3.4 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in Championship
  • 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 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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  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 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 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.