Championship preview: Can Luton Town edge out victory against Huddersfield Town?

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Championship so far, with Luton Town placed 18th and Huddersfield Town sitting in the 23rd position.

It's no vacation for neither Luton Town nor Huddersfield Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Championship games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium.

The points were shared in Luton Town's previous game, also at home. Visiting Huddersfield Town travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the Carabao Cup match versus Cardiff City with a 3-0 scoreline.

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 Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Luton Town has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The Championship season is young and Huddersfield Town have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Huddersfield Town, who have now gone 17 games without a victory. The Wolverhampton Wanderers game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Huddersfield Town have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 17 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Wolverhampton Wanderers game.

Huddersfield Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Luton Town. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Reading.

Huddersfield Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 11 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Huddersfield Town has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Luton Town 0 wins, 0 draws and Huddersfield Town 2 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Ahearne-Grant
3 goals
J. Collins
2 goals
H. Cornick
2 goals

Luton Town missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Luton Town Huddersfield Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played 0 3 6
1 0 0 Won 0 0 0
2 2 1 Drew 0 2 2
3 1 0 Lost 0 1 4
8 4 3 Scored 0 2 4
9 5 3 Conceded 0 3 9
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 0% 67% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 0% 67% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 0% 33% 50%
33% 33% 100% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 67% 100% BTTS 0% 67% 67%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 17%
33% 33% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 33%
 
6 5.7 8 Corners For (avg) 0 1.3 4.2
5.8 7 11 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.7 4.7
1.3 1.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Huddersfield Town have yet to win a game.
  • Luton Town have yet to win a game at home.

Luton Town
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 CH Luton Town 1 - 2 West Bromwich Albion
20-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Luton Town
24-08-19 CH Barnsley 1 - 3 Luton Town
27-08-19 CC Cardiff City 0 - 3 Luton Town
31-08-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 Huddersfield Town
14-09-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 14:00 Luton Town
21-09-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 Hull City
24-09-19 CC Luton Town - Leicester City
28-09-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Luton Town
02-10-19 CH Luton Town 18:45 Millwall
Huddersfield Town
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Lincoln City
16-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Fulham
21-08-19 CH Cardiff City 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
24-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Reading
31-08-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 Huddersfield Town
15-09-19 CH Huddersfield Town 11:00 Sheffield Wednesday
22-09-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 11:00 Huddersfield Town
28-09-19 CH Huddersfield Town 14:00 Millwall
01-10-19 CH Stoke City 19:00 Huddersfield Town
05-10-19 CH Huddersfield Town 14:00 Hull City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 5 4 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 8 13
2 Swansea City 5 4 1 0 11 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 13
3 Charlton Athletic 5 3 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 11
4 Bristol City 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 11
5 Fulham 6 3 1 2 10 5 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 10
6 Preston North End 5 3 0 2 10 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 4 9
7 Sheffield Wednesday 5 3 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 9
8 West Bromwich Albion 5 2 3 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 9
9 Nottingham Forest 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 8
10 Cardiff City 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 -2 8
11 Millwall 5 2 2 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 6 -2 8
12 Reading 5 2 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 7
13 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 1 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 7
14 Blackburn Rovers 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 7
15 Birmingham City 5 2 1 2 4 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 6 -3 7
16 Derby County 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 6
17 Middlesbrough 6 1 3 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 -1 6
18 Luton Town 5 1 1 3 8 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 -1 4
19 Brentford 5 1 1 3 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 -2 4
20 Hull City 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 4
21 Barnsley 5 1 1 3 4 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 4
22 Wigan Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 3
23 Huddersfield Town 5 0 1 4 4 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 1
24 Stoke City 5 0 1 4 5 13 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 -8 1

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