Betting preview: Luton Town vs Middlesbrough should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road

Luton Town and Middlesbrough 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.

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!

Luton can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. Middlesbrough is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Luton Town form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Luton Town are 8-7-6 (wins-draw-losses).

In the match before that, Luton hosted Reading and drew the game 0-0.

The force was strong with Luton in their previous game playing Bristol City. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Elijah Adebayo, James Collins and Harry Cornick the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win. The victory against Bristol City came after Harry Cornick's winning goal. The Luton Town manager N. Jones was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

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 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost four.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Luton Town as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Rotherham United are visiting.

Luton Town has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Luton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses. That’s the product of Middlesbrough playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Middlesbrough are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Championship against Sheffield Wednesday (placed 23rd). Preceding that game was the away victory against Rotherham United with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Middlesbrough in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Middlesbrough, five draws and five defeats.

Middlesbrough have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 22 league away games 24 goals have been scored. 27 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Middlesbrough - Luton 1-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Luton Town victory, one draw and one Middlesbrough win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
10 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
8 goals
MiddlesbroughG. Saville
G. Saville
6 goals

Luton Town missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Middlesbrough
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 22 44
17 8 1 Won W 1 7 18
9 7 3 Drew D 2 5 9
17 6 2 Lost L 3 10 17
39 24 6 Scored S 5 24 54
48 22 7 Conceded C 7 27 49
93% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 86% 91%
63% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 70%
30% 33% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
12% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 16%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 9% 7%
33% 48% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 50%
33% 29% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 23% 30%
42% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 11.6 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 11.3 11.5
2.8 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 3.1
33% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 44% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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.