Luton Town vs Middlesbrough match preview: Even contest expected at Kenilworth Road Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 02.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

It's ground zero in Championship - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Luton Town form and stats

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Luton Town, who have participated in three training matches. Luton Town have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

It's the first season at a new level for Luton Town as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 27 wins, 13 draws and 6 losses from 46 games. The team scored 57 goals at home last season and conceded 19. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Middlesbrough as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Middlesbrough have played five with the results W3-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Middlesbrough has scored 11 goals and conceded 9 times.

Let's have a look at how Middlesbrough performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 26/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Luton Town missing players

Middlesbrough missing players

Luton Town Middlesbrough
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Luton Town Last season Middlesbrough
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
27 16   Won   10 20
13 7   Drew   7 13
6 0   Lost   6 13
90 57   Scored   26 49
42 19   Conceded   24 41
91% 96%   Over 0.5   87% 89%
83% 91%   Over 1.5   70% 65%
59% 61%   Over 2.5   43% 33%
39% 57%   Over 3.5   13% 7%
13% 22%   Over 4.5   4% 2%
54% 52%   BTTS   48% 39%
43% 48%   Clean Sheets   35% 41%
11% 4%   Failed To Score   30% 30%
 
6.3 6.7   Corners For (avg)   4.5 5.3
4.4 4.3   Corners Against (avg)   5.3 5.2
1.3 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.8 1.7
4 1   Red Cards   1 3
Key stats last season:
  • Luton Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Luton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Middlesbrough have scored away.
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Luton Town
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-04-19 LO Burton Albion 2 - 1 Luton Town
04-05-19 LO Luton Town 3 - 1 Oxford United
06-07-19 CF Welwyn Garden City 1 - 3 Luton Town
13-07-19 CF Bedford Town 1 - 2 Luton Town
16-07-19 CF Basingstoke Town 2 - 7 Luton Town
27-07-19 CF Luton Town 14:00 Norwich City
02-08-19 CH Luton Town 18:45 Middlesbrough
10-08-19 CH Cardiff City 14:00 Luton Town
13-08-19 CC Luton Town 18:45 Ipswich Town
17-08-19 CH Luton Town 14:00 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 CF Grazer AK 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
10-07-19 CF Gateshead 1 - 3 Middlesbrough
14-07-19 CF Hartlepool United 0 - 4 Middlesbrough
20-07-19 CF Heidenheim 5 - 1 Middlesbrough
23-07-19 CF Salford City 1 - 3 Middlesbrough
28-07-19 CF Middlesbrough 14:00 Saint-Etienne
02-08-19 CH Luton Town 18:45 Middlesbrough
10-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 14:00 Brentford
13-08-19 CC Middlesbrough 18:45 Crewe Alexandra
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Middlesbrough

Last season 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 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41
Last season 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 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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