Evenly matched teams: Luton Town vs Millwall match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 18.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Both contenders are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Millwall holding a 2 point advantage on Luton Town in the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active match!

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Luton Town form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Luton Town have managed 2 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Kenilworth Road Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Luton Town.

Luton lost their last game at Middlesbrough (placed 13th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The defeat against Middlesbrough was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Crooks). Midfield player Clark got a match rating of 7.5 in that game, the max score being 10. Clark scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rotherham United that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Luton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luton Town as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Luton Town has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The Luton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Millwall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Millwall so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Millwall delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Wigan Athletic (placed 22nd) in their previous match. Flemming got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Flemming scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sunderland's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Millwall, 7 draws and 7 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Millwall have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Luton, five draws and four wins for Millwall. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
8 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
8 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
4 goals

Luton Town missing players

Millwall missing players

Luton Town Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
7 2 1 Won W 1 2 9
9 7 2 Drew D 1 3 5
6 2 1 Lost L 1 6 8
24 14 3 Scored S 4 10 27
24 12 2 Conceded C 6 18 26
86% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
73% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
32% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 45% 41%
18% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 14%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
45% 64% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 41%
36% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 27%
32% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 55% 41%
 
6.4 7.7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.5 4.5
5.7 5.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 3.8 3.7
1.7 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 15.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 17.7 11.5 12.7
4 5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 4.1
27% 25% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 30%
 
12.1 10.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.1 10.8
3.1 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 22 12 8 2 43 23 11 7 4 0 23 10 11 5 4 2 20 13 20 44
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 41
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 0 10 25 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 11 4 0 7 7 15 -1 36
4 Norwich City 22 10 5 7 30 23 11 5 3 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 12 11 7 35
5 Watford 22 9 7 6 28 22 11 6 2 3 17 10 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 34
6 Preston North End 22 9 7 6 22 21 11 3 4 4 7 11 11 6 3 2 15 10 1 34
7 Birmingham City 23 8 8 7 26 22 12 4 5 3 16 12 11 4 3 4 10 10 4 32
8 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 32
9 Reading 23 10 2 11 26 33 11 7 1 3 16 11 12 3 1 8 10 22 -7 32
10 Queens Park Rangers 22 9 4 9 26 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 11 4 2 5 11 14 -1 31
11 Swansea City 22 8 7 7 27 29 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 3 5 3 12 15 -2 31
12 Sunderland 22 8 6 8 30 25 11 3 4 4 14 12 11 5 2 4 16 13 5 30
13 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 31 27 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 4 1 6 18 16 4 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
15 Coventry City 20 8 5 7 21 19 9 5 1 3 10 6 11 3 4 4 11 13 2 29
16 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 30 30 11 4 3 4 13 10 11 3 3 5 17 20 0 27
17 West Bromwich Albion 21 6 8 7 26 25 11 3 4 4 14 14 10 3 4 3 12 11 1 26
18 Rotherham United 22 6 8 8 26 29 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 2 5 4 8 14 -3 26
19 Stoke City 22 7 5 10 24 29 11 3 3 5 13 16 11 4 2 5 11 13 -5 26
20 Cardiff City 22 7 4 11 19 27 11 4 2 5 9 10 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 25
21 Hull City 22 7 4 11 25 39 11 4 0 7 11 20 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 25
22 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 24
23 Blackpool 22 6 5 11 24 33 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -9 23
24 Huddersfield Town 21 5 4 12 19 27 11 4 2 5 10 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -8 19

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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.