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

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road (10226 seats)

Luton Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 19th position in the Championship table. Visiting Nottingham Forest holds 10th place with 22 pts.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town have played 6 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Luton Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Birmingham City (placed 11th). Prior to that, an away loss at Fulham.

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 seven games. Luton Town has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The Luton Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Luton Town have conceded 10 from these games.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

3-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nottingham Forest in their Championship matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Hull City with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 defeat away at Wigan Athletic before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Nottingham Forest are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Nottingham Forest in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Luton Town victories, 0 draws and 1 Nottingham Forest win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
5 goals / 1 assists
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
5 goals / 2 assists
Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
5 goals / 1 assists

Luton Town missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Luton Town Nottingham Forest
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 7 13
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
8 2 1 Lost L 1 1 3
21 10 1 Scored S 4 9 17
25 10 4 Conceded C 4 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 69%
79% 83% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 38%
29% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 8%
21% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 8%
71% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 62%
7% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
21% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 8%
 
5.3 6 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.3 3.1 5.2
6.2 7.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 8.1 6.5
1.3 1.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Luton Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Luton Town
All EFL Trophy League One Championship League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
02-10-19 CH Luton Town 1 - 1 Millwall
05-10-19 CH Derby County 2 - 0 Luton Town
19-10-19 CH Luton Town 3 - 0 Bristol City
23-10-19 CH Fulham 3 - 2 Luton Town
26-10-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 1 Luton Town
02-11-19 CH Luton Town 16:00 Nottingham Forest
09-11-19 CH Reading 16:00 Luton Town
23-11-19 CH Luton Town 16:00 Leeds United
26-11-19 CH Luton Town 20:45 Charlton Athletic
30-11-19 CH Brentford 16:00 Luton Town
Nottingham Forest
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
27-09-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 3 Nottingham Forest
01-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
05-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Brentford
20-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
23-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Hull City
02-11-19 CH Luton Town 16:00 Nottingham Forest
09-11-19 CH Nottingham Forest 13:30 Derby County
23-11-19 CH Bristol City 16:00 Nottingham Forest
27-11-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 20:45 Nottingham Forest
30-11-19 CH Nottingham Forest 16:00 Cardiff City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 14 7 6 1 26 17 7 3 4 0 17 12 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 27
2 Preston North End 14 7 4 3 27 16 8 6 2 0 22 9 6 1 2 3 5 7 11 25
3 Leeds United 14 7 4 3 17 8 6 3 2 1 5 3 8 4 2 2 12 5 9 25
4 Swansea City 14 7 4 3 18 13 8 4 1 3 11 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 5 25
5 Sheffield Wednesday 14 7 3 4 18 10 7 4 2 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 24
6 Bristol City 14 6 6 2 22 19 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 3 3 1 12 11 3 24
7 Fulham 14 6 5 3 23 14 7 4 2 1 15 7 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 23
8 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 23 23 7 3 2 2 14 13 6 4 0 2 9 10 0 23
9 Charlton Athletic 14 6 4 4 21 16 7 4 1 2 10 5 7 2 3 2 11 11 5 22
10 Nottingham Forest 13 6 4 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 3 3 1 9 7 5 22
11 Birmingham City 14 7 1 6 14 16 7 5 1 1 10 5 7 2 0 5 4 11 -2 22
12 Hull City 14 5 4 5 20 20 8 3 2 3 12 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 19
13 Brentford 13 5 3 5 15 11 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 0 4 7 6 4 18
14 Cardiff City 14 4 6 4 19 20 6 4 2 0 10 4 8 0 4 4 9 16 -1 18
15 Millwall 14 4 6 4 16 19 7 4 2 1 10 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -3 18
16 Derby County 14 4 6 4 16 20 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 1 3 3 7 14 -4 18
17 Blackburn Rovers 14 4 3 7 17 21 7 2 3 2 8 7 7 2 0 5 9 14 -4 15
18 Wigan Athletic 14 4 3 7 12 19 6 4 1 1 7 4 8 0 2 6 5 15 -7 15
19 Luton Town 14 4 2 8 21 25 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 2 0 6 11 15 -4 14
20 Huddersfield Town 14 3 4 7 16 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 6 1 2 3 8 11 -5 13
21 Reading 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 0 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 8 -5 12
22 Middlesbrough 14 2 6 6 11 17 8 2 3 3 5 8 6 0 3 3 6 9 -6 12
23 Stoke City 14 2 2 10 13 25 7 1 1 5 8 13 7 1 1 5 5 12 -12 8
24 Barnsley 14 1 5 8 12 27 7 1 3 3 8 13 7 0 2 5 4 14 -15 8

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