Possible nail-biting contest in Luton Town - Preston North End game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

7th place in the Championship table for Luton Town so far, a potent campaign. The home team supporters hope for more entertainment as 13th-placed Preston North End visit Kenilworth Road Stadium.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Luton Town nor Preston North End 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

The story so far in the Championship for Luton Town at their home stadium (Kenilworth Road Stadium) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Luton Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th). Jerome, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.15 (out of 10). Jerome scored one goal.

Before that match, a win away at Coventry City.

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 15 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost three.

Luton are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Hull City awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Luton Town in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 18 league matches. Luton Town have conceded 19 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Preston North End playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Visiting Preston has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cardiff City (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Diaby, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Diaby won 7 of 8 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against AFC Bournemouth.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Preston North End, five draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Preston when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 19 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End - Luton Town 2-0 was the product when these sides previously played each other, some time ago this season. Luton Town-Preston North End H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Luton Town four wins, Preston North End four wins, one draw. five of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LutonE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
13 goals
Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
13 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
9 goals

Luton Town missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 6 19 37
16 9 2 Won W 2 6 12
9 5 1 Drew D 1 6 15
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 10
49 28 10 Scored S 8 16 40
41 19 4 Conceded C 9 19 40
89% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 81%
72% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 53% 65%
50% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 37% 43%
22% 28% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 19%
14% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 8%
42% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 37% 54%
42% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 37% 32%
28% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 32%
 
4.9 5.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.8 4.8
4.9 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.6 4.8
1.9 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.9 11.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.5 10.5
3.7 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 3.1
37% 42% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 35% 35%
 
10.6 9.6 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11 11.5
3.2 2.9 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Queens Park Rangers 36 17 8 11 52 42 19 9 6 4 27 17 17 8 2 7 25 25 10 59
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
6 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
7 Luton Town 36 16 9 11 49 41 18 9 5 4 28 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 8 57
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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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 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Queens Park Rangers 36 17 8 11 52 42 19 9 6 4 27 17 17 8 2 7 25 25 10 59
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
6 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
7 Luton Town 36 16 9 11 49 41 18 9 5 4 28 19 18 7 4 7 21 22 8 57
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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