Championship: The average league table positions shows the journey Luton Town and Reading have undertaken uptil now. Both sides are ready for the match; bring it!
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Luton Town nor Reading 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.
Luton Town form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Luton Town at their home stadium (Kenilworth Road Stadium) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Luton Town, who played 1-1 against Sunderland. That match was also played at this venue (Kenilworth Road Stadium). Defender Bree got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Bree hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Watford.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Luton Town handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager Jones will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Blackpool in only four days.
The Luton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Luton Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reading form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reading so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Reading are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
There might be some fixture complaints from Reading as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Burnley. Late heartbreak for Reading in the Burnley match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Attacker Ince got a player rating of 7.53 in the game. "Man of the match" Ince scored one goal and hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Bristol City.We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 0 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reading as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Luton have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Reading.Top Goalscorers
  C. Morris 8 goals |   T. Ince 4 goals | E. Adebayo 3 goals |
Luton Town missing players
Reading missing players
| Luton Town | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 88% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 78% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 76% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 24% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 35% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.6 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.2 | 9.7 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 29% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 11.8 | 10.6 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12.5 | 10.8 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Luton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
- Luton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Championship
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
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