Betting men believe with their cash that Luton Town will beat Reading at Kenilworth Road Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

The Championship league table tells the truth about these participants to this date, with Luton Town leading Reading by 31 points. Get your full match preview:

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

Reading have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 21st place no matter what happens.

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face match!

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town have collected 40 points from their Championship home games so far after 11-7-4.

The supporters are hoping that Luton will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-7 away loss in the match against Fulham (placed 1st). Luton Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Lockyer was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.65 out of 10. The defender Lockyer won 4 of 9 duels.

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

The Luton Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 36 goals in 22 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have only collected 21 points from their away games in the Championship, after 6-3-13 (22 played).

The attacking players of Reading have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Reading's previous game was their home loss versus West Bromwich Albion (0-1). Midfielder Hoilett was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Hoilett hit four key passes.

A 0-3 defeat away at Hull City before that.

The attacking power of Reading when travelling is not overwhelming with 21 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Reading have conceded 42 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Reading has visited these top teams seven times, and 5 of 7 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the squads met earlier this campaign; Reading - Luton Town 0-2. Luton Town-Reading H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Luton Town four wins, Reading five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
16 goals
LutonH. Cornick
H. Cornick
11 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
11 goals

Luton Town missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
20 11 5 Won W 2 6 13
12 7 0 Drew D 1 3 8
13 4 2 Lost L 4 13 24
62 36 10 Scored S 6 21 54
55 22 9 Conceded C 14 42 86
91% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
73% 68% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 77% 76%
49% 55% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 64% 60%
27% 32% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 32% 36%
13% 18% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 24%
42% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 58%
40% 45% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 11%
27% 23% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 41% 33%
 
4.7 5 6.9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.1 3.9 3.9
4.8 4.4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 5.1 5.2
2 1.5 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.2 10.2
3.7 3.8 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 3.5
37% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 34%
 
11.2 10 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.9 15.9 14.4
3.4 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.7 5.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reading 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 Fulham 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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  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 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 44 23 13 8 72 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 33 82
3 Nottingham Forest 44 23 10 11 72 38 23 13 4 6 43 22 21 10 6 5 29 16 34 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 30

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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.