Luton Town vs Rotherham United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

A traditional home win, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams Luton Town and Rotherham United battle at Kenilworth Road Stadium.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The followers are hoping that Luton Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Stoke City (placed 15th). The first loss after collecting points through three league fixtures. Midfielder Bell was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.12 (out of ten) in that game. Bell hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Blackpool and winning 1-0.

Luton Town has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Luton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rotherham United so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Rotherham United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Sheffield United (placed 3rd). Those three points felt good as this club had gone five league fixtures without winning. Johansson was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.1. The agile goalkeeper Johansson topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Norwich City.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rotherham United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Rotherham in these games.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Rotherham United.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
8 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
5 goals
Rotherham UnitedR. Wood
R. Wood
4 goals

Luton Town missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Luton Town Rotherham United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
7 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
8 6 3 Drew D 2 4 7
5 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
22 13 2 Scored S 3 7 24
21 11 2 Conceded C 2 13 25
85% 80% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
70% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 75%
30% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
20% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
40% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 45%
40% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 35%
35% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 30%
 
6.3 7.3 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.4 3.6
5.9 5.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 8 6.6
1.6 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.8 14.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.5 8.4
4 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.7 2.9
28% 28% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 41% 41%
 
12.1 11.2 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18.2 14.9
3.1 3.5 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.7 4.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at 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 20 10 8 2 37 23 10 6 4 0 20 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 14 38
2 Blackburn Rovers 20 12 0 8 24 19 10 8 0 2 17 7 10 4 0 6 7 12 5 36
3 Sheffield United 20 10 5 5 34 19 10 5 3 2 22 11 10 5 2 3 12 8 15 35
4 Norwich City 20 9 5 6 28 21 10 5 3 2 17 10 10 4 2 4 11 11 7 32
5 Watford 20 9 5 6 28 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 10 3 4 3 11 12 6 32
6 Queens Park Rangers 20 9 4 7 26 22 10 5 2 3 15 10 10 4 2 4 11 12 4 31
7 Preston North End 20 8 7 5 16 16 10 3 4 3 5 7 10 5 3 2 11 9 0 31
8 Swansea City 20 8 6 6 27 28 10 5 2 3 15 13 10 3 4 3 12 15 -1 30
9 Luton Town 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 2 6 2 13 11 10 5 2 3 9 10 1 29
10 Birmingham City 20 7 7 6 22 18 10 3 5 2 12 8 10 4 2 4 10 10 4 28
11 Millwall 19 8 4 7 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 1 3 5 6 13 2 28
12 Coventry City 18 7 5 6 19 18 8 4 1 3 8 6 10 3 4 3 11 12 1 26
13 Reading 20 8 2 10 21 29 10 6 1 3 15 11 10 2 1 7 6 18 -8 26
14 Rotherham United 20 6 7 7 24 25 10 4 3 3 17 12 10 2 4 4 7 13 -1 25
15 Stoke City 20 7 4 9 22 25 10 3 2 5 11 14 10 4 2 4 11 11 -3 25
16 Middlesbrough 20 6 6 8 27 25 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 3 1 6 16 15 2 24
17 Sunderland 19 6 6 7 24 22 9 2 4 3 10 10 10 4 2 4 14 12 2 24
18 Cardiff City 20 7 3 10 17 24 10 4 2 4 9 9 10 3 1 6 8 15 -7 24
19 Hull City 20 7 3 10 24 37 10 4 0 6 10 18 10 3 3 4 14 19 -13 24
20 Bristol City 20 6 5 9 27 29 10 4 2 4 13 10 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 23
21 Blackpool 20 6 4 10 23 31 10 3 1 6 12 16 10 3 3 4 11 15 -8 22
22 West Bromwich Albion 19 4 8 7 22 24 10 2 4 4 12 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 -2 20
23 Wigan Athletic 20 5 5 10 19 30 10 1 3 6 6 17 10 4 2 4 13 13 -11 20
24 Huddersfield Town 19 5 3 11 19 26 10 4 1 5 10 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 -7 18

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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.