Championship: Luton Town - Sheffield United pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Sheffield United have journeyed here for an engaging game versus the hosting Luton Town. Read up on the game with this full Championship preview!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sheffield United have the most scored goals (9) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Luton Town form and stats

The overall Championship results playing at home this season for Luton Town are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Luton Town are returning here after visiting Swansea City and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Campbell and Morris scored the goal(s). A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, seven consecutive matches. Defender Lockyer got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.65/10. Lockyer won 4 of 5 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bristol City.

Sports bettors who enjoy staking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

There will be little rest for Luton Town after this match as they are travelling to Cardiff City for a Championship game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Luton Town at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Sheffield United form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Championship for Sheffield United with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Sheffield won their last game, 3-0 versus Blackburn Rovers played at home. Midfielder Norwood was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Norwood scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Sheffield United secured a home win against Sunderland with the score 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sheffield are hosting Reading in the Championship only four days away.

2 goals so far away for Sheffield United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Sheffield United have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Luton Town.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedI. Ndiaye
I. Ndiaye
3 goals
Sheffield UnitedS. Berge
S. Berge
2 goals
LutonD. Potts
D. Potts
1 goals

Luton Town missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Luton Town Sheffield United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 0 0 Scored S 2 2 9
4 1 0 Conceded C 2 3 4
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 40%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
60% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
6.2 8.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 7
6.4 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.4
0.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7 13.8
3.2 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 5.8
19% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 31%
 
11.4 9.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.5 6.2
2.8 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 2.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Luton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Luton Town have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sheffield United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield United have scored more than double the goals of Luton Town.
  • Sheffield United have the most scored goals (9) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have the the best goal difference (+5) in Championship
  • Sheffield United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sheffield United have yet to win a game away.
  • Sheffield United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sheffield United is in the best form (3-1-1) in Championship
Luton Town Last season Sheffield United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   24 48
21 12   Won W   9 22
13 8   Drew D   7 12
14 4   Lost L   8 14
64 38   Scored S   27 66
57 23   Conceded C   31 48
92% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 85%
71% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 65%
46% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 44%
25% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 27%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 10%
42% 46%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
40% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 42%
27% 21%   Failed to Score F T   38% 29%
 
4.7 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.9
4.9 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4
2 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.9 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 13.1
3.7 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.2
36% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 33%
 
11.1 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.5
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield United 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 10
2 Watford 5 2 3 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 9
3 Reading 5 3 0 2 6 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 9
4 Blackburn Rovers 5 3 0 2 6 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3 6 -1 9
5 Sunderland 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 8
6 Hull City 5 2 2 1 7 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 3 6 -1 8
7 Norwich City 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 7
8 Cardiff City 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Preston North End 5 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
10 Millwall 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 -1 7
11 Blackpool 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 7
12 Rotherham United 4 1 3 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 6
13 West Bromwich Albion 5 1 3 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 6
14 Wigan Athletic 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
15 Burnley 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
16 Queens Park Rangers 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
17 Birmingham City 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 5
18 Luton Town 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
19 Swansea City 5 1 2 2 4 8 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 -4 5
20 Bristol City 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
21 Stoke City 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
22 Huddersfield Town 4 1 0 3 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
23 Middlesbrough 5 0 3 2 7 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 3
24 Coventry City 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1

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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.