Kenilworth Road Stadium: Luton Town vs Sheffield Wednesday Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 12.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

Season ticket holders at Kenilworth Road Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with Luton Town languishing in the 24th position so far. The guesting Sheffield Wednesday will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Luton Town and Sheffield Wednesday.

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Luton Town form and stats

Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (66) in Championship, have played 15 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-7 (wins-draws-losses).

J. Bogle (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for Luton Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Luton Town haven't scored in 184 minutes.

The Luton Town fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Kenilworth Road Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Cardiff City (placed 8th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at West Bromwich Albion.

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

A decent goal production from Luton Town in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. Luton Town have conceded 25 from these games.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

6-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday, who have the most scored goals (27) away in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Sheffield Wednesday are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Barnsley (placed 23rd). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Millwall.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Sheffield Wednesday's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 16 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Sheffield Wednesday in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sheffield Wednesday - Luton Town 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Luton Town won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Sheffield Wednesday has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
12 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
9 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
7 goals

Luton Town missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Luton Town Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 6 16 31
7 5 1 Won W 3 6 12
3 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
21 7 3 Lost L 2 7 11
37 23 5 Scored S 13 27 41
66 25 9 Conceded C 8 19 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
90% 87% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 71%
81% 80% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 45%
29% 20% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 23%
19% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 10%
65% 73% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 69% 55%
3% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 32%
32% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
5 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.6 5.3
6.6 6.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.6
1.3 1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
309 171 45 Total Shots T S 63 188 382
93 51 10 Shots on Target S O 27 64 126
40% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 42% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • Luton Town has the fewest points (18) at home
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (66)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (38)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (22)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-29)
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Luton Town is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Sheffield Wednesday has the most scored goals (27) away
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 30 15 11 4 53 33 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 20 56
2 Leeds United 31 16 7 8 46 29 15 8 4 3 22 13 16 8 3 5 24 16 17 55
3 Fulham 31 16 7 8 46 32 16 10 2 4 29 18 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 55
4 Nottingham Forest 31 15 9 7 43 30 15 8 3 4 20 15 16 7 6 3 23 15 13 54
5 Brentford 31 16 5 10 52 25 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 53
6 Preston North End 31 14 8 9 45 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 15 4 5 6 13 17 9 50
7 Bristol City 31 14 8 9 45 43 15 6 4 5 21 21 16 8 4 4 24 22 2 50
8 Cardiff City 31 11 13 7 43 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 16 3 7 6 21 31 0 46
9 Swansea City 31 12 10 9 37 37 16 7 3 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 46
10 Millwall 30 11 12 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 16 3 8 5 15 21 3 45
11 Sheffield Wednesday 31 12 8 11 41 34 15 6 5 4 14 15 16 6 3 7 27 19 7 44
12 Blackburn Rovers 31 12 8 11 43 38 16 7 6 3 19 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 5 44
13 Derby County 31 11 10 10 38 41 16 9 5 2 23 11 15 2 5 8 15 30 -3 43
14 Hull City 31 11 7 13 43 44 16 6 2 8 23 24 15 5 5 5 20 20 -1 40
15 Birmingham City 31 11 7 13 40 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 40
16 Reading 31 10 9 12 37 35 15 6 2 7 20 19 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 11 5 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 15 5 1 9 18 28 -9 38
18 Middlesbrough 31 8 12 11 32 40 16 6 7 3 16 15 15 2 5 8 16 25 -8 36
19 Huddersfield Town 31 9 8 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 18 21 15 4 3 8 19 27 -11 35
20 Stoke City 31 10 4 17 39 47 16 6 3 7 22 21 15 4 1 10 17 26 -8 34
21 Charlton Athletic 31 8 9 14 40 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 2 4 9 18 26 -5 33
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 8 16 29 46 15 5 4 6 15 20 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 29
23 Barnsley 31 5 10 16 37 57 16 4 7 5 25 30 15 1 3 11 12 27 -20 25
24 Luton Town 31 7 3 21 37 66 15 5 3 7 23 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -29 24

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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.