Luton Town and Stoke City are both high-flying in the Championship with their 8th and 6th places respectively. This could be a top match!
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Luton Town nor Stoke City 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 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Luton after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Luton's last game was hosting Middlesbrough (placed 14th) and winning 3-1. Defender Sonny Bradley got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Bradley scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 10 of 14 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Preston North End.This is expected to be a close game, with Luton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Luton Town as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Luton Town has won seven of these, drawn five and lost three.
A decent goal production from Luton in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Luton Town have conceded 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Stoke City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stoke City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Stoke, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Blackpool (placed 10th) in the Championship last time out. Attacker Steven Fletcher got a player rating of 7.91 in the game. "Man of the match" Fletcher scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Cardiff City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Stoke City wins, six draws and five defeats.
Stoke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Stoke have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding nine meetings): Luton Town won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Stoke City got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fourTop Goalscorers
  E. Adebayo 8 goals |  H. Cornick 7 goals |   N. Powell 5 goals |
Luton Town missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Luton Town | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 21 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 43% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 11.2 | 10.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Fulham | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 29 | 35 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Stoke City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Millwall | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Birmingham City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 18 | Reading | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 23 | Hull City | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 9 |
| 24 | Derby County | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
- Luton Town
- Luton Today - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)