Luton Town and Sunderland have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf phrase. Both teams occupy mid-table places in the Championship.
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Luton Town form and stats
2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Luton Town have to build on here at Kenilworth Road Stadium in the Championship.
No payout for Luton Town in their previous match, an away game at Watford that ended in defeat 0-4. Up until that match this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without a defeat. 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. Midfield player Bree got a match rating of 7.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Bree hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Norwich City and winning 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Luton handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Luton Town, as the Championship home game vs Reading is only three days away.
Luton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kenilworth Road Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Luton Town have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Sunderland form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sunderland have lost on their last two travels.
Sunderland's previous game was their home loss versus Burnley (2-4). A huge disappointment for Sunderland in their last match (vs Burnley). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-4 defeat. Diallo got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, top player of the team. Diallo scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Blackburn Rovers's place.Sunderland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Sunderland have another match away in just four nights, a Championship game against Huddersfield Town. A rough programme for the visiting team!
Sunderland have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Sunderland have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Luton Town victory, two draws and two Sunderland wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Morris 7 goals |   R. Stewart 5 goals |  J. Clarke 4 goals |
Luton Town missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Luton Town | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 5.5 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 15.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 48% | 37% |
| 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
- Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Luton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
