Soccer betting preview: Luton Town welcomes West Bromwich Albion in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenilworth Road Stadium (10226 seats)

This is match day, this is Championship and this is Luton Town - West Bromwich Albion. Prepare with our comprehensive match guide!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Luton Town and West Bromwich Albion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

Overall Championship statistics at home this season for Luton Town are 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Luton Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Birmingham City. Attacking player Adebayo outshone all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.21 out of 10. Adebayo hit one key pass.

Before that, Luton had a home game versus Barnsley which ended with a victory 2-1.

The manager Jones will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stoke City in only four days.

The Luton Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Bromwich Albion so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for West Bromwich Albion in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Barnsley.

The attacking players of WBA have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 361 minutes.

West Bromwich Albion's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Blackburn Rovers that finished 0-0. Johnstone (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.41. Johnstone topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the West Bromwich Albion manager Bruce faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield United and losing 0-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the WBA manager Bruce as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Middlesbrough.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by West Bromwich Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

West Bromwich Albion - Luton Town 3-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams last met, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - one - five (Luton Town wins - draws - West Bromwich Albion wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LutonE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
12 goals
West Bromwich AlbionK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
10 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals

Luton Town missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Luton Town West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 6 16 31
12 7 1 Won W 1 4 12
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 10
9 3 1 Lost L 3 8 9
41 24 8 Scored S 4 13 34
36 17 4 Conceded C 7 18 26
87% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 84%
73% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 58%
50% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 35%
27% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 13%
17% 27% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
40% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 32%
40% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 42%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 42%
 
5 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 6.1
5.1 4.9 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.2 3.6
1.7 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
11.2 11.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 14.6 15.6
3.7 3.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.6
37% 44% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 19% 24%
 
10.9 9.7 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.2 7.8
3.2 2.9 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 2.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • West Bromwich Albion 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 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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.