Delightful dogfight as daring Middlesbrough duel with determined Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

A crucial game in Championship as both sides are battling for the top positions. With Middlesbrough in 8th position and Luton Town at 6th, this promises to be an exciting battle. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Riverside Stadium. 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 17 games. After failing to beat Preston North End here at Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

The goalie Lumley was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.13 out of ten. Lumley topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that, an away loss at Barnsley in the Championship.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, zero draws and six defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Middlesbrough as they are travelling to their away game against Sheffield United in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Middlesbrough in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. Middlesbrough have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Luton Town playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Attacker Cornick got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Cornick scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Derby County in the Championship.

Luton Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Luton Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Coventry City is waiting in only three days.

Luton are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Luton Town have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town - Middlesbrough 3-1 was the story when these two squads last did battle, also in this season. Stats for the last five meetings between these two sides are: one win for Middlesbrough, two draws and two wins for Luton Town. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
12 goals
MiddlesbroughM. Crooks
M. Crooks
8 goals
MiddlesbroughA. Šporar
A. Šporar
8 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Middlesbrough Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 16 33
15 11 2 Won W 0 6 15
7 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
11 4 1 Lost L 3 6 9
43 27 6 Scored S 3 19 46
35 15 4 Conceded C 8 20 37
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
79% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 73%
39% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 48%
15% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 24%
9% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
52% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 39%
33% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 42%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 30%
 
6 6.4 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.1
4.4 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5.1
2.2 1.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.3 12.6 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 11
4.5 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.7
29% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 38%
 
9.6 9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.6 10.7
3 2.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • Luton Town is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship
  • Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 34 12 10 12 35 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 18 4 4 10 14 22 3 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Swansea City 32 11 8 13 34 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 17 4 4 9 15 29 -9 41
17 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
18 Cardiff City 35 11 6 18 41 54 18 6 2 10 19 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 39
19 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
20 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 35 10 12 13 34 39 17 8 6 3 23 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -5 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

Middlesbrough:
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Championship:
England:
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 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 34 12 10 12 35 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 18 4 4 10 14 22 3 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Swansea City 32 11 8 13 34 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 17 4 4 9 15 29 -9 41
17 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
18 Cardiff City 35 11 6 18 41 54 18 6 2 10 19 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 39
19 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
20 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 35 10 12 13 34 39 17 8 6 3 23 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -5 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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.