Middlesbrough favourites for feisty fight facing Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Riverside Stadium (34988 seats)

Championship: The middle-of-the-table spots illustrates the road Middlesbrough and Luton Town have taken uptil now. Both squads are ready for the game; let's get this baby out!

Insights:
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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Middlesbrough form and stats

Middlesbrough have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Middlesbrough have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A good away victory last time out for Middlesbrough, who won 2-1 against Norwich City (placed 5th). The victory against Norwich City came after Crooks's winning goal. The Middlesbrough manager Carrick was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 89th minute. Giles, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Giles hit four key passes and won 1 of 1 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Blackpool with a 3-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Middlesbrough handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The Middlesbrough fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Luton Town in their Championship matches away.

Luton's last game was the home draw against Rotherham United (1-1). The draw against Rotherham United came from a losing position. The Luton Town manager Edwards brought on Berry as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Bree was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. Bree hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Stoke City wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Luton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Low on goals? 9 of this club's latest 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

The attacking power of Luton Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Middlesbrough, two draws and two wins for Luton Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MiddlesbroughC. Akpom
C. Akpom
8 goals
Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
8 goals
MiddlesbroughD. Watmore
D. Watmore
4 goals

Middlesbrough missing players

Luton Town missing players

Middlesbrough Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 0 10 21
7 3 2 Won W 0 5 7
6 5 1 Drew D 0 2 9
8 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
29 11 2 Scored S 0 9 23
26 10 0 Conceded C 0 10 22
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 90% 86%
71% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 70% 71%
57% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 29%
29% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
62% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 43%
24% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
24% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
6 6.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 6.6
3.6 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.6 5.8
2.2 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.4 12.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.7 13
3.6 3.9 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 4.2
39% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 26%
 
9.2 7.9 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 11.9
3.6 3.2 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.8 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 Burnley 21 11 8 2 40 23 11 7 4 0 23 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 17 41
2 Sheffield United 21 11 5 5 35 19 10 5 3 2 22 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 16 38
3 Blackburn Rovers 21 12 0 9 24 22 10 8 0 2 17 7 11 4 0 7 7 15 2 36
4 Watford 21 9 6 6 28 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 33
5 Norwich City 21 9 5 7 29 23 11 5 3 3 18 12 10 4 2 4 11 11 6 32
6 Queens Park Rangers 21 9 4 8 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 4 2 5 11 14 2 31
7 Millwall 21 9 4 8 26 25 10 7 1 2 16 7 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 31
8 Swansea City 21 8 7 6 27 28 10 5 2 3 15 13 11 3 5 3 12 15 -1 31
9 Preston North End 21 8 7 6 18 20 11 3 4 4 7 11 10 5 3 2 11 9 -2 31
10 Sunderland 21 8 6 7 29 23 10 3 4 3 13 10 11 5 2 4 16 13 6 30
11 Luton Town 21 7 9 5 23 22 11 2 7 2 14 12 10 5 2 3 9 10 1 30
12 Coventry City 19 8 5 6 21 18 9 5 1 3 10 6 10 3 4 3 11 12 3 29
13 Reading 21 9 2 10 23 30 10 6 1 3 15 11 11 3 1 7 8 19 -7 29
14 Birmingham City 21 7 7 7 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 10 10 4 2 4 10 10 3 28
15 Middlesbrough 21 7 6 8 29 26 10 3 5 2 11 10 11 4 1 6 18 16 3 27
16 Rotherham United 21 6 8 7 25 26 10 4 3 3 17 12 11 2 5 4 8 14 -1 26
17 Stoke City 21 7 4 10 22 27 10 3 2 5 11 14 11 4 2 5 11 13 -5 25
18 Bristol City 21 6 6 9 27 29 11 4 3 4 13 10 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 24
19 Cardiff City 21 7 3 11 17 25 11 4 2 5 9 10 10 3 1 6 8 15 -8 24
20 Hull City 21 7 3 11 25 39 11 4 0 7 11 20 10 3 3 4 14 19 -14 24
21 West Bromwich Albion 20 5 8 7 24 24 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 0 23
22 Wigan Athletic 21 6 5 10 21 31 11 2 3 6 8 18 10 4 2 4 13 13 -10 23
23 Blackpool 21 6 4 11 24 33 10 3 1 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -9 22
24 Huddersfield Town 20 5 4 11 19 26 11 4 2 5 10 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 -7 19

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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.