Early betting lines indicate Millwall advantage hosting Luton Town at The Den

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and 23rd place in the table will show on the pitch.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Millwall and Luton Town.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have collected 25 points from their Championship home games so far after 7-4-2. Millwall has recorded two wins in a row here at The Den, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Millwall's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Luton Town (placed 23rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brentford in a game that was won 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Millwall's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Millwall fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Luton Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Luton Town's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the Championship. Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (56) in Championship, only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 0 draws. A depressing nine defeats in a row for Luton Town in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Blackburn Rovers.

Two away games in a row for Luton Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Millwall in the Championship. Prior to that match, the Luton Town manager G. Jones faced defeat when travelling to Bristol City and losing 0-3.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Luton Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luton Town as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Luton Town concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Millwall - Luton Town 3-1. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Millwall, 3 draws and 1 win for Luton Town. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
9 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
8 goals

Millwall missing players

Luton Town missing players

Millwall Luton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 14 26
10 7 2 Won W 0 2 6
10 4 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 2 1 Lost L 4 12 17
34 21 7 Scored S 3 13 32
32 14 5 Conceded C 13 36 56
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 92%
46% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 86% 85%
23% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 27%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 19%
69% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 65%
23% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 31%
 
5.6 6.8 7.2 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 5
4.6 3.3 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 6.4
1.6 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
274 145 40 Total Shots T S 37 122 263
92 53 14 Shots on Target S O 9 38 80
37% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Luton Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (36) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (56)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (31)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (19)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-23) away
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-24)
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Luton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Luton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Millwall have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

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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.