Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Nottingham Forest welcomes Luton Town

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: City Ground (30603 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Nottingham Forest leading Luton Town by 26 points.

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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Nottingham Forest form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Nottingham Forest have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Nottingham Forest, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

A nice win for Nottingham Forest last time playing, versus Luton Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Joe Lolley (2) and Lewis Grabban scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the away draw at Reading that finished 1-1.

The Nottingham Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Luton Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Luton Town, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Championship, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-13 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Luton Town have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Blackburn Rovers game. It's looking increasingly bleak for Luton Town who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Fulham was the last time a defeat was avoided.

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 Nottingham Forest in the Championship. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Birmingham City.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Luton Town as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 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 dueling parties have met before this season: Nottingham Forest - Luton Town 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Nottingham Forest 3 wins, 0 draws and Luton Town 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
15 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
9 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
7 goals

Nottingham Forest missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nottingham Forest Luton Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 15 28
13 7 3 Won W 0 2 6
8 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 4 0 Lost L 4 13 19
38 17 6 Scored S 3 14 34
27 14 1 Conceded C 16 39 61
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 93%
44% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 87% 86%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 40% 29%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 18%
56% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 68%
33% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
15% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 29%
 
5.9 7.3 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 2.8 4 4.9
6.2 4.7 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 6.2 6.6
1.8 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
356 191 43 Total Shots T S 34 130 280
88 41 11 Shots on Target S O 9 41 85
43% 41% 55% 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 (39) away
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals (61)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (27)
  • Luton Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (34)
  • Luton Town has the most matches over the total-line (21)
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-25) away
  • Luton Town has the the worst goal difference (-27)
  • 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 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Luton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Luton Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Nottingham Forest has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nottingham Forest 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 West Bromwich Albion 27 14 11 2 50 30 13 6 6 1 30 19 14 8 5 1 20 11 20 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
7 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
8 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
9 Preston North End 28 12 7 9 39 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 13 2 5 6 8 16 5 43
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 28 8 10 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 14 13 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 34
18 Birmingham City 28 9 6 13 34 45 14 5 3 6 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 24 -11 33
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 27 7 4 16 33 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 25
22 Barnsley 28 5 9 14 35 51 14 4 6 4 24 26 14 1 3 10 11 25 -16 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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 West Bromwich Albion 27 14 11 2 50 30 13 6 6 1 30 19 14 8 5 1 20 11 20 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
7 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
8 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
9 Preston North End 28 12 7 9 39 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 13 2 5 6 8 16 5 43
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 28 8 10 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 14 13 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 34
18 Birmingham City 28 9 6 13 34 45 14 5 3 6 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 24 -11 33
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 27 7 4 16 33 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 25
22 Barnsley 28 5 9 14 35 51 14 4 6 4 24 26 14 1 3 10 11 25 -16 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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