Evenly matched teams: Preston North End vs Luton Town match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Preston North End in 16th and Luton Town in 13th place.

Insights:
  • Luton Town have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship

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 Preston and Luton Town.

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Preston North End form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Preston North End are 5-4-9 (wins-draw-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Johnson was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Preston North End in their previous match, an away game at Middlesbrough that ended in defeat 0-2. Heartbreak before that as Preston lost 0-1 at Wycombe Wanderers's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Preston North End perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Preston North End has won six of these, drawn one and lost eight.

Preston North End have scored 15 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. Preston North End are not conceding a lot of goals here at Deepdale in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. That’s the product of Luton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Elijah Adebayo and James Bree scored in Luton Town's previous match, the home game against Coventry City that ended 2-0. A loss against Swansea City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Luton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four Luton wins, one draw and one defeat.

Goals are few and far between in Luton's away league games. Only 8 goals from 18 travels. Luton have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End and Luton Town have met before this season: Luton Town - Preston 3-0. Last seven meetings between the teams: Preston won three, Luton Town won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 goals
Luton TownJ. Collins
J. Collins
7 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
4 goals

Preston North End missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Preston North End Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 4 18 36
13 5 1 Won W 0 6 13
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 8
19 9 4 Lost L 4 10 15
39 15 1 Scored S 0 8 30
48 17 7 Conceded C 10 21 41
95% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
65% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 39% 64%
49% 33% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 28%
16% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 6% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
35% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 31%
30% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 39% 31%
41% 50% 83% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.6 10.8 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.3 9.4
3.2 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.5 2.6
32% 27% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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.