Betting guide: Reading vs Luton Town - predictions and stats

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

Here's everything you should be aware of, and then some, ahead of the Reading - Luton Town fixture!

Insights:
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Reading and Luton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Reading form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Reading at their home stadium (Select Car Leasing Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Reading will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against West Bromwich Albion (placed 3rd). Southwood had a busy but productive day in the West Bromwich Albion match. Despite making nine saves the loss could not be prevented. The goalie Luke Southwood was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.05 out of ten. Southwood stopped the opponent with nine saves.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hull City that ended 1-1.

Reading are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Reading have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

Playing away, Luton Town have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season.

Luton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fulham that finished 1-1. Sonny Bradley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.52. Bradley won 4 of 5 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Blackpool at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Luton have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Luton in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Reading won six, Luton Town triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
10 goals
ReadingJ. Swift
J. Swift
8 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
7 goals

Reading missing players

Luton Town missing players

Reading Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
8 4 2 Won W 2 3 7
3 3 0 Drew D 2 4 8
11 4 1 Lost L 0 4 7
27 16 3 Scored S 7 14 31
34 16 2 Conceded C 3 14 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
68% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 73%
50% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 50%
32% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 32%
23% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 18%
55% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 41%
14% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 41%
32% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 32%
 
3.1 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.9
5.4 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.4 4.9
1.5 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11 11.5
3.5 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.6
35% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 39%
 
15.6 11.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.2 10.5
5.5 4.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Reading 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 Fulham 22 13 6 3 51 18 11 7 3 1 24 7 11 6 3 2 27 11 33 45
2 AFC Bournemouth 22 12 7 3 37 19 11 6 3 2 23 13 11 6 4 1 14 6 18 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 30 17 11 7 4 0 17 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 40
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 6 5 37 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 11 4 4 3 13 11 10 39
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 35
7 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 2 5 4 9 16 3 34
8 Nottingham Forest 22 8 7 7 30 24 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 5 4 2 18 9 6 31
9 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 3 4 4 9 11 1 30
10 Huddersfield Town 22 8 6 8 25 25 11 6 2 3 15 12 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 30
11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 2 5 4 10 13 0 30
12 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
13 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
14 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
15 Birmingham City 22 7 6 9 22 26 11 4 3 4 12 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 27
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 20 26 11 4 2 5 7 12 11 3 4 4 13 14 -6 27
18 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 24 32 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 4 1 6 15 22 -8 27
19 Hull City 22 6 5 11 19 26 11 3 3 5 11 14 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 1 8 9 18 11 4 3 4 16 21 -14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 22 5 4 13 19 41 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 1 0 10 5 30 -22 19
23 Barnsley 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 0 4 7 7 19 -19 13
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -3 4

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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.