It's advantage Reading so far with their 8th position in the Championship table, welcoming Luton Town who are placed 14th.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Luton Town has the most matches under the total-line (15) in Championship
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Reading form and stats
6 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Reading have to build on here at Madejski Stadium in the Championship. Reading are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Madejski Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
No payout for Reading in their previous match, an away game at Brentford that ended in defeat 1-3. Preceding that match was the home game against Norwich City that was lost 1-2.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Reading handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and three defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Reading as they are travelling to their away game against Swansea City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Reading has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Luton Town form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Luton Town have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.
J. Collins was the last player to score for the away team. Luton Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 204 minutes.
Luton Town's last game was the home draw against AFC Bournemouth (0-0). A 0-1 defeat away at Middlesbrough before that.
Luton Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and eight defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Luton are hosting Bristol City in the Championship only three days away.
Goals are few and far between in Luton's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Luton in these games.
Head 2 Head
Reading-Luton Town H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Reading five wins, Luton Town two wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Santos João 11 goals |  Y. Meïté 6 goals |   J. Collins 6 goals |
Reading missing players
Luton Town missing players
| Reading | Luton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 40% | 65% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 25% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 10% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 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 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 11.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.6 | 9.1 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 33% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 38% |
- Luton Town has the most matches under the total-line (15) in Championship
- Luton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luton Town have scored away.
- Reading 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 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
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