Rotherham United vs Luton Town: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: New York Stadium (12021 seats)

A short peek at the Championship table imply an edge to Luton Town when they visit Rotherham United. But; let's play the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have collected 29 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-5-6.

Rotherham travelled for their previous game, a trip to Norwich City that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Vickers got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.84 out of ten. Vickers topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against West Bromwich Albion.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Rotherham United as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Burnley are visiting.

Rotherham United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at New York Stadium with 33 goals in 19 league matches. Rotherham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Championship, on their Championship travels is 10 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Luton Town are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Mpanzu (2) and Morris scored in Luton's previous match, the home game against Blackpool that ended 3-1. Mpanzu got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Mpanzu scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that, Luton Town travelled to Millwall and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Lacking goals? 13 of this club's last 15 league matches have contained two or less goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Luton Town manager Edwards as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Reading.

Luton have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Luton Town as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Rotherham United.

Here's the end result when the teams met previously this campaign; Luton Town - Rotherham United 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
17 goals
RotherhamC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
7 goals
Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
7 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 19 5 Played P 6 20 41
10 8 1 Won W 6 10 19
15 5 2 Drew D 0 6 14
15 6 2 Lost L 0 4 8
44 33 7 Scored S 11 22 51
52 24 5 Conceded C 2 16 36
85% 95% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
78% 95% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 66%
48% 63% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 32%
22% 37% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 17%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 63% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 35% 44%
30% 26% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 44%
38% 16% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
4 4.8 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 5.9
6.1 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5 4.8
2 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9 11.1 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.5 12.1
2.9 4.1 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.3 4
38% 42% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 31%
 
14 11.2 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.7 11.1
4.8 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship
  • Luton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

Luton Town:
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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 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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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.