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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Championship: Two sides in good shape get together for this game. Luton Town might have a tiny advantage with their 8th spot in the table?

Insights:
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 Stoke City and Luton Town.

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Stoke City form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

The spoils were shared in Stoke's previous game, also at home. Visiting Birmingham City (placed 18th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Campbell, a natural forward, was the champion player for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 7.9 (out of 10). Campbell scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

2-2 away at Nottingham Forest before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stoke City as they are travelling to their away game against AFC Bournemouth in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Stoke in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. Stoke City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Luton Town form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Luton Town have produced an overall stat of 5-4-6 so far.

Luton Town had fun at their own home (Bet365 Stadium) last time out, beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0. Jerome and Campbell scored. The attacker Jerome got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Jerome scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Birmingham City's place.

After this away game Luton return home for a Championship game against Derby County. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Luton Town have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Luton have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest recorded meeting featuring both these contenders is the Luton Town - Stoke City 0-1 played earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Stoke City, four draws and zero wins for Luton Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
12 goals
StokeJ. Brown
J. Brown
8 goals
Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
8 goals

Stoke City missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 6 15 31
12 7 1 Won W 2 5 13
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 9
11 5 3 Lost L 2 6 9
40 24 4 Scored S 8 17 43
34 18 6 Conceded C 6 19 36
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 93% 87%
68% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 80% 74%
45% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 48%
19% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 20% 26%
10% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 7% 16%
48% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 39%
35% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 42%
23% 19% 60% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 32%
 
5.3 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.7 5
5.3 4.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 5.1
2.3 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 10.9 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.9 11
4.2 4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.7
31% 38% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 38%
 
10 9.1 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12 11
3.2 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.