📏 Form Guide

Luton Town

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Luton Town will be looking for an improved result here following a 5-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Manchester City.

In that match, Luton Town managed 26% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For Luton Town, the scorers were Daiki Hashioka (2' Own goal) and Ross Barkley (81'). On the other side, Manchester City got 37 shots on goal with 13 on target. Mateo Kovačić (64'), Erling Haaland (76'), Jérémy Doku (87') and Joško Gvardiol (93') scored for Manchester City.

Matches involving Luton Town have proved to be lively affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a total of 23 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 8 of those accredited to Luton Town. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, though.

Their previous form shows that Luton Town:

• have not emerged victorious against Brentford in their previous 3 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Brentford

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Brentford will come into the match after a 2-0 Premier League win with the defeat of Sheffield United in their last game.

In that game, Brentford had 53% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Brentford was Frank Onyeka (93'). On the other side, Sheffield United had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Ollie Arblaster (63' Own goal) scored for Sheffield United.

In the course of their six latest matches, Thomas Frank's Brentford have managed to stick the ball in the net 8 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

Heading into this fixture, Brentford are without a win away from home in their last 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 02/05/2009 shows that Luton Town have won 1 of these & Brentford 5, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 3 from The Hatters and 17 belonging to The Bees. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Premier League match day 14 on 02/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Brentford 3-1 Luton Town.

That time, Brentford managed 69% possession and 27 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Neal Maupay (49'), Ben Mee (56') and Shandon Baptiste (81').

Luton Town got 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Jacob Brown (76') scored.

The match was refereed by Anthony Taylor.

ℹ️ Team News: Luton Town

Chiedozie Ogbene (unknown injury) and Tom Lockyer (heart problems) won’t be able to feature for Luton Town gaffer Rob Edwards.

It’s our opinion that The Hatters may well make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Thomas Kaminski, Reece Burke, Teden Mengi, Daiki Hashioka, Issa Kabore, Alfie Doughty, Jordan Clark, Ross Barkley, Andros Townsend, Tahith Chong and Carlton Morris.

🗞️ Team News: Brentford

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Yunus Emre Konak (Adductor injury), Aaron Hickey (Hamstring injury), Christian Nørgaard (Back injury), Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Kristoffer Ajer (Calf strain), Ben Mee (Ankle injury), Rico Henry (Knee injury) and Ryan Trevitt (Ankle surgery) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that The Bees appear most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 system using Mark Flekken, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Mathias Joergensen, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Noergaard, Mathias Jensen, Sergio Reguilon, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Luton Town certainly have the ability to score a goal against this Brentford team, however a single goal probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a close game with a 1-2 advantage for Brentford after the 90. It should be a decent one.

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Victor Martins, 13:06 20/04/2024