Reading vs Luton Town Prediction & Betting Tips

Reading are in action against Luton Town in Tuesday’s upcoming EFL Cup fixture.

Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Reading v Luton Town can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).

📏 Form Guide

Reading WLLLWW

Reading will be looking for another win after the 0-2 Championship victory over Derby County.

In that game, Reading had 43% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Reading, the scorers were Lucas João (40') and Ovie Ejaria (45'). Derby County had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Reading have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve totted up the amount of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 11. Nonetheless, time will tell if that trend will be replicated in this upcoming game.

Luton Town WDWWWW 📈

Luton Town go into this clash after a 0-1 Championship win to beat Barnsley in their last game.

In that match, Luton Town managed 47% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Luton Town was James Collins (71'). Barnsley had 10 shots on goal with 1 on target.

In their previous half-dozen outings, Luton Town have bagged a tally of 11 goals. The Hatters have also managed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have had 4 goals go into their own net.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 03/04/2001 shows that Reading have won 4 of these games & Luton Town 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in all at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these sides was Championship match day 41 on 04/07/2020 and the score finished Luton Town 0-5 Reading.

That day, Luton Town had 61% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

At the other end, Reading got 16 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Yakou Meïté (17', 18', 35', 62') and George Puşcaş (57') scored.

The referee was James Linington.

🗞️ Team News: Reading

Reading manager Veljko Paunović has no fitness worries at all ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

📋 Team News: Luton Town

Owing to a fully healthy group to choose from, Luton Town boss Nathan Jones has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Luton Town have the firepower to breach the defence of this Reading side, although it probably won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 victory for Reading at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:04 13/09/2020