Luton Town vs Stoke City Prediction & Betting Tips

📊 Form Guide

Luton Town

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Luton Town fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-0 Championship success against Wycombe Wanderers.

In that game, Luton Town managed 55% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Luton Town, goals were scored by Pelly Ruddock (59') and Elliot Lee (89'). On the other side, Wycombe Wanderers had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

A common aspect of more recent Luton Town games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

Taking their previous 6 matches before this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see if that trend will continue on in this upcoming match.

Taking a look at their past results, Luton Town:

• have not won against Stoke City in their last 7 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Stoke City

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In their last game, Stoke City drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Birmingham City.

In that match, Stoke City had 65% possession and 11 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Stoke City was Nick Powell (86'). Birmingham City had 4 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Harlee Dean (65') scored for Birmingham City.

A run of effective performances by the Stoke City defensive unit has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their past 6 outings overall. During the same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 5.

A look at their previous results shows us that Stoke City:

• haven't beaten Luton Town when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been beaten by Luton Town when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. An impressive run.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 17/12/2005 tells us that Luton Town have won 0 of these games & Stoke City 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 4.

16 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 of them from The Hatters and 10 being from The Potters. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

📰 Team News: Luton Town

Luton Town boss Nathan Jones has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

🗞️ Team News: Stoke City

With a fully injury-free group available to choose from, Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Luton Town will really need to work well to be putting a goal past this Stoke City lineup who will likely just have the edge.

We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Stoke City when all is said and done.

Should be interesting.

Andre Moura, 19:31 13/10/2020