Sunderland vs Luton Town Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sunderland

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Sunderland will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-2 Championship loss in their previous game against Sheffield United.

In that match, Sunderland managed 55% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Sunderland was Édouard Michut (30'). At the other end, Sheffield United got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. James McAtee (45') and Tommy Doyle (61') scored for Sheffield United.

Sunderland have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 6 during that period and have conceded a total of 12.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Sunderland:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Luton Town in their last 8 matches. A long run without a loss.
• have not emerged victorious against Luton Town in their previous 3 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Luton Town

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Luton Town will come into the match following a 1-0 Championship win to defeat Bristol City in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Luton Town managed 51% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Luton Town was Carlton Morris (4'). For their opponents, Bristol City got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the previous six games involving Luton Town, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game in that period is just 1.5, with the average goals for The Hatters equalling 1. Such a trend might not be continued into this game, though.

Coming into this contest, Luton Town have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 09/12/2006 tells us that Sunderland have won 2 of these & Luton Town 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 for The Black Cats and 7 belonging to The Hatters. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Championship match day 18 on 29/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Luton Town 1-1 Sunderland.

On that day, Luton Town had 42% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Carlton Morris (45').

Sunderland had 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Elliot Embleton (78') was the scorer.

The referee was James Linington.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

Ross Stewart (Achilles tendon surgery), Elliot Embleton (Torn Ankle Ligament) and Corry Evans (Cruciate Ligament Injury) are not available for Sunderland gaffer Tony Mowbray.

It’s our opinion that The Black Cats will possibly employ a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Danny Batth, Daniel Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Edouard Michut, Dan Neil, Patrick Roberts, Abdoullah Ba, Jack Clarke and Joe Gelhardt.

📰 Team News: Luton Town

Due to a fully healthy group to choose from, the Luton Town boss Rob Edwards has zero fitness worries at all before this game.

It’s our belief that The Hatters could decide to make use of a 3-5-2 formation, settling for Ethan Horvath, Gabriel Osho, Tom Lockyer, Amarii Bell, Cody Drameh, Marvelous Nakamba, Allan Campbell, Luke Berry, Alfie Doughty, Elijah Adebayo and Carlton Morris.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Luton Town and Sunderland could both find goals hard to come by here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very competitive game with a 0-0 score at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:27 14/03/2023