Luton Town vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on January 18th, 2025

Luton Town and Preston North End will meet each other in a football match counting for Championship on January 18th, 2025, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in England, check the Luton Town vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Luton Town vs Preston North End will occur

The game takes place in the small Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium, in the city of Luton, with a capacity for 11200 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Luton Town vs Preston North End betting tip 2024/2025

The Championship has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.48 goals per match played.

Luton Town last match

Luton Town is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Nottingham Forest in a match valid for FA Cup, and the match ended 2-0. The eleven coached by R. Edwards played in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 5.25 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Amari'i Bell leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Preston North End last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for FA Cup, Preston North End, who used a 3-1-4-2 formation, faced the Charlton Athletic team with a final score of 2-1.

A very even game was expected, with odds for the home win at 2.10.

Luton Town vs Preston North End h2h

The last time Luton Town went up against Preston North End, it was in Championship. Luton Town, ranked 22nd place, started with a 3-4-2-1 tactic, while Preston North End, then in 23rd place, was charged with a 3-1-4-2 formation.

The two teams have not faced each other since 24-08-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Championship, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Preston North End.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Preston North End team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Luton Town team, which has no wins recently.

Luton Town

Championship leaderboard now

With 25 points, 7 wins, 15 losses 4 draws, and a negative balance, Luton Town enters this game in 20th place in the Championship.

This means that Cardiff City team, in 21st place, is close behind in the 27th round with a disadvantage of 1 point.

Luton Town analysis

Currently, Luton Town has a tally of 27 goals scored and 44 goals against, at the end of round 26 of Championship.

Luton Town team comes to this game with a sequence of 4 losses in the Championship that has been affecting the team's morale.

Luton Town average number of shots on goal is 3.77 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

Over the course of the tournament, Luton Town recorded an average ball possession of 44.85%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Luton Town will play against Preston North End, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Being naturally stronger at home than as a visiting team, having won once away from home. At home the team proves to be better, having positive results, with 6 wins against 4 losses, and 3 draws.

Best goalscorer from Luton Town

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Carlton Morris. He has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Luton Town come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

Preston North End arrives in this game with 30 points, and in 15th place in the Championship, having won 6 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 12 draws.

With the same score that the Millwall who occupies position 14, the team will fight for a best position in this 27th round.

Preston North End analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Preston North End, which after 26 rounds has conceded 34 but has only scored 28.

Best goalscorer from Preston North End

In this season, the individual highlight is Emil Riis that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 7 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Preston North End achieved in several matches.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Luton Town is Carlton Morris, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Preston North End is Emil Riis, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.21 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Luton Town is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.19 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Luton Town in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.12 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Luton Town side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 5 times this season, very different from Preston North End who only saw the red card 4 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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