Portsmouth vs Luton Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on August 17th, 2024

Portsmouth and Luton Town will play on Saturday, August 17th, 2024, at 11:30h (UTC), in a Championship game to be held in England, check the Portsmouth vs Luton Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Portsmouth vs Luton Town will occur

The game takes place in the small Fratton Park stadium, in the city of Portsmouth, with a capacity for 20688 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Portsmouth vs Luton Town betting tip 2024/2025

The last match ended in a loss for the Portsmouth team. On that occasion they met Millwall for the Carabao Cup, and the match ended 0-1. Coach J. Mousinho's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.25.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Zak Swanson. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Luton Town, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Burnley team with a final score of 1-4.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.50.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The last time these teams met was for a Club Friendlies match, on 24-07-2021, referring to the 2021 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

This football game will be officiated by J. Busby while L. Venamore and R. Hyde will assist him from the sideline.

Portsmouth

Current leaderboard

With 1 point achieved up to 2nd round, Portsmouth are ranked 12th place in the table.

Portsmouth analysis

At the end of round 1 in Championship, Portsmouth scored 3 goals and conceded 3 goals.

As we approach the Regular Season, Portsmouth is set for another intriguing match. In the inaugural game, the team had 3 shots on target, providing a glimpse into their attacking potential. This statistic adds an element of anticipation for the upcoming match, as we await to see how Portsmouth will navigate their offensive strategies in this encounter.

With 32% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Portsmouth can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Luton Town they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

The adaptation of Samuel Silvera with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Portsmouth last game of the season, against Millwall. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Luton Town

Current leaderboard

At this beginning of the championship, Luton Town occupies the 23rd place in the league, with 0 points conquered until this 2nd round.

Luton Town analysis

After 1 rounds, Luton Town has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 4 goals so far and scored 1 times.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. This is the reason why the Luton Town team usually guns for an average ball possession of 58% to control the game.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

As we are at the beginning of the competition, there is still little data to be studied, that allows suggestions for good bets. However, it is important to note that, usually, in the first games of a tournament, the matches have goals in the first half. The teams are still getting familiar, and there is no interest in maintaining any specific result due to the leaderboard.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Although the sample is still small, and therefore less accurate, due to the tournament being in the initial rounds, it is already possible to have an average of corners won by these teams. Adding the number of corner shots of these two teams, we reach an average of 2.5 per game.

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good betting parameter could be the number of goals scored and conceded by both teams at the start of the championship round. Portsmouth didn't score any goal in the last round of the competition and conceded in 3 opportunities, while Luton Town scored 1 time and didn't concede any goal as well.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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