Ace Football previews the Championship game between Luton and Sheffield Utd who meet up on Friday. The match preview includes the current team and H2H stats as well as the best betting tips for the match.
The upper end meets the lower end of the Championship standings, as Sheffield Utd face off against Luton. It is a match that offers both sides the opportunity to either consolidate or improve on their position in the Championship table.
Sheffield Utd will be looking to increase the gap on Luton after their Championship clash this coming Friday. However, the hosts will be eager to prevent that as they will surely want to keep their upcoming opponent close.
Position in the Championship table: Luton vs Sheffield Utd
According to the Championship table, the difference between the two teams is currently five points and 17 spots. This round 6 match will certainly influence both teams for the rest of the campaign. Hence, we can not wait to see Luton and Sheffield Utd fight for the points in their upcoming clash on Friday.
Current form and previous Championship encounter between Luton and Sheffield Utd
Luton hope to stop the rot
Luton will enter the match hoping to see the back of some rather disappointing results in recent matches. In their last three games, the hosts lost 0-1 against Preston, got defeated 2-0 by Bristol City before winning 0-2 against Swansea.
Blades out for another win
Sheffield Utd look well suited to take on any opponent with seven points to show off from three matches. They started off drawing 2-2 with Middlesbrough, before downing first Sunderland by 2-1, then Blackburn in a 3-0 win.
Latest games between Luton and Sheffield Utd
The last time the pair played each other, Sheffield United came away as 2-0 winners in a Championship, back in January 2022. At the time of writing, the bookmakers are offering the following prices on this encounter: betting on Sheffield Utd will get you odds 2.30, meaning the bookies predict, they are in with a 43% chance of beating Luton. You can get a price of 3.25, should you wish to add the home side to your accumulator, if that is your preferred betting strategy.
Highlights from the last time Luton and Sheffield Utd met:
Betting stats and facts for Luton vs Sheffield Utd
Here are some interesting betting-relevant facts based on statistics from the last couple of matches that Luton and Sheffield Utd played across all tournaments.
- Luton have scored in 13 of the last 15 home matches
- Luton have not lost 8 of the last 10 home matches
- Luton have not won the last 5 home matches in a row
- Luton have not won 6 of the last 7 matches
- Luton have lost 3 of the last 4 matches
- Sheffield United have not won 6 of the last 7 away matches
- Sheffield United have lost 5 of the last 7 away matches
- Sheffield United have conceded in 6 of the last 7 away matches
- Sheffield United have not lost the last 3 matches in a row
- Sheffield United have scored in 6 of the last 8 matches
- In the last 3 Luton matches versus Sheffield United the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Luton have not won the last 4 matches versus Sheffield United in a row
- In the last 3 Luton matches versus Sheffield United the sum of goals was under 3.5
Top goalscorer
The standings of the top-scoring players in the last 6 matches in the Championship show that Luton might be relying on in-form Daniel Potts when it comes to scoring in the upcoming match. On the other side, Iliman Ndiaye has been one of the decisive players from Sheffield Utd recently. Both players are expected to be dangerous and difficult to stop on Friday.
Best betting tips: Luton vs Sheffield Utd
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this Championship match, which are based on the above statements. Besides the main prediction for this game, we have also come up with some lower and higher-risk alternatives.
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