Match Pack: Luton Town FC vs Brentford FC

Upcoming Premier League game on April 20th, 2024 is a face-off between Luton Town FC and Brentford FC. During their previous encounter, Luton Town emerged as the triumphants with a score of 2 to 1. The past data indicates that these two teams have been rivals on the field 5 times in recent seasons. A trend review shows that Luton Town has claimed victory in one of these, whereas Brentford has been the stronger side with four wins. No stalemates have been witnessed in their history so far. Home-field advantage hasn’t favored Luton Town this season, depicting a below average performance. Similarly, Brentford’s away games haven’t been overly impressive. A historical lookback indicates matches between Luton Town and Brentford tends to be high-scoring, averaging 3.6 goals per game. The “both teams to score” scenario has occurred in 40% of these fixtures. Currently, Luton Town’s home game performance translates to an average of 0.94 points per game and Brentford has been averaging 0.69 points per away game this Premier League season.

Insights

• The upcoming match between Luton Town FC and Brentford FC takes place on 20th April 2024 in the Premier League.
• Their most recent confrontation ended with a Luton Town 2-1 victory over Brentford.
• Over recent seasons, the two teams have faced off 5 times. Luton Town has claimed victory once, while Brentford triumphed in 4 encounters.
• There haven’t been any draws between the two teams in their recent confrontations.
• Luton Town’s current home form is notably weak, inferencing potential difficulties for the team to collide with Brentford.
• Similarly, Brentford’s performance on away ground is not impressive either, indicating an unpredictable match ahead in this poor performance face-off.
• Matches between Luton Town and Brentford have seen an average of 3.6 goals, signaling the potential high-scoring game.
• A ‘Both Teams to Score’ (BTTS) has occurred in 40% of their previous face-offs, suggesting a substantial chance for goal action from both sides.
• In this Premier League season, Luton Town has an average of 0.94 points per home game, implying relatively low winning chances.
• Brentford, on the other side, has secured an average of 0.69 points per away game this season, indicating a potential struggle to grab crucial points.

Match Forecast

• Brentford FC, effective at attacking set pieces, is likely to capitalize on free kicks given Luton Town’s weakness at defending set pieces.
• Luton Town, having strength in aerial duels, may counter Brentford’s same strength with high passing and frequent crossing.
• Brentford’s exceptional skill in creating scoring chances will likely overcome Luton’s weakness of defending against through ball attacks.
• Luton Town, despite having a habit of attacking down the right, may face challenges given Brentford’s strength in defending against attacks down the wings.
• Both teams have a tendency of long balls and attempting crosses often, which could lead to a game with high aerial duels and challenging defending.
• Brentford FC’s weak defenses against skillful players might work in favor of Luton Town, helping them create more scoring opportunities.
• Given Luton Town’s weakness in keeping the ball and Brentford FC’s similar shortcoming, the match could see a lot of turnovers.
• Both teams’ weakness in protecting the lead suggests that the game might witness multiple lead changes.

Match Facts

In the last 10 home games with Brentford FC, Luton Town have triumphed on 4 occasions, equally matched with Brentford’s 4 victories, with the remaining 2 encounters ending in a draw. Over 18 previous matches, however, Brentford holds a slight edge over Luton, with 10 victories against Luton’s 6, alongside 2 draws.

Luton Town appears to be particularly dangerous in the dying minutes of the game, netting 37% of their goals between the 76th and 90th minute, whilst Brentford FC shows early game dominance, scoring 20% of their goals between the16th and 30th minute.

Yet, both teams have been out of form lately, with Brentford not claiming victory in the last 9 games, and specifically struggling on the road, with none of their last 5 away games seeing a win. In fact, the last 3 matches played between the two teams have resulted in comisserations for Luton, namely against Brentford.

In the Premier League season, Luton Town failed to score in just one of their 16 home encounters, while Brentford experienced goal droughts in 4 of their 16 away games. Despite these shortcomings, Luton Town continually seems to struggle with defence, letting in a goal in their last 12 matches.

In terms of first half dominance, Luton Town outperforms Brentford, brought out by winning the first half in 25% of their matches, whereas Brentford FC trails closely behind with 22%. These stats get reflected in the games’ halftimes too with Luton winning 25% and Brentford 22%. Their most recent face-off though saw Brentford emerging as victors, winning by a margin of 2 goals.

When the home team, Luton Town, takes a 1-0 lead, they secure victory in approximately 71% of those matches. On the flip side, an early lead by Brentford on away grounds generally results in a win 38% of the time. However, if either team takes an early hit and goes 0-1 down, the chances of a comeback are relatively low; with Luton only recovering 15% of the time and Brentford seeing even lower numbers of a 9% recovery rate.

In direct comparisons throughout the Premier League, Luton appears to outshine Brentford in their overall performance as well as over the last 5 matches. But historically speaking, Brentford has shown dominance in head-to-head matchups, losing only 1 out their last 5 encounters.

Moreover, these encounters are usually high scoring games, often populated by goals from Brentford who average 3 goals per match against Luton’s 0.6. This proves well over the average of 3.6 goals scored per match between these two teams, with the first half particularly eventful, boasting an average of 2 goals.

Considering average goals scored by each team, Luton Town tends to score slightly higher with an average of 1.52 goals per home game, while Brentford sits close behind with 1.42 goals in away games.