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Luton Town v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Kenilworth Road, Luton

Home advantage makes a difference in the Championship, and Matt Gray’s Luton Town will have the joy of it on Saturday afternoon. Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End are their visitors to the Kenilworth Road. Championship stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head history included too. It's all on this page, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.

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Luton Town's next match is v Millwall at 12:30 on Saturday 25th January
Preston North End's next match is v M'Boro at 15:00 on Saturday 25th January
The last English Championship meeting between Luton and Preston was on Saturday 18th January 2025
English Championship
January 18th 2025
Luton 0
0 Preston
 
LUT
PNE
Shots On
4
Shots Off
1
2
Corners
3
1
Possession
62%
38%
Fouls
13
21
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
LutonPreston
 
T. Kaminski
A. Bell
M. McGuinness
T. Holmes
D. Hashioka
J. Clark
T. Krauß (C. Woodrow 89')
M. Nakamba
J. Brown (Z. Nelson 74')
C. Morris (E. Adebayo 75')
I. Jones (V. Moses 75')
F. Woodman
L. Gibson
A. Hughes
L. Lindsay
J. Storey
K. Kessler
A. McCann
R. Ledson
S. Greenwood
(M. Frøkjær-Jensen 61') W. Keane
(E. Riis Jakobsen 75') M. Osmajić

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Luton and Preston combined during 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and we're suggest there's a 75% chance of it being right on the money. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.30.

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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Luton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Luton
49%
19/20
7%
1/1
5%
Draw
26%
21/10
9%
11/5
11%
Preston
25%
10/3
27%
3/1
21%
Luton 1-0
12%
5/1
29%
9/2
27%
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
8%
5/1
8%
Luton 2-0
9%
7/1
27%
7/1
16%
Luton 2-1
9%
8/115/2
6%
Draw 0-0
8%
6/1
36%
11/2
32%
Preston 1-0
8%
17/2
14%
15/2
11%
Preston 2-1
6%
14/1
25%
11/1
20%
Luton 3-0
5%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Luton 3-1
5%
18/1
12%
14/1
15%
Draw 2-2
5%
18/1
46%
14/1
25%
Preston 2-0
4%
20/1
24%
14/1
Luton 3-2
2%
33/1
48%
25/1
37%
Preston 3-1
2%
40/1
58%
28/1
53%
Luton 4-0
2%
40/125/1
Luton 4-1
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
6/4
39%
11/8
32%
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
8/15
24%
11/20
21%
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/13
3%
4/5
Away 1st Goal
42%
15/8
21%
11/8
No 1st Goal
5%
6/1
36%
13/2
BTTS - Yes
49%
11/10
26%
11/10
24%
BTTS - No
51%
4/6
20%
4/6
19%
BTTS - Home Win
20%
4/1
25%
18/5
18%
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4
10%
18/5
5%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
9/1
67%
7/1
45%
Home/draw
75%
1/5
8%
2/9
8%
Away/draw
51%
4/5
6%
4/5
6%
Home/away
74%
4/11
5%
7/20
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
1/2
20%
4/9
15%
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
13/8
35%
8/5
28%
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
7/2
41%
10/3
49%
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
1/5
12%
2/11
13%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
10/1
100%
8/1
71%
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/20
8%
1/16
6%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
20/1
91%
16/1
70%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/66
4%
1/200
4%
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/10
5%
1/11
5%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
6/1
36%
11/2
32%
Home DNB
67%
4/11
11%
2/5
9%
Away DNB
43%
2/1
26%
7/4
16%
Luton win to nil
29%
2/1
20%
-
Preston win to nil
14%
11/2
8%
-
Luton / Luton
25%
9/4
7%
21/10
5%
Luton / Preston
3%
40/1
41%
28/1
26%
Luton / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
Draw / Luton
17%
15/4
14%
18/5
8%
Draw / Preston
10%
7/1
7%
7/1
14%
Draw / Draw
18%
10/3
21%
16/5
16%
Preston / Luton
3%
28/1
26%
20/1
11%
Preston / Preston
13%
6/1
27%
11/2
30%
Preston / Draw
6%
14/112/1
8%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Luton have played 26 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 7. Luton have conceded 41 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Luton have played 13 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 18 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Preston lay in 15th place on 30 points in the Championship league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 12 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Preston have played 12 away games, winning 1, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Luton
Preston
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds2817833459 
Apr 5
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
2
Sheff Utd2818642258 
Feb 15
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
3
Burnley28151122756 
l
 
1-4A
Mar 8
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
4
Sunderland2815941854 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 12
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 11
5
M'Boro2812881244 
Mar 15
l
 
5-1A
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
6
Blackburn2812610542 
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 31
7
West Brom289145941 
d
 
1-1A
May 3
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1A
8
Watford2812511041 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 23
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
9
Bristol C289118238 
Apr 21
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3A
May 3
10
QPR289118-338 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
11
Sheff Wed2810810-538 
w
 
2-1A
Feb 1
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
12
Norwich289910236 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-2F
d
 
2-2F
Feb 11
13
Coventry289811035 
Apr 26
l
 
3-2F
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
14
Oxford Utd289811-1035 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-1F
15
Swansea289712-434 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
16
Preston Away287138-534 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
-
-
17
Millwall2771010031 
Jan 25
w
 
0-1F
Feb 18
l
 
3-1A
18
Portsmouth277812-1129 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 15
l
 
3-1A
19
Stoke2861012-1028 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 8
Apr 5
d
 
0-00-0
20
Cardiff2861012-1228 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 11
Apr 8
w
 
0-2F
21
Derby287615-727 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
Mar 29
22
Hull286814-1126 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 29
w
 
1-0F
Apr 21
23
Luton Home287516-1826 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
24
Plymouth284915-3521 
-
l
 
3-1A
Apr 26
d
 
3-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Luton 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton0 - 1Norwich
Luton2 - 1Derby
Luton2 - 1Stoke
Luton1 - 1Swansea
Luton1 - 0Hull
Luton1 - 0Cardiff
Luton1 - 1West Brom
Luton1 - 2Sunderland
Luton3 - 0Watford
Luton2 - 2Oxford Utd
Luton2 - 1Sheff Wed
Luton1 - 2QPR
Luton1 - 4Burnley
Luton2 - 4Fulham
Luton1 - 1Everton
Luton1 - 5Brentford
Luton2 - 1Bournemouth
Luton1 - 1Nottm Forest
Luton2 - 3A Villa
Luton1 - 2Man Utd
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALuton1 - 2QPR
HLuton0 - 1Norwich
ALuton1 - 2Swansea
ALuton0 - 1Bristol C
HLuton2 - 1Derby
ALuton0 - 2Blackburn
HLuton2 - 1Stoke
HLuton1 - 1Swansea
ALuton2 - 4Norwich
ALuton0 - 3Leeds
HLuton1 - 0Hull
ALuton1 - 5M'Boro
HLuton1 - 0Cardiff
HLuton1 - 1West Brom
ALuton2 - 3Coventry
HLuton1 - 2Sunderland
HLuton3 - 0Watford
ALuton0 - 2Sheff Utd
HLuton2 - 2Oxford Utd
ALuton1 - 3Plymouth
Preston 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom3 - 1Preston
QPR2 - 1Preston
Cardiff0 - 2Preston
Sheff Wed1 - 1Preston
Stoke0 - 0Preston
Portsmouth3 - 1Preston
Plymouth3 - 3Preston
Burnley0 - 0Preston
Millwall3 - 1Preston
M'Boro1 - 1Preston
Oxford Utd3 - 1Preston
Swansea3 - 0Preston
West Brom3 - 0Preston
QPR1 - 0Preston
Southampton3 - 0Preston
Watford0 - 0Preston
Birmingham1 - 0Preston
Plymouth0 - 1Preston
Coventry0 - 3Preston
Cardiff0 - 2Preston
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
10
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPreston1 - 1Oxford Utd
APreston1 - 3West Brom
HPreston3 - 1Sheff Wed
HPreston1 - 0Hull
APreston1 - 2QPR
HPreston1 - 1Leeds
APreston2 - 0Cardiff
APreston1 - 1Sheff Wed
HPreston1 - 1West Brom
APreston0 - 0Stoke
HPreston1 - 1Derby
APreston1 - 3Portsmouth
HPreston0 - 0Sunderland
HPreston1 - 3Bristol C
APreston3 - 3Plymouth
HPreston2 - 2Norwich
HPreston1 - 0Coventry
APreston0 - 0Burnley
HPreston3 - 0Watford
APreston1 - 3Millwall
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Luton since 2005
Luton
Preston
Goals: Scored
13
2
Games: Scored
5 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
1 / 6
LUT
4
D
1
PNE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Luton
0 - 1Preston
Luton4 - 0
Luton3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Luton2 - 0
Luton3 - 0
League games at Preston since 2006
Preston
Luton
Goals: Scored
14
4
Games: Scored
6 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
1 / 7
LUT
1
D
1
PNE
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Preston1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Preston2 - 0
0 - 1Luton
Preston2 - 1
Preston3 - 0
Preston5 - 1
Goal Statistics
Luton 23rd Preston 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Luton will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Luton have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
-17
Preston have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Luton
PG (predicted goals)
Preston
1.5
1
Attack rating
LUT
PNE
5%
better
view stats
Games scored19
20
Failed to score7
6
Scored first10
13
Goals scored27
28
Avg. goals scored1
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
LUT
PNE
21%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
17
Clean sheets5
9
Conceded first15
9
Goals conceded44
34
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
17%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+21%

Luton v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Luton Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27748
T KaminskiC MorrisT KraußJ Clark
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Kaminski GLK271
2
1
D Hashioka DEF15
3
-
M McGuinness DEF2633
4
-
T Holmes DEF1811
3
1
A Bell DEF15
1
-
T Krauß MID2224
1
-
M Nakamba MID16
1
-
J Brown MID1931
2
-
J Clark MID2633
8
-
I Jones MID2
1
-
C Morris FWD2571
6
-
Subs
T Krul GLK
-
R Walters DEF11
2
-
M Andersen DEF3
1
-
P Mpanzu MID1011
1
-
L Walsh  MID111
2
Z Nelson MID151
4
-
V Moses  MID181
-
E Adebayo FWD285
1
-
C Woodrow FWD15
1
-
Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
277310
F WoodmanE RiisK Kesler-HaydenL Lindsay
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Woodman GLK27
4
1
L Gibson DEF2
-
L Lindsay DEF201
7
3
A Hughes DEF241
5
-
J Storey MID2711
6
-
A McCann MID241
9
-
R Ledson MID1211
3
-
K Kesler-Hayden MID263
4
-
S Greenwood FWD2452
5
1
M Osmajic FWD2062
3
-
W Keane FWD142
-
Subs
D Cornell GLK2
-
J Whatmough DEF151
4
-
J. Meghoma DEF11
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID2522
5
-
R Brady MID141
3
-
S Thórdarson MID22
3
-
D Holmes MID2611
3
-
E Riis FWD2872
2
-
C Evans FWD
-