The final day of the Championship season sees Luton Town line up against visitors Reading at Kenilworth Road Stadium on Saturday. Match day schedules for 7th May 2022 14:30 EAT.
The Hatters currently sit sixth in the table with 72 points from 45 matches. In their last five fixtures two wins, two losses and d a draw has been recorded. They are currently having a streak of two winless games in the league. During their last six fixtures their goals record equals just 4 and number of goals scored against them come to 11.
Luton Town will want a better result here after the 7-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Fulham. In that match, Luton Town had 28% possession, 5 shots with 2 of them on target. Fulham had 19 shots with 12 of them on target and goals scored by Tom Cairney (29′), Kenny Tete (39′), Fabio Carvalho (54′), Aleksandar Mitrović (62′, 92′), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (65′) and Jean Michaël Seri (79′).
The Royals are at the edge of the danger zone currently sitting 21st in the table with 41 points from the 45 matches played. In their last five fixtures, only one win, one draw and three losses has been recorded. They are currently having a streak of three winless games in the league. In 5 of their previous 6 fixtures average number of goals per game during that spell is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Reading coming out as 1.5.
Reading and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here following a 0-1 against West Bromwich Albion in Championship competition. In that match, Reading had 48% possession, 6 shots with 0 of them on target. West Bromwich Albion got 14 shots with 4 on target and a goal scored by Karlan Grant (78′) .
Luton Town and Reading Head-to-head
These two teams have had 15 encounters since 1994, Luton Town has managed 4 victories while Reading has 9 victories and 2 games ended all square.
- Reading 0-2 Luton 19/01/22
- Luton 0-0 Reading 21/04/21
- Luton 1-0 Reading 09/01/21
- Reading 2-1 Luton 26/12/20
- Reading 0-1 Luton 15/09/20
Home
- Fulham 7-0 Luton
- Luton 1-1 Blackpool
- Cardiff 0-1 Luton
- Luton 1-0 Nottingham
- Huddersfield 2-0 Luton
Away
- Reading 0-1 West Bromwich
- Hull 3-0 Reading
- Reading 4-4 Swansea
- Sheffield 1-2 Reading
- Reading 1-2 Cardiff
Luton Town team news
Nathan Jones will miss the service of James Shea due to injury.
Reading team news
Paul Ince will be without the services of Felipe Araruna and Andy Rinomhota due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
Luton is having a decent form at home throughout this season. They are unbeaten in 8 of the past 10 league fixtures at home. On the other side, Reading is winless in 8 of the past 10 on road fixtures this season. They have leaked goals in each of their past seven on road fixtures.
- Luton Town win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
