Both Luton Town and Stoke City will be looking to build on their mid-week wins when they lock horns at the Kenilworth Road stadium on Saturday in what will be a fascinating Championship fixture with kickoff at 18:00.
Both sides have made balanced campaigns this season with the hosts claiming six wins, six draws and four defeats in their 16 matches to collect 24 points that have left them in eighth spot just one point and places outside the playoff positions, while the visitors have claimed seven wins, four draws, and five defeats to collect 25 points that have left the occupy the last playoff spot on goal-difference.
Both sides are coming off crucial wins with Luton bouncing back from their 2-0 defeat against Preston with an emphatic 3-1 win over Middlesbrough on Tuesday with the win moving them up the table and are now just one point behind their Saturday’s visitors. Therefore, a win on Saturday for the home side will see them leapfrog the visitors as they climb into the playoffs.
The Hatters head into the match in a good form having just lost one of their last six matches picking up three wins and two draws in the process. The hosts are also in a good home form as they have not lost in their last six home matches recording four wins, three draws and one defeat at Kenilworth Road this season.
However, they face the Stoke City a side they haven’t won against in their last 10 meetings across all competitions and also the Potters completed a double over them with a total of 5-0 on aggregate.
Meanwhile Stoke City saw their five-match winless run across all competition come to an end with their narrow 1-0 win against Blackpool on Wednesday. The win saw the Potters climb back to the playoffs on a goal difference as they are level on points with Huddersfield and a win in this clash will them maintain their place in the playoffs.
Michael O’Neil’s side head into the match in poor form having just won one of their last six matches across all competitions picking up one draw and four defeats in the run. However, O’Neil will hope his side can keep their momentum going in this fixture and might fancy their chances here considering their recent dominance over their Saturday hosts.
Luton vs Stoke head to head
Both sides have met 15 occasions since 1993 with Stoke holding a huge advantage of nine victories while Luton have only managed two victories and there have been four draws.
- Stoke 3-0 Luton 20/02/21
- Luton 0-2 Stoke 17/10/20
- Luton 1-1 Stoke 10/02/20
- Stoke 3-0 Luton 10/12/19
- Luton 7-8 Stoke 25/08/15
Home
- Luton 3-1 Middlesbrough
- Preston 2-0 Luton
- Luton 1-0 Hull
- Derby 2-2 Luton
- Millwall 0-2 Luton
Away
- Blackpool 0-1 Stoke
- Stoke 3-3 Cardiff
- Stoke 1-2 Brentford
- Millwall 2-1 Stoke
- Stoke 0-1 Bournemouth
Luton team news
Luton will only be without Luke Berry who is nursing a knee injury.
Stoke team news
Stoke will be without Nick Powell who has a leg injury and Morgan Fox who has hamstring problems while Sam Clucas makes the doubt list.
Prediction and odds
- Stoke win
- Draw
- Both sides to score
