Luton vs Blackburn prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-09-16 14:00.
Nathan Jones is urging Luton’s defenders to be more “dominant” as they go in search of a first home win of the season. The Hatters boss admitted his side “had no control” during a 2-2 draw with Coventry on Wednesday, a result that means they have won just one of their last ten games at Kenilworth Road (D6, L3).
It has been a strange season for Town, who have picked up ten points from their nine games (W2, D4, L3), with the pre-match favourite yet to win any of their fixtures. As alluded to, there are clear defensive issues for Jones to address given his side have kept just one clean sheet since the opening day of the season, while they have dropped seven points from winning positions in their last four matches (W1, D2, L1).
The visit of one of the Championship’s early pace-setters could barely come at a worse time then, despite Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson insisting they are “not the favourites to go up.” Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Watford, a sixth of the season in nine Championship outings (L3), has left fans dreaming of a return to the top flight for the first time since 2011/12, as they look to bridge the five-point gap to leaders Sheffield United.
Two of Blackburn’s victories so far this season have come on the road, where they have won five of their last seven matches overall, six of which have contained three or more goals! Fans might well be concerned about facing Luton though, who they have beaten just once in nine league fixtures since 1980 (D3, L5), with four of those losses coming at Kenilworth Road.
Players to watch: Carlton Morris’ brace for Luton on Wednesday takes his tally for the season to five league goals already, having only netted seven times in 2021/22. Meanwhile Rovers’ top scorer Ben Brereton Diaz has netted four times in his last eight games, two of which have come away from home.
Hot stat: You have to go back to the 1988/89 season for the last time Blackburn had won three away games in the second tier by the end of September.