Swansea vs Luton prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-08-19 14:00.
After conceding an incredible two stoppage-time own goals in Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw against Millwall, Swansea City will now hope to put that injury-time calamity behind them when they lock horns with Luton Town on Saturday. The Swans are struggling for momentum with five points and a negative goal difference after four matches, but will take confidence in the fact they have netted the opening goal in each of their last two fixtures – finishing unbeaten in both (D1, L1).
Russell Martin’s men will be out to rectify what was a pretty abject home record towards the end of last term, with their record of one win in their concluding six fixtures at the Swansea.com Stadium (D2, L4) killing their push for a top-half finish. A trait of those unwanted matches was a vulnerability late on and they conceded ten of their 11 goals across that winless run after half-time.
No wins in their opening four fixtures (D2, L2) captures how last season’s play-off participants Luton have also suffered an underwhelming start to this campaign, and just one solitary goal scored means the Hatters come into the round inside the relegation zone. Only Preston North End have seen fewer goals-per-game in the Championship this season than Luton’s 1.25, so don’t be surprised if the away side adopt a conservative approach this weekend.
Contrary to their hosts, early goals have been more common for matches featuring Nathan Jones’ side, with four of the five combined match goals scored in their league games so far coming before the break. The Hatters themselves haven’t actually scored a second-half goal in the league for ten games, when Harry Cornick grabbed the winner away at Swansea’s Welsh rivals Cardiff back in April!
Players to watch: Despite a slow start to this season, Swansea will likely turn to Dutch forward Joël Piroe to deliver the goods for the hosts – he scored in 11 of Swansea’s 16 league victories last term. Meanwhile, Luton were unbeaten in every game that Elijah Adebayo netted in last campaign (W10, D5).
Hot stat: Five of the last six Championship H2Hs produced at least one goal after the 70th minute.