Pencil this one in as the headline act from League Two on the weekend. League leaders Luton get a shot against the best defence in the league this season, so will they be able to succeed where many others have failed and crack the Sky Blues’ back line? The Hatters dropped points at Crawley in a draw last weekend so will want to strike back immediately to winning ways. Luton are 21/20 value at Ladbrokes to win this with Coventry at 5/2.
Football League Two – Kenilworth Road, Luton 28th October – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 23/10 at Ladbrokes |
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Luton
Coventry CityLuton’s long streak of unbeaten form continued then after playing out a 0-0 draw at Crawley last weekend. It has left the Hatters with a W7 D2 record in their last nine league games and that was some effort from Crawley last weekend shut them down. Luton have scored sixteen goals in their last five league games. At home, they have a wonderful W6 L1 record for the season and they are on a four-match winning streak at Kenilworth Road, overall carrying three cleans sheets on home soil this season. They are averaging almost 3.5 goals per home game this season and have been ahead at the break in five of their seven home fixtures.
Coventry Form
The Sky Blues lost their way at the start of October and haven’t been able to pull things back. They are now D2 L2 in their last four league games and the goals have well and truly dried up for them. They are without a goal now since scoring in the 9th minute of their game against Crewe on September 30th, and they have not struck in any of their four games following that. Defensively they are still strong though with three clean sheets in their last five and totalling nine of them in 15 league games this season. Away from home they are W2 D2 L3 for the season and have failed to score in their last two road games. They have shipped only eight goals all season.
Head to Head News
This is the first league meeting between the two since the 2006/07 Championship season actually and there were home wins traded by them on that occasion. That’s as recent as the head to head gets. If you want to sum it up, Coventry holds a W3 L1 record in their last four games against the Hatters.
Top Betting Tips
Luton have been powerhouses on home soil and their only blips in their unbeaten streak of form have happened in 0-0 draws on the road. They will have a lot of work to do to break down Coventry’s mean defence but with the Sky Blues out of sorts, Luton are good enough to win it narrowly to nil.