Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 7, 2021 at 3pm UK

Kenilworth Road

Luton
3 - 0
Peterborough

Adebayo (30'), Cornick (68'), Onyedinma (71')
Bree (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Kent (16'), Knight (56'), Beevers (64'), Ward (84'), Szmodics (87')

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Luton Town manager Nathan Jones pictured on April 21, 2021

Nathan Jones hails summer signings as Luton begin with big win over Peterborough

New arrival Fred Onyedinma was the star of the show with two assists for Elijah Adebayo and Harry Cornick, while also finding the target himself.

Aug 7, 17:22

The Match

Match Report

The hosts were clearly buoyed by over 10,000 present.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Luton Town and Peterborough United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Peterborough United win with a probability of 37.72%. A win for Luton Town had a probability of 34.9% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Peterborough United win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.1%) and 0-2 (6.8%). The likeliest Luton Town win was 1-0 (10.38%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.96%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood.

Result
Luton Town	Draw	Peterborough United
34.9%	27.39%	37.72%

Both teams to score 49.61%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.03%

55.97%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.94%

77.06%

Luton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.58%

30.42%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.38%

66.63%

Peterborough United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.31%

28.69%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.48%

64.52%

Score Analysis

Luton Town 34.89%

Peterborough United 37.71%

Draw 27.38%

Luton Town	Draw	Peterborough United
1-0 @ 10.38% 2-1 @ 7.72% 2-0 @ 6.18% 3-1 @ 3.06% 3-0 @ 2.45% 3-2 @ 1.91% 4-1 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.28% Total : 34.89%	1-1 @ 12.96% 0-0 @ 8.73% 2-2 @ 4.82% Other @ 0.87% Total : 27.38%	0-1 @ 10.89% 1-2 @ 8.1% 0-2 @ 6.8% 1-3 @ 3.37% 0-3 @ 2.83% 2-3 @ 2.01% 1-4 @ 1.05% Other @ 2.66% Total : 37.71%

How you voted: Luton vs Peterborough

Luton Town

57.1%

Draw

25.4%

Peterborough United

17.5%