Middlesbrough v Luton Town Betting Tips [10 December 2022]

Middlesbrough are on a good run and they warmed up for the return to action in the Championship with a friendly win over Hibernian. They will be entertaining Luton Town in their next game as the English second tier returns following the World Cup break. Middlesbrough are 15th with 27 points going into this game, and they will be looking to rise above Luton Town, who are just three points ahead and in 11th place. Middlesbrough have no loss in their last four matches ahead of this game; three of those four matches are wins and they have scored two or more goals in the three wins. They have however struggled to keep clean sheets, and coming into this game they have just one in five. Middlesbrough have scored in all their last five matches, with both teams scoring in four of them.

Luton Town are coming into this game on just one win in their last six matches. They have failed to score in three of those games and will be hard pressed to bounce back after their dismal showing ahead of the World Cup break. The 1-0 win over Blackpool early in November is still their only win, and second clean sheet in the last six matches. While they have not scored more than a goal in their last six matches, Luton have conceded more than one if two of the six. Away from home in the Championship, they have failed to score in three of the last five matches and they have conceded two or more goals in two of the last three games.

Middlesbrough will be the favorites here but while they’ve done well in attack, they’ve struggled defensively. They will go into this game eyeing another win but seeking to tighten up at the back. Luton Town will see this as an opportunity to shock their hosts, but the standout stat in this fixture is that both these teams have scored in their previous three meetings. By their numbers ahead of this game, we will back both to score again here.