Luton Town and Newcastle United are going to clash on Saturday the 23rd of December at 3:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Luton at the Kenilworth Road Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Darren England.
Luton Town occupies the 18th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won twice, draw 3 times, and lost 11 times.
Luton Town lost the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 25th of November against Crystal Palace and the score was 2-1.
Newcastle United is in the 6th position in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Luton Town
Luton Town has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up during the season (9 times or 56.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (9 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Rob Edwards is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Thomas Kaminski, Amari’i Bell, Gabriel Osho, Teden Mengi, Alfie Doughty, Ross Barkley, Marvelous Nakamba, Issa Kaboré, Jacob Brown, Andros Townsend and Elijah Adebayo.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Luton Town would be 26.64.
Rob Edwards will probably not be able to employ Reece Burke, Daniel Potts and Cauley Woodrow because of injury.
Tom Lockyer will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (17 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Luton Town with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Dan Burn, Jamaal Lascelles, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimarães, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Callum Wilson.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 27.55.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Fabian Schär, Joelinton and Alexander Isak because of injury.
Nick Pope, Elliot Anderson, Jacob Murphy, Matt Targett, Joseph Willock and Harvey Barnes will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Sandro Tonali who is suspended.