Luton Town and Newcastle United will face off 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 appointed referee is Darren England.
Luton Town is in the 18th position in the table with 9 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, 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 sits in the 6th place in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. Thus 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, Teden Mengi, Amari’i Bell, Gabriel Osho, Alfie Doughty, Ross Barkley, Marvelous Nakamba, Issa Kaboré, Jacob Brown, Andros Townsend and Elijah Adebayo.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate 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, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Lewis Miley, Miguel Almirón and Callum Wilson.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Newcastle United would be 28.10.
There are doubts about the presence of Anthony Gordon.
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.