Burnley - Luton Town predictions

The online bookies marked Burnley as the favourites, which makes a lot of sense. Still, we wouldn’t put Luton Town winning beyond them – not to mention that draws are a strong possibility in relatively balanced games.

It would be a minor miracle for Luton Town to win at Burnley, and they’re likely aware of that. Though risky, such an outcome could bring solid profits thanks to the 3.90 price on most online sportsbooks.

Burnley returned home from their latest Premier League trip without anything in their bag. However, knowing they were the huge underdogs anyway, a narrow Aston Villa HT/FT defeat is not to be considered too devastating for their confidence heading into the Friday clash.

Luton Town are coming on the back of an HT/FT defeat on home ground, which was not unexpected. Even at home, top online bookies priced their victory at impossibly long odds of 1.61. The final score came out as 2:3, which is admittedly not as bad as it could have been in such a one-sided ordeal.

Luton Town’s recent performance as visitors has been marked by a lot of conceded goals – 6 in their previous 3 away games.

Most betting predictions agree that Burnley should be able to take 3 points here. They’re desperately needed after the season they’ve had so far, too. They’ll need 4 points just to get out of the relegation zone.

As the season rapidly approaches its second half, there’s plenty of cause for concern if you’re an Luton Town supporter. Placed at 18th, they’re at risk of relegation, and a matchup like this one is not an easy way to get some points.

One of the main reasons the bookies are pricing a home win at 2.02 is the previous clash between these two teams. Earlier in the season, The Clarets won as visitors. To be fair, though, it was a relatively narrow victory.

The hosts went through a slew of unfortunate injuries recently, rendering some of their players unavailable for the match this Friday. Charlie Taylor, Hjalmar Ekdal, Lyle Foster, Jordan Beyer will not be playing, though the team is still considered likely to win.

Our prediction would be a fairly safe Home Win bet at the odds of 2.00. It’s obvious the hosts have a clear advantage going into this clash, and there’s plenty of reasons to feel confident in their success.