Luton take on the visitors Birmingham in the round 1 match of English Championship. The match will be played on Saturday, July 30th at Kenilworth Road (Luton).
Luton was close to breaking through a couple of months ago. The Hatters have spent a decade since 1982 in the UK's elite football division. As part of the same segment, in 1988, they reached the League Cup, the only serious trophy in a long history (and a year later they reached the final again, but this time they lost there). But then there were modest results, up to the loss of professional status. Against this background, last season, under Nathan Jones, brought 6th place - and this made it possible to go to the playoffs. But there Huddersfield turned out to be stronger: 1-1 and 0-1. Well, let's see what the Welsh manager will achieve now. After all, the composition has remained practically the same, there are even a couple of curious newcomers - Ethan Horvath, Morris, Freeman.
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Birmingham became an asset of the former Barcelona striker. The Blues won the League Cup in 2011 and at the same time they were relegated from the Premier League. So it never happened to go back. But still, the 20th place in the last draw was perceived cool. Moreover, everything could have ended in relegation, if not for the problems of Derby County and Reading, which resulted in point penalties for these teams. In the summer, a well-known project was partially bought out by the Argentines, whose face was Maxi Lopez, a striker who played in Barcelona. At the same time, the mentor also changed: they removed Lee Boyer for the sake of 42-year-old John Eustace, for whom this is actually the first full-fledged experience as a head coach. It turned out to lure a few curious newcomers for free: Ruddy, Plaheta and Trusty.
Last season, Birmingham did not lose points with Luton, who had the strongest season in decades. The Blues won 5-0 away and 3-0 at home. Luton is clearly hoping that it will not only be possible to stay at the achieved level, but also to add. But Birmingham also plays well with this opponent. So we recommend betting on "total over 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
