Nottingham Forest v Luton Town

Premier League | The City Ground
Saturday, 21 October 2023 @ 3.00pm

Luton Town come to the City Ground to play Nottingham Forest on Saturday in poor form, having collected just four points from their last six games.

The visitors have won one and drawn one of their last six fixtures, while the Tricky Trees have a win and three draws.

Luton are 17th in the table after eight games, of which they have won one and drawn one, earning four points.

Forest are four places ahead of Town in 13th, with two wins and three draws putting them on nine points.

With six goals in eight games so far this season, the Hatters are the league's joint-third-lowest scorers with 0.8 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 15 goals at a rate of 1.9 per game.

The Tricky Trees are also below average scorers, with 1.0 goal per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.

In the last three years, Forest and Luton have played each other on four occasions. Luton won two of them and they drew twice.

On average, the Tricky Trees scored 0.2 goals and the Hatters 0.8 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on April 15 2022, when Luton won 1-0 at home.

Forest's last match was on October 7, a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace.

Luton lost 1-0 against Tottenham Hotspur last time out, also on October 7.