Luton Town desperately need a win at home to West Bromwich Albion in the EFL Championship as they bid to bounce back from their second-half collapse at Coventry.
The Hatters looked set for a big three points when they led 2-0 at half-time on Saturday, with Carlton Morris bringing up a 3/1 scorer bet for me. But they somehow managed to end up empty handed as Coventry mounting an incredible comeback to win 3-2.
That collapse saw Rob Edwards' men slump back into the drop zone and Luton Town will be staring at the prospect of a second successive relegation unless they buck up their ideas.
It's now just one win in six games for the Hatters and they won't get it easy against a West Brom side who are looking to get back into the scrap for automatic promotion.
The Baggies could only draw 0-0 with Cardiff at the weekend and a fourth successive stalemate has seen their odds lengthen for promotion. A lack of goals is hurting their bid to go up but they will fancy their chances against a Luton Town side who have been leaking goals.
How the bookies view it: Struggling Luton still favourites
With Luton Town stuck in the bottom three, I'm surprised to see them as Betano's slight 7/5 favourites. West Bromwich Albion are 7/4 to come out on top while a fifth draw in a row for the Baggies pays 9/4.
Recent head to head: Boing boing Baggies
West Brom have dominated this fixture in recent years, losing just one of the last 11 meetings. The Baggies won 3-2 on their last visit to Kenilworth Road in January 2023, with the other game that season ending in a 0-0 draw at the Hawthorns.
Players to watch: Can Maja find his mojo?
Carlos Corberan's team have been firing blanks of late, with just one goal across their last five outings. The West Brom boss needs Josh Maja to get up and running again, having netted seven times in his first seven games this term. The former Sunderland kid is 13/5 for anytime scorer at Bet365.
Elijah Adebayo responded in the best way to horrific online abuse by netting for Luton at the weekend. He has scored in his last two outings and is 12/5 with Bet365 to keep that run going here.
Probable line-ups
Tom Holmes was sent off for Luton late on in that loss to Coventry so he will be banned for this game. Winger Alfie Doughty is also suspended after picking up one yellow card too many.
Paddy McNair and Semi Ajayi picked up injuries at the weekend and look set to join Darryl Dike and Kyle Bartley on the sidelines for West Brom.
Luton Town: Kaminski, McGuinness, Hashioka, Johnson, Moses, Krauss, Clark, Brown, Morris, Adebayo, Chong
West Bromwich Albion: Palmer, Furlong, Holgate, Heggem, Styles, Swift, Diangana, Racic, Johnston, Mowatt, Maja.
Anything else catch the eye?
West Brom's goal drought can't go on forever and I've got a feeling they will get some joy against a demoralised Luton side. Over 2.5 goals looks good at 23/20 with Unibet while BTTS is shorter at 4/5.
With the Baggies drawing so many games, I also fancy the half-time stalemate and that pays 11/10 with Bet365.
West Brom have won five or more corners in four of their last five games so it could also pay to back over 4.5 corners for the away team at 6/5 with Unibet.
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