Luton Town 2-1 Derby County — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 20 Dec 2024

📅20/12/2024 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
45%
2.05
Draw
26%
3.04
Away
29%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
56%
1.59
Over 2.5
44%
2.23
Both Teams to Score
Yes
42%
1.96
No OUR CALL
58%
1.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
33%
2.42
2-3 Goals
37%
1.74
4-5 Goals
21%
4.59
6+ Goals
9%
25.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
3.0
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
9%
14.0
X/1
15%
4.46
X/2
9%
7.06
X/X
10%
3.89
2/1
8%
31.0
2/2
14%
5.73
2/X
7%
14.55
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
BTTS No — 58%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Home Win Under 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
45%
Home Win
45%
+0.4pp
26%
Draw
29%
-3.6pp
29%
Away Win
26%
+3.2pp
56%
Under 2.5
59%
-3.0pp
44%
Over 2.5
41%
+3.0pp
42%
BTTS Yes
47%
-4.9pp
58%
BTTS No
53%
+4.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Luton Town EU Bookmakers 49%
Head to Head
AWAY Derby County EU Bookmakers 29%
+5% / +19% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -24%
1.47/1.06 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.90/1.34
+2% / +17% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -5% / -14%
52% Ball Possession 48%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
331 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 281 · 73%
25.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 17.9
24.5 Crosses 17.3
1.6 Yellow Cards 2.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Luton Town
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Derby County
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
1.46 xG 1.18
47% Ball Possession 53%
9 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
267 Passes 326
72% Pass Accuracy 74%
20 Box Touches 20
22 Crosses 19
2 Yellow Cards 2
26.02.2022 Luton Town Luton Town 1-0 HT 0-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
19.10.2021 Derby County Derby County 2-2 HT 1-0 Luton Town Luton Town İNCL
02.04.2021 Derby County Derby County 2-0 HT 1-0 Luton Town Luton Town İNCL
19.09.2020 Luton Town Luton Town 2-1 HT 1-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
28.01.2020 Luton Town Luton Town 3-2 HT 0-0 Derby County Derby County İNCL
05.10.2019 Derby County Derby County 2-0 HT 1-0 Luton Town Luton Town İNCL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Luton Town
2-1
AWAY Derby County
0.96 xG 0.60
53% Ball Possession 47%
18 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
244 Passes 202
68% Pass Accuracy 65%
28 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Luton Town vs Derby County
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Luton Town nicked a narrow win over Derby County 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Luton Town as the likeliest winner at 45%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%), no to both teams scoring (58%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Luton Town had 53% of the ball to Derby County's 47%, shots finished 18-10, expected goals 0.96 to 0.60.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Luton Town had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Luton Town and 1.50 for Derby County.

What was the final score of Luton Town vs Derby County?

Luton Town 2-1 Derby County in the England - Championship on 20/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Luton Town vs Derby County?

Before kick-off our model rated a Luton Town win the most likely single outcome at about 45%, with the full match-result split Luton Town 45%, draw 26%, Derby County 29%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Luton Town) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Luton Town) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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