Luton v Forest Green

4th2–0

15:00 UTC

Match statistics

Full-time statistics
Luton		Forest Green
8	Shots	17
5	Shots on target	2
4	Corners	12
13	Fouls	15
2	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
2	Offsides	1
—	Passes	—
47%	Possession %	53%
—	xG	—

Over 1.5: 87%
Over 2.5: 68%
Over 3.5: 47%
Both score: 69%

Model pick: Forest Green 43%
Likely score: 1-1 10%
Expected goals: 1.64 – 1.87

Advised bets

No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.

Our probabilities against the market

Our probability and fair price for every market we publish, next to the best price we last captured and the probability it implies (bookmaker margin included).
Market	Selection	Ours	Fair	Best price	Implied	Gap
Match result	Luton	33.6%	2.97	1.34 Betano	74.6%	-41.0
Match result	Draw	23.0%	4.34	6.00 Dafabet	16.7%	+6.3
Match result	Forest Green	43.3%	2.31	9.00 Bet365	11.1%	+32.2
Total goals	Over 1.5	87.0%	1.15	1.12 Betano	89.3%	-2.3
Total goals	Under 1.5	13.0%	7.68	7.00 Bet365	14.3%	-1.3
Total goals	Over 2.5	68.1%	1.47	1.40 Bet365	71.4%	-3.3
Total goals	Under 2.5	31.9%	3.13	3.10 Betfair	32.3%	-0.4
Total goals	Over 3.5	46.5%	2.15	2.00 Betfair	50.0%	-3.5
Total goals	Under 3.5	53.5%	1.87	1.87 Betfair	53.5%	-0.0
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — Yes	68.6%	1.46	1.67 Bet365	59.9%	+8.7
Both teams to score	Both teams to score — No	31.4%	3.19	2.25 Betfair	44.4%	-13.1

A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.

Forest Green favoured against Luton

Our model makes Luton 34% to win this FA Cup fixture, with the draw at 23% and Forest Green at 43%. The goal projection is 1.64 for Luton against 1.87 for Forest Green — a slight edge to Forest Green on expected output. A combined 3.51 goals points to a high-tempo game with chances at both ends, which puts over 2.5 at 68% and both teams to score at 69%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 10%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Note that even our favoured side is under 45% to win outright, so this is a fixture where the draw does a lot of work and confident calls are not warranted. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.

Most likely scores: 1-1 10%; 1-2 9%; 2-1 7%; 2-2 7%; 1-3 5%

This season

Season records for Luton and Forest Green
Luton		Forest Green
14	Played	3
7-3-4	W-D-L	1-1-1
1.71	Pts / game	1.33
1.93	Goals for / game	1.67
1.50	Goals against / game	0.67
64%	Over 2.5	33%
79%	BTTS	0%
14%	Clean sheets	67%
7%	Failed to score	67%
4-2-1	Home record	1-0-0
3-1-3	Away record	0-1-1
D1	Streak	L1

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Luton · Forest Green

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
14.9	Shots	15.0
5.8	Shots on target	5.7
5.5	Corners	7.3
1.25	Cards	1.00
12.6	Fouls	15.0
49	Possession %	60
1.84	xG	—
8 matches	sample	3 matches

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
14.1	Shots	6.7
4.4	Shots on target	3.0
6.4	Corners	2.3
1.38	Cards	2.67
12.4	Fouls	13.0
52	Possession %	40
1.29	xG	—
8 matches	sample	3 matches

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
Luton	Metric	Forest Green
2.40 (better)	Goals scored	1.80
1.20	Goals conceded	1.00 (better)
2.14	Expected goals (xG)
	Big chances
6.60	Shots on target	9.00 (better)
18.20	Total shots	19.00 (better)
	Touches in opp. box
6.60 (better)	Corners	1.00
49.4	Possession %	52.0 (better)
386	Passes
	Tackles
12.80	Fouls
1.80	Offsides
	Throw-ins
1.40	Yellow cards	0.00 (better)
0.00	Red cards	0.00

Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.

Head to head

Full record →

Luton wins: 2
Draws: 0
Forest Green wins: 0
Goals / game: 4.50
Over 2.5: 50%
Both score: 50%

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