Luton felt that they had dropped two points when Sunderland scored a late equaliser on the weekend and they will now be keen to record a victory in front of their home fans for only the third time this season.
Reading have struggled to score goals on the road and after a physically-taxing fixture against Burnley on Saturday, an energetic Hatters side might have too much for them in this one.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Luton Town win with a probability of 63.58%. A draw had a probability of 21.7% and a win for Reading had a probability of 14.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Luton Town win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.51%) and 2-1 (9.6%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.25%), while for a Reading win it was 0-1 (5.48%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood.