Luton Town and West Ham United lock horns on Friday evening
Luton Town and West Ham United lock horns on Friday evening
Luton Town entertain West Ham United at Kenilworth Road on Friday evening and the Hammers will go into pole position should they collect all three points here, therefore why not check out our featured bookmaker partners where you can get hold of the latest Luton Town free bets and other offers ahead of this clash.
Kenilworth Road, Friday 1st September 8:00pm
After two games of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign, Luton Town are still in search of their first win but they are preparing for their first outing at Kenilworth Road this season, West Ham United the visitors in what will be a tough encounter for the home side.
Excellent start
West Ham have enjoyed an excellent start to the season with wins over Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion thus far, however victory over Luton Town on Friday evening would send them into pole position. The Hammers have been busy in the summer sales with their midfield being rebuilt following the departure of Declan Rice, Nikola Vlasic and Gianluca Scamacca, the future starting to look bright on the back of their Europa Conference League triumph.
Goalscoring opportunities
In their last outing, West Ham secured a convincing 3-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion despite having just 22% possession in that encounter. They had plenty of goal scoring opportunities come their way and were more than happy to sit compact and hit Brighton on the counter-attack.
Easily beaten
Luton Town are firm favourites to be relegated straight back into the Championship and they have been easily beaten in each of their opening two games this term. This clash with the Hammers looks set to be a rather intriguing match with neither side prioritising keeping hold of the ball, thus possession may well be more evenly shared here.
Direct approach
The Hatters tend to favour long direct balls but do press the opposition at the high end of the pitch, while the Hammers won’t be happy to invite the press and play the ball around at the rear. The direct approach here will probably result in an abundance of goalmouth action and on that basis we’ll be siding with Over 27.5 Shots in this game at best odds of 17/20.