Luton Town vs Leeds United Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Luton pulled off the shock of the last round when they beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Kenilworth Road and there should be another good crowd in for this one with another of English football’s sleeping giants visiting. The Hatters are certainly one of the best teams in League Two and are optimistic they can secure promotion this season and they’ve made a strong start. They slipped up for the first time this season at the weekend though as they sank to a 2-1 defeat at Stevenage. That might just have convinced Nathan Jones of the need to freshen things up here, but he will still name a strong team.

Gary Monk went pretty strong in the League Cup 1st Round but Leeds were still taken to penalties by Fleetwood. They’ve gradually been making progress since then and put in by far their best showing under the former Swansea boss at the weekend. An impressive 2-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, thanks to 2nd Half goals from Marcus Antonsson and Chris Wood, might just prove to be a springboard for Leeds’ season and would have come as a massive relief to Monk, who was already starting to feel the heat after making a poor start to his time at Elland Road.

With that win behind them after a huge effort at Hillsborough, Leeds might be inclined to rest a few more players in this round with a trip to Nottingham Forest to come at the weekend in the Championship. Luton will be up for this and the ease with which they dispatched Villa will have given them greater confidence. They are unbeaten in 7 home games including a friendly win against Championship Brighton and the value looks to be found by backing Luton 0.0 Asian Handicap at 2.225 in this one.