2023/2024
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle United | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9/15 | 12-8 |
| Luton Town | 15 | W3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11/15 | 9-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2018-01-06 – 2023-12-23) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-23 | Luton Town | 1-0 | Newcastle United |
| 2018-01-06 | Newcastle United | 3-1 | Luton Town |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle United | 7 | 38 | 60 | 23 | WWDLW | 5 | +2 |
| Luton Town | 18 | 38 | 26 | -33 | LLDLL | 19 | -1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2024-02-03
On paper the standings were lopsided — Newcastle United 7th with 60 points, Luton Town 18th with 26, 34 apart. Against a league average of 1.64 goals per team per game, Newcastle United ran at 2.24 scored and 1.63 conceded, Luton Town at 1.37 and 2.24.
Luton Town came in having won three on the spin.
The venue was St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, with room for 3,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 2-2 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 4-4.
