FA Cup

FA Cup | Fifth Round

Mar 2, 2022 at 7.15pm UK

Kenilworth Road Stadium

Luton
2 - 3
Chelsea

Burke (2'), Cornick (40')
Muskwe (67')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Niguez (27'), Werner (68'), Lukaku (78')

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The Match

We said: Luton Town 0-2 Chelsea

Luton ought to beware a wounded Chelsea seeking to lay down a marker at Kenilworth Road, but not many teams have experienced much joy on the Hatters' turf since the turn of the year. The Luton faithful's hopes of an FA Cup upset are not unfounded by any means, but Tuchel surely cannot fathom any more domestic disappointments just yet, so we still expect the Blues to return to winning ways and book their spot in the quarter-finals. Read more.

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 Chelsea win with a probability of 63.52%. A draw had a probability of 21.8% and a win for Luton Town had a probability of 14.68%.

The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.57%) and 1-2 (9.58%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.28%), while for a Luton Town win it was 1-0 (5.52%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 2.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Chelsea would win this match.

Result
Luton Town	Draw	Chelsea
14.68%	21.8%	63.52%

Both teams to score 45.04%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.77%

51.23%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.94%

73.06%

Luton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

53.31%

46.69%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

17.75%

82.25%

Chelsea Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.48%

15.52%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.56%

44.43%

Score Analysis

Luton Town 14.68%

Chelsea 63.51%

Draw 21.8%

Luton Town	Draw	Chelsea
1-0 @ 5.52% 2-1 @ 3.92% 2-0 @ 2.1% 3-1 @ 0.99% 3-2 @ 0.93% Other @ 1.22% Total : 14.68%	1-1 @ 10.28% 0-0 @ 7.25% 2-2 @ 3.65% Other @ 0.63% Total : 21.8%	0-1 @ 13.5% 0-2 @ 12.57% 1-2 @ 9.58% 0-3 @ 7.81% 1-3 @ 5.95% 0-4 @ 3.64% 1-4 @ 2.77% 2-3 @ 2.27% 0-5 @ 1.36% 2-4 @ 1.06% 1-5 @ 1.03% Other @ 1.99% Total : 63.51%