David Prutton predicts West Brom v Luton Town clash
David Prutton has predicted Luton Town to claim a surprise 2-1 win when they face West Brom at The Hawthorns on Saturday.
Albion drew their first game of the Championship campaign 2-2 last Friday when they made the trip to Bournemouth.
It was a tight affair between two sides expected to battle it out for automatic promotion, but this weekend sees the Baggies host a Luton outfit that finished 12th last season.
Despite West Brom being billed as big favourites by many on Saturday, Prutton has tipped Luton to spring a surprise in his predictions on the Sky Sports website.
He said: “West Brom were the side we expected to see under Valerien Ismael against Bournemouth. They may not have got the win, but you could already feel his gameplan and impact in their performance.
“Luton were brilliant on the opening day as Nathan Jones continues to work his magic there, and there is every chance they could be a dark horse this season. They could have the confidence here to claim a great win to make everyone else in the Championship really sit up and take notice.”
Wow
Luton look like they could be a fairly strong side this season after some savvy signings in the summer, but this is a big call by Prutton to back them to beat one of the so-called favourites to win the division.
Ismael’s men showed plenty of promise against the Cherries last week and most Albion fans will be positive about our chances heading into this weekend’s clash.
While Prutton has praised Albion for their endeavour in Ismael’s first game in charge, he’s obviously not seen enough to make him confident that we will win at The Hawthorns.
In fact, he’s gone one further and backed us to lose.
It’s very early days but we this is the sort of game that we should be collecting all three points in, especially in front of our fans who have been away for so long.
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