Championship: Luton Town tops Bristol City 2-1

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LUTON. Luton Town overcome Bristol City to win 2-1.

LUTON. Luton Town defeated Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Luton Town to strike first with a goal of T. Lockyer at the 42′. Then it was a goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, E. Adebayo gave the win to Luton Town in the 69′ minute with a goal. Bristol City lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium in Luton on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Andy Davies with the assistance of Akil Howson and Mike George. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 1.7 degrees Celsius or 35.1 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.​

Match Statistics

Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 60% while Luton Town was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Luton Town was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Luton Town won the match.

Luton Town shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Luton Town received 2 yellow cards (L. Berry and ). On the opposite side, Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (A. Semenyo and C. Pring).

After playing this match, Luton Town will have 35 points to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Bristol City will stay with 33 points like Millwall and Preston North End to stay in the 16th place.

Match Events

  • 24'
    24'

    L. Berry

  • 42'
    42'

    T. Lockyer

    J. Bree

  • 56'
    56'

    A. Weimann

  • 61'
    61'

    A. Campbell

    L. Berry

  • 61'
    61'

    F. Onyedinma

    A. Muskwe

  • 62'
    62'

    A. Semenyo

  • 67'
    67'

    C. Pring

  • 69'
    69'

    E. Adebayo

  • 76'
    76'

    N. Wells

    A. Semenyo

  • 76'
    76'

    J. Williams

    C. O\'Dowda

  • 85'
    85'

    T. Conway

    J. Dasilva

  • 86'
    86'

    P. Kioso

    T. Lockyer

  • 90'
    90'

    P. Kioso

Next match

In the upcoming Championship match, Luton Town will host Blackburn Rovers on the 29th of January with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Bristol City will play away against Preston North End on the 29th of January with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Preston North End (9 draws).

Luton Town: Formation and Lineups

Luton Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Nathan Jones chose to play with the following team: James Shea (6.4), Tom Lockyer (8.2), Gabriel Osho (6.4), Kal Naismith (7.0), James Bree (7.4), Luke Berry (6.6), Glen Rea (7.3), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (6.8), Amari Bell (6.7), Admiral Muskwe (6.3) and Elijah Adebayo (7.0).

Substitutes

Luton Town made 3 changes: L. Berry for A. Campbell (61′), A. Muskwe for F. Onyedinma (61′) and T. Lockyer for P. Kioso (86′).

Top player: Tom Lockyer

The player who no doubt impressed Luton Town the most was Tom Lockyer.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 31 passes (38% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Bristol City: Formation and Lineups

Bristol City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the opposite side, Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary (6.3), Zak Vyner (7.4), Tomáš Kalas (7.0), Cameron Pring (6.8), Jay Dasilva (6.4), Han-Noah Massengo (7.0), Alex Scott (6.7), Callum O’Dowda (6.7), Andreas Weimann (7.3), Antoine Semenyo (7.1) and Chris Martin (7.3).

Substitutes

Bristol City made 3 changes: A. Semenyo for N. Wells (76′), C. O’Dowda for J. Williams (76′) and J. Dasilva for T. Conway (85′).

Top player: Zak Vyner

The player who no doubt impressed Bristol City the most was Zak Vyner.

His rating is (7.4) with 47 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship

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