Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Sheffield United (3rd, 90 pts) and Luton Town (22nd, 49 pts). Recent form flatters Luton Town's table spot — 5th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 22nd. Per game in the league, Luton Town were scoring 0.98 and conceding 1.5, Sheffield United 1.37 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Luton Town had gone 10 games without a win. Sheffield United arrived on a run of three straight wins. The last-five ledger: Luton Town 2/15, Sheffield United 12/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Luton Town wins, 3 for Sheffield United, 2 draws, at 2.29 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 29% of meetings.
Kenilworth Road Stadium in Luton staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,056. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sheffield United: Anel Ahmedhodžić (79')