Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Luton Town 1st with 101 points, Wrexham 18th with 59, 42 apart. Wrexham had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Luton Town were scoring 2.22 and conceding 0.76, Wrexham 1.33 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Seven consecutive wins preceded this game for Luton Town, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Luton Town had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Wrexham, 7.
The match was played at Kenilworth Road Stadium in Luton (capacity 12,000). On the scoreboard, Luton Town led 4-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 5-0.