LUTON. Luton Town and Swansea City played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Swansea City was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (73%) it was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%)
The match was played at the Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium in Luton on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Tony Harrington who was helped by Mark Scholes and Craig Taylor. The 4th official was Darren Drysdale. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Luton Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up. On the opposite side, Swansea City adopted a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Luton Town – Formation
Luton Town
48'
61'
7'
The manager Nathan Jones decided to play with the following team: Simon Sluga , Tom Lockyer , Reece Burke , Kal Naismith , James Bree , Luke Berry , Henri Lansbury , Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu , Gabriel Osho , Elijah Adebayo and Harry Cornick .
The home team had on the bench: Carlos Mendes Gomes, Cameron Jerome , Glen Rea, James Shea, Danny Hylton, Dion Pereira, Jordan Clark and Aidan Francis-Clarke.
Best player: Elijah Adebayo
The player that probably impressed the most for Luton Town was Elijah Adebayo.
His rating is with 2 goals, 14 passes (35% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 25.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
On the other side, Russell Martin played with: Ben Hamer , Ryan Bennett , Kyle Naughton , Rhys Williams , Ethan Laird , Flynn Downes , Matt Grimes , Ryan Manning , Liam Walsh , Jamie Paterson and Michael Obafemi .
They had on the bench: Joel Latibeaudiere, Joël Piroe , Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham , Steven-Andreas Benda, Ben Cabango and Jay Fulton.
Best player: Olivier Ntcham
The player that probably impressed the most for Swansea City was Olivier Ntcham.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Match Statistics
- ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
- 16 Total 16
- 5 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 13
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 85 Attack 99
- 31 Dangerous attack 56
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 7
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 18 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Swansea City was in firm control of the ball 73% while Luton Town was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Swansea City was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Swansea City to win the encounter.
Luton Town shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Swansea City shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Luton Town received 2 yellow cards (H. Lansbury and K. Naismith). On the opposite side, Swansea City received 1 yellow card (R. Manning).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Luton Town will have 10 points like Derby County and Reading to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Swansea City will have 7 points like Peterborough United to stay in the 22nd place.
In the next match in the Championship, Luton Town will play away against AFC Bournemouth on the 25th of September with a 1-1 head to head record. Swansea City will host against Huddersfield Town on the 25th of September with a 2-2 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Hull City – Sheffield United – 1-3
- Barnsley – Blackburn Rovers – 0-0
- Cardiff City – AFC Bournemouth – 0-1
- Derby County – Stoke City – 2-1
- Fulham – Reading – 1-2
- Huddersfield Town – Nottingham Forest – 0-2
- Luton Town – Swansea City – 3-3
- Middlesbrough – Blackpool – 1-2
- Millwall – Coventry City – 1-1
- Peterborough United – Birmingham City – 3-0
- Preston North End – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Bristol City – 1-2
