LUTON. Cardiff City conquered Luton Town to win 2-1. It was Cardiff City to strike first with a goal of R. Colwill at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 64′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Morrison gave the win to Cardiff City in the 77′ minute with a goal. Luton Town lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium in Luton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford who had the assistance of George Byrne and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.1 degrees Celsius or 37.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Luton Town had a strong ball possession 58% while Cardiff City was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Luton Town was was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Cardiff City found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Luton Town shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Luton Town received 1 yellow card (G. Rea). Talking about the opposition, Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards (S. Morrison and A. Smithies).

Standings

After this match, Luton Town will stay with 25 points like Nottingham Forest and Preston North End to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Cardiff City will have 21 points like Hull City to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Luton Town will play away with Blackpool on the 4th of December with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Luton Town (3 draws).

Cardiff City will host Sheffield United on the 4th of December with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Cardiff City (6 draws).

Luton Town – Formation

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

The manager Nathan Jones decided to play with the following team: Simon Sluga (6.5), James Bree (6.6), Tom Lockyer (6.8), Sonny Bradley (6.7), Kal Naismith (7.4), Amari Bell (6.7), Glen Rea (7.4), Jordan Clark (7.6), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (6.2), Harry Cornick (6.4) and Elijah Adebayo (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Allan Campbell, Cameron Jerome, Henri Lansbury (6.4), Danny Hylton (6.8), Fred Onyedinma (6.5), James Shea and Reece Burke.

Substitutions

Luton Town made 3 changes: A. Bell for F. Onyedinma (57′), H. Cornick for D. Hylton (66′) and G. Rea for H. Lansbury (84′).

Best player: Jordan Clark​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Luton Town was Jordan Clark.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 42 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Cardiff City – Formation

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

Steve Morison played with: Alex Smithies (6.3), Mark McGuinness (6.8), Sean Morrison (7.5), Curtis Nelson (6.4), Perry Ng (7.3), Marlon Pack (7.0), Joe Ralls (7.2), Ryan Giles (7.4), Rubin Colwill (7.0), James Collins (6.5) and Kieffer Moore (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Will Vaulks, Aden Flint, Isaak Davies (6.2), Dillon Phillips, Ciaron Brown, Leandro Bacuna and Mark Harris (6.4).

Substitutions

Cardiff City made 2 changes: R. Colwill for M. Harris (72′) and J. Collins for I. Davies (81′).

Best player: Sean Morrison​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cardiff City was Sean Morrison.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• AFC Bournemouth – Coventry City – 2-2
• Birmingham City – Blackpool – 1-0
• Huddersfield Town – Middlesbrough – 1-2
• Hull City – Millwall – 2-1
• Luton Town – Cardiff City – 1-2
• Peterborough United – Barnsley – 0-0
• Preston North End – Fulham – 1-1
• Stoke City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
• Swansea City – Reading – 2-3