LUTON. Luton Town overcome AFC Bournemouth. AFC Bournemouth was much better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium in Luton on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Leigh Doughty assisted by George Byrne and Steve Meredith. The 4th official was David Rock. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AFC Bournemouth had a strong ball possession 65% while Luton Town was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AFC Bournemouth was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Luton Town managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Luton Town shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, AFC Bournemouth shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Luton Town didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards (J. Lerma and R. Christie).

Standings

After this match, Luton Town will have 32 points like Sheffield United and Preston North End to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, AFC Bournemouth will stay with 49 points like Blackburn Rovers to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Luton Town will play away against Sheffield United on the 22nd of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

AFC Bournemouth will host Hull City on the 22nd of January with a 1-1 head to head record.

Luton Town – Formation

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

The manager Nathan Jones decided to play with the following team: James Shea (6.8), Reece Burke (7.3), Sonny Bradley (7.1), Kal Naismith (7.1), James Bree (7.1), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (7.1), Allan Campbell (7.1), Jordan Clark (6.5), Amari Bell (6.4), Elijah Adebayo (7.3) and Cameron Jerome (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Potts, Henri Lansbury (6.8), Luke Berry, Simon Sluga, Fred Onyedinma (6.6), Gabriel Osho (6.5) and Carlos Mendes Gomes.

Luton Town could not rely on the presence of F. Onyedinma (injured) and G. Osho (injured).

Substitutions

Luton Town made 3 changes: A. Campbell for F. Onyedinma (60′), R. Burke for G. Osho (65′) and C. Jerome for H. Lansbury (82′).

Best player: Reece Burke​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Luton Town was Reece Burke even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 23 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Scott Parker played with: Mark Travers (6.8), Jack Stacey (7.0), Gary Cahill (6.8), Lloyd Kelly (6.8), Leif Davis (7.0), Lewis Cook (6.4), Jefferson Lerma (6.8), Emiliano Marcondes (7.8), Ryan Christie (7.0), Dominic Solanke (6.6) and Jaidon Anthony (7.1).

They had on the bench: Morgan Rogers (7.5), Ørjan Nyland, Gavin Kilkenny, Chris Mepham, Ben Pearson, James Hill and Jamal Lowe (7.1).

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 2 changes: J. Anthony for J. Lowe (46′) and L. Cook for M. Rogers (76′).

Best player: Emiliano Marcondes​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AFC Bournemouth was Emiliano Marcondes.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 40 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Cardiff City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-1
• Derby County – Sheffield United – 2-0
• Fulham – Bristol City – 6-2
• Huddersfield Town – Swansea City – 1-1
• Luton Town – AFC Bournemouth – 3-2
• Middlesbrough – Reading – 2-1
• Millwall – Nottingham Forest – 0-1
• Peterborough United – Coventry City – 1-4
• Preston North End – Birmingham City – 1-1
• Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0