LUTON. Luton Town and Sheffield United draw 1-1. C. Morris scored the first goal (10′) for Luton Town. O. McBurnie settled the score (53′). Sheffield United was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Kenilworth Road Stadium stadium in Luton on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was David Webb with the support of Ian Cooper and Graham Kane. The 4th official was Andy Woolmer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sheffield United was in firm control of the ball 56% while Luton Town was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sheffield United had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sheffield United to win the match​.

Luton Town shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Luton Town didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards (G. Baldock, J. McAtee, O. McBurnie and I. Ndiaye).

Standings

After playing this match, Luton Town will have 6 points like Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan Athletic and Burnley to sit in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield United will have 11 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Luton Town will host Reading on the 1st of November with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Reading (1 draw).

Sheffield United will play away agasint Bristol City on the 1st of November with a 11-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sheffield United (2 draws).

Luton Town – Formation

Luton Town started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Nathan Jones decided to play with the following team: Ethan Horvath (6.2), Reece Burke (7.1), Tom Lockyer (7.4), Daniel Potts (6.6), James Bree (7.5), Jordan Clark (7.0), Luke Freeman (6.7), Amari’i Bell (6.9), Allan Campbell (6.2), Carlton Morris (7.6) and Elijah Adebayo (6.0).

The home team had on the bench: Cameron Jerome (6.4), Fred Onyedinma, Admiral Muskwe, Matt Macey, Gabriel Osho, Cauley Woodrow and Luke Berry (6.7).

Substitutions

Luton Town made 2 changes: C. Morris for C. Jerome (75′) and L. Freeman for L. Berry (86′).

Best player: Carlton Morris​

The player that probably impressed the most for Luton Town was Carlton Morris.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Sheffield United – Formation

Sheffield United started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Paul Heckingbottom played with: Wes Foderingham (6.5), Chris Basham (7.4), John Egan (7.2), Rhys Norrington-Davies (7.1), George Baldock (6.5), Sander Berge (6.7), Oliver Norwood (7.8), James McAtee (6.3), Max Lowe (7.6), Iliman Ndiaye (6.6) and Oliver McBurnie (7.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Daniel Jebbison, Oliver Arblaster, Jordan Amissah (6.5), William Osula, Anel Ahmedhodžić (6.4), Rhian Brewster (6.8) and Tommy Doyle (6.5).

Sheffield United could not rely on the presence of J. Amissah (injured) and A. Ahmedhodzic (injured).

Substitutions

Sheffield United made 4 changes: J. McAtee for T. Doyle (46′), W. Foderingham for J. Amissah (78′), R. Norrington-Davies for A. Ahmedhodzic (83′) and I. Ndiaye for R. Brewster (84′).

Best player: Oliver McBurnie​

The most impressive player for Sheffield United was Oliver McBurnie.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 31 passes (51% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 23.

Results of the day

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

• Luton Town – Sheffield United – 1-1