LUTON. Luton Town beats Blackburn Rovers with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Morris (58′) and a goal from R. Burke (67′). Blackburn Rovers was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

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 Joshua Smith who had the assistance of Mark Jones and Akil Howson. The 4th official was James Linington. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 62% while Luton Town was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Luton Town was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Luton Town won the match​.

Luton Town shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Blackburn Rovers shot 8 times, 0 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Luton Town received 2 yellow cards (C. Morris and T. Lockyer). On the opposite side, Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards (L. Travis and C. Brittain).

Standings

After playing this contest, Luton Town will have 13 points like Wigan Athletic and Millwall to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Blackburn Rovers will stay with 15 points like Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers to remain in the 7th 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).

Blackburn Rovers will play away agasint Coventry City on the 1st of November with a 2-2 head to head.

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 (6.4), Reece Burke (8.1), Tom Lockyer (7.1), Daniel Potts (7.7), James Bree (7.0), Henri Lansbury (7.2), Jordan Clark (7.1), Amari’i Bell (7.3), Allan Campbell (7.0), Cauley Woodrow (6.6) and Carlton Morris (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Luke Freeman (6.2), A. Doughty, H. Isted, G. Osho, L. Watson, Fred Onyedinma and Cameron Jerome (6.5).

Substitutions

Luton Town made 5 changes: H. Lansbury for L. Freeman (75′), C. Woodrow for C. Jerome (75′), C. Morris for F. Onyedinma (89′), C. Morris for F. Onyedinma (89′) and J. Clark for G. Osho (90′).

Best player: Reece Burke​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Luton Town was Reece Burke.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 37 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Jon Dahl Tomasson played with: Thomas Kaminski (6.6), Dominic Hyam (6.2), Daniel Ayala (7.4), Scott Wharton (6.4), Hayden Carter (6.8), Lewis Travis (6.9), Tyler Morton (6.6), Harry Pickering (6.8), Tyrhys Dolan (6.8), Ryan Hedges (6.8) and Ben Brereton Díaz (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: A. Phillips, John Buckley (6.5), B. Dack, George Hirst (6.3), Callum Brittain (6.3), A. Pears and T. Edun.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: T. Dolan for G. Hirst (59′), H. Carter for C. Brittain (59′) and T. Morton for J. Buckley (70′).

Best player: Daniel Ayala​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Daniel Ayala.

His rating is (7.4) with 64 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Wigan Athletic – Reading – 0-1
• Watford – Sunderland – 2-2
• Swansea City – Hull City – 3-0
• Queens Park Rangers – Stoke City – 0-0
• Preston North End – Sheffield United – 0-2
• Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-1
• Millwall – Blackpool – 2-1
• Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 0-0
• Luton Town – Blackburn Rovers – 2-0
• Huddersfield Town – Cardiff City – 1-0
• Burnley – Bristol City – 2-1
• Birmingham City – Coventry City – 0-0