Luton Town vs Burnley Match Analysis and Prediction

Luton Town vs Burnley Match Analysis & Prediction

Luton Town

12/08/2024 10:00 pm

Burnley

by Vincent

4 months ago 0 112

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Marking their returns to the Championship after a brief stay in England’s top flight, relegated pair Luton Town and Burnley meet at Kenilworth Road on Monday night.

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Despite a brave effort in their first top-flight campaign in 31 years, Luton eventually suffered relegation last season, finishing 18th in the final Premier League standings.

Luton won just one of their final 17 matches and ultimately came in six points adrift of safety, despite highly-rated manager Rob Edwards gaining many plaudits for his good work at Kenilworth Road.

Edwards must now build again, with the aim of bouncing back at the first attepmt, and ahead of the 2024-25 season, his side began their pre-season programme with a 2-1 defeat to Danish club AGF Aarhus.

One win, two losses and a draw were to follow, with last week’s 3-1 home defeat to Celta Vigo wrapping up their summer schedule on something of a down note.

The Hatters lost 4-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in their opening game last season, going on to win just four times on home turf all season, but back in the Championship they will expect to fare far better in the coming campaign.

Having brought maximum points home from Luton last October, Burnley have won four straight away matches against their opening-day hosts, and continuing that run would provide a perfect start to Scott Parker’s reign.

Demotion from the Premier League was sharply followed by manager Vincent Kompany and assistant Craig Bellamy leaving for Bayern Munich and the Wales national team respctively, so Championship specialist Parker was hired to take Burnley back up.

He has already been busy in the summer transfer window, while running the rule over his new squad in a series of behind-closed-doors friendlies against Barnsley, Celtic, Hearts and Newcastle United.

In the second-last game of their pre-season schedule, Burnley played out a goalless draw with newly-promoted La Liga side Leganes, and a week-long training camp in Spain then ended with a 1-1 stalemate against Cadiz.

Usually among the clubs vying for promotion, the Clarets have not lost their first game in any of their last six Championship campaigns, and picking up at least a point to keep that streak going will be Parker’s priority on Monday.

Luton Town vs. Burnley Head to head

In the previous 30 meetings between these two teams, Luton have claimed eight victories while Burnley have won 14, and they have drawn in eight. Burnley have scored 46 goals and conceded 40 in the process.

31/03/2007

Burnley

0

Luton Town

0

Championship
06/08/2022

Burnley

1

Luton Town

1

Championship
18/02/2023

Luton Town

0

Burnley

1

Championship
03/10/2023

Luton Town

1

Burnley

2

Premier League
12/01/2024

Burnley

1

Luton Town

1

Premier League

Luton Town Team News

Luton centre-back Teden Mengi sustained a knee injury last week, joining Amari’i Bell, Mads Andersen, Daiki Hashioka and Reece Burke on the sidelines.

As Dan Potts and Gabriel Osho both left earlier this summer, only Tom Holmes, Reuell Walters and Joe Johnson are definitely available to start in the hosts’ backline.

Luton Town's Last 5 Matches

13/07/2024

Luton Town

1

AGF

2

Club Friendlies
16/07/2024

Luton Town

1

Rukh Vynnyky

0

Club Friendlies
20/07/2024

Goztepe

3

Luton Town

2

Club Friendlies
26/07/2024

Dundee United

2

Luton Town

2

Club Friendlies
03/08/2024

Luton Town

1

Celta Vigo

3

Club Friendlies

Burnley Team News

Burnley are still without long-term absentees Aaron Ramsey and Nathan Redmond, along with Jordan Beyer and Belgian winger Mike Tresor.

However, Luca Koleosho and Zeki Amdouni are both in contention despite fitness concerns, while ex-Ipswich Town goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky will vie with James Trafford to feature in goal.