Luton Town vs Reading, 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship

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Luton Town are hosting Reading at Kenilworth Road, Luton, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town).
1': Ovie Ejaria (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Attempt missed. Harry Cornick (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by James Bree.
10': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Carroll.
10': Offside, Reading. Thomas Holmes tries a through ball, but Yakou Meite is caught offside.
11': Andy Yiadom (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Allan Campbell (Luton Town).
11': Attempt blocked. Andy Carroll (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ovie Ejaria.
12': Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Reading).
12': Alfie Doughty (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
16': Attempt saved. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Lockyer.
16': Attempt saved. Alfie Doughty (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elijah Adebayo.
17': Andy Carroll (Reading) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Foul by Tom Lockyer (Luton Town).
17': Attempt saved. Andy Carroll (Reading) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
18': Offside, Luton Town. Sonny Bradley tries a through ball, but Elijah Adebayo is caught offside.
22': Foul by Yakou Meite (Reading).
22': Sonny Bradley (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
23': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Elijah Adebayo.
24': Foul by Allan Campbell (Luton Town).
24': Tom Ince (Reading) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Allan Campbell (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Attempt blocked. Yakou Meite (Reading) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
25': Corner, Reading. Conceded by James Bree.
26': Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (Reading) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
32': Substitution, Luton Town. Luke Berry replaces Sonny Bradley because of an injury.
35': Attempt saved. Yakou Meite (Reading) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Ince.
40': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.
40': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Joe Lumley.
42': Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (Reading) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Junior Hoilett with a cross.
45': Abdul Rahman Baba (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Alfie Doughty (Luton Town).
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdul Rahman Baba.
45'+4': Attempt blocked. Andy Yiadom (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yakou Meite.
45'+4': Attempt blocked. Abdul Rahman Baba (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+4': Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': Foul by Ovie Ejaria (Reading).
45'+5': First Half ends, Luton Town 0, Reading 0.
45': Second Half begins Luton Town 0, Reading 0.
46': Amadou Salif Mbengue (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Harry Cornick (Luton Town).
51': Amari'i Bell (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
51': Foul by Junior Hoilett (Reading).
52': Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (Reading) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
54': Attempt missed. Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Harry Cornick.
58': Substitution, Reading. Tyrese Fornah replaces Ovie Ejaria.
59': Substitution, Luton Town. Cameron Jerome replaces Tom Lockyer because of an injury.
63': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Junior Hoilett.
65': Attempt missed. Jeff Hendrick (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Ince.
69': Amari'i Bell (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69': Foul by Yakou Meite (Reading).
69': Yakou Meite (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Foul by Alfie Doughty (Luton Town).
70': Tom Ince (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Alfie Doughty (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
72': Substitution, Reading. Shane Long replaces Yakou Meite.
75': Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
75': Offside, Reading. Tom Ince tries a through ball, but Andy Yiadom is caught offside.
76': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Abdul Rahman Baba.
77': Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alfie Doughty with a cross following a corner.
78': Andy Carroll (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town).
78': Substitution, Luton Town. Carlton Morris replaces Elijah Adebayo.
78': Substitution, Luton Town. Luke Freeman replaces Allan Campbell.
80': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Junior Hoilett.
80': Attempt blocked. Alfie Doughty (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
80': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Amadou Salif Mbengue.
81': Andy Yiadom (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Daniel Potts (Luton Town).
82': Attempt blocked. Alfie Doughty (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Cornick with a cross.
82': Attempt blocked. Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
85': Carlton Morris (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85': Foul by Andy Yiadom (Reading).
86': Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Attempt missed. Daniel Potts (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cameron Jerome following a set piece situation.
87': Foul by Andy Carroll (Reading).
87': Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Andy Carroll (Reading) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Reading) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
89': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu.
90': Attempt missed. Shane Long (Reading) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Tyrese Fornah with a cross following a corner.
90'+1': Attempt blocked. Tyrese Fornah (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Carroll.
90'+1': Corner, Reading. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Junior Hoilett (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tom Ince.
90'+4': Hand ball by Luke Berry (Luton Town).
90'+6': Second Half ends, Luton Town 0, Reading 0.
0': Match ends, Luton Town 0, Reading 0.

Statistics

REA		LTN
8	Fouls	10
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	3
47.3	Possession	52.7
17	SHOTS	9
3	ON GOAL	2
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
209	Accurate Passes	244
308	Passes	330
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.7
7	Accurate Crosses	6
19	Crosses	31
0.4	Cross %	0.2
72	Long Balls	74
26	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
8	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	11
17	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
5	Interceptions	6
24	Effective Clearances	16
24	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Kenilworth Road
Location: Luton, England
Attendance: 9,620

EFL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Middlesbrough	6	+7	16
2	Stoke City	6	+5	12
3	Bristol City	5	+8	11
4	Leicester City	6	+3	11

Full Table

Line-Ups

Luton Town (3-4-3)

No.	Name
34	Ethan Horvath (GK)
5	Sonny Bradley
3	Dan Potts
4	Tom Lockyer
17	Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
45	Alfie Doughty
29	Amari'i Bell
2	James Bree
11	Elijah Adebayo
7	Harry Cornick
22	Allan Campbell

Luton Town Substitutes:

Luke Berry, Harvey Isted, Luke Freeman, Carlton Morris, Casey Pettit, Cameron Jerome, Louie Watson.

Reading (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Joe Lumley (GK)
3	Thomas Holmes
27	Amadou Salif Mbengue
17	Andy Yiadom
14	Ovie Ejaria
8	Jeff Hendrick
10	Tom Ince
12	Abdul Rahman Baba
23	Junior Hoilett
2	Andy Carroll
11	Yakou Meite

Reading Substitutes:

Nelson Abbey, Lucas João, Jack Senga-Ngoyi, Tyrese Fornah, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Shane Long, Dean Bouzanis.

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