English League Championship

FT Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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Luton Town DWDDL 2
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Match Report

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Luton Town beat Sunderland to reach Championship playoff final

Luton Town are heading to Wembley Stadium for a shot at playing in the Premier League for the first time.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
7
1
Saves
2
62.1
Possession
37.9
11
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
385
Accurate Passes
192
479
Passes
283
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.4
57
Long Balls
77
25
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
18
28
Tackles
34
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
16
22
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SUN leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

LTN · 3-5-2

  1. 34Ethan HorvathG
  2. 4Tom LockyerCD
  3. 29Amari'i BellCD-L
  4. 32Gabriel OshoCD-R
  5. 17Pelly Ruddock MpanzuCM-L
  6. 18Jordan ClarkCM-R
  7. 13Marvelous NakambaAM
  8. 45Alfie DoughtyLM
  9. 2Cody DramehRM
  10. 11Elijah AdebayoCF-L
  11. 9Carlton MorrisCF-R

SUN · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Anthony PattersonG
  2. 13Luke O'NienCD-L
  3. 32Trai HumeCD-R
  4. 11Lynden GoochLB
  5. 10Patrick RobertsRB
  6. 39Pierre EkwahCM-L
  7. 24Daniel NeilCM-R
  8. 20Jack ClarkeLM
  9. 16Amad DialloRM
  10. 28Joe GelhardtF
  11. 21Alex PritchardRCF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Luton Town 1, Sunderland 0. Gabriel Osho (Luton Town) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 18' Jordan Clark (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Goal! Luton Town 2, Sunderland 0. Tom Lockyer (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alfie Doughty with a cross following a corner.
  5. 57' Substitution, Sunderland. Ajibola Alese replaces Alex Pritchard.
  6. 64' Substitution, Sunderland. Édouard Michut replaces Joe Gelhardt.
  7. 77' Substitution, Sunderland. Niall Huggins replaces Lynden Gooch.
  8. 78' Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Daniel Neil.
  9. 83' Substitution, Luton Town. Allan Campbell replaces Jordan Clark.
  10. 90'+4' Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+5' Ajibola Alese (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.

EFL Championship News

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