Luton Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
FT
4 - 0
4 - 0
Luton's Adebayo scores hat trick in Brighton mauling
Luton Town thrashed Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 to move out of the Premier League relegation zone with Elijah Adebayo scoring a hat-trick after the Hatters went two goals up inside the first three minutes at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Carlton Morris (Luton Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Chiedozie Ogbene with a cross.
- 1': Goal! Luton Town 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlton Morris.
- 3': Goal! Luton Town 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Albert Sambi Lokonga with a through ball.
- 5': Foul by Reece Burke (Luton Town).
- 5': Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Carlton Morris (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 7': Foul by João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 7': Jordan Clark (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Jordan Clark (Luton Town).
- 7': João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Alfie Doughty (Luton Town).
- 9': Attempt blocked. James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 9': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
- 9': Attempt missed. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by James Milner following a corner.
- 10': Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 10': Foul by Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 11': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Amari'i Bell (Luton Town).
- 11': Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by João Pedro with a through ball.
- 13': Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Foul by Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 13': Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 14': Offside, Luton Town. Alfie Doughty is caught offside.
- 14': Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 14': Ross Barkley (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Delay in match because of an injury James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 17': Foul by Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town).
- 17': Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Amari'i Bell (Luton Town).
- 20': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces James Milner because of an injury.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Reece Burke (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 22': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Igor Julio.
- 23': Attempt missed. Carlton Morris (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alfie Doughty with a cross following a corner.
- 23': Attempt saved. Jordan Clark (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 23': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Jason Steele.
- 24': Offside, Luton Town. Chiedozie Ogbene is caught offside.
- 25': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 25': Foul by Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town).
- 25': Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 33': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 34': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by João Pedro.
- 35': Carlton Morris (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Foul by Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 36': Attempt blocked. Ross Barkley (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 36': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Luton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 37': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Billy Gilmour.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 39': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Foul by Amari'i Bell (Luton Town).
- 40': Foul by Reece Burke (Luton Town).
- 40': João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Facundo Buonanotte is caught offside.
- 42': Goal! Luton Town 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 44': Foul by Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town).
- 44': Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 44': Ross Barkley (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Luton Town 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Luton Town 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
- 45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey replaces Pervis Estupiñán.
- 47': Attempt saved. Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Clark.
- 48': Attempt saved. Carlton Morris (Luton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elijah Adebayo.
- 48': Offside, Luton Town. Jordan Clark is caught offside.
- 51': Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 51': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
- 54': Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 55': Attempt blocked. Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 55': Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.
- 56': Goal! Luton Town 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 58': Foul by Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 58': Jordan Clark (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Carlton Morris (Luton Town).
- 61': Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces Billy Gilmour.
- 63': Albert Sambi Lokonga (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 63': Carlton Morris (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 64': Foul by Jordan Clark (Luton Town).
- 64': João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Jordan Clark (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Substitution, Luton Town. Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu replaces Albert Sambi Lokonga.
- 68': Substitution, Luton Town. Andros Townsend replaces Jordan Clark.
- 69': Delay in match because of an injury João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 71': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder replaces João Pedro because of an injury.
- 71': Substitution, Luton Town. Tahith Chong replaces Elijah Adebayo.
- 73': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 73': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
- 74': Offside, Luton Town. Chiedozie Ogbene is caught offside.
- 77': Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 77': Attempt missed. Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right.
- 77': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gabriel Osho.
- 78': Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross.
- 78': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
- 82': Attempt saved. Carlton Morris (Luton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a through ball.
- 82': Substitution, Luton Town. Luke Berry replaces Ross Barkley.
- 82': Substitution, Luton Town. Cauley Woodrow replaces Carlton Morris.
- 85': Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 85': Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Cauley Woodrow (Luton Town).
- 89': Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
- 89': Gabriel Osho (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Cauley Woodrow (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Tahith Chong (Luton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Luton Town 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
- 0': Match ends, Luton Town 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
Statistics
 BHA |
LTN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 59.1 | Possession | 40.9 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 415 | Accurate Passes | 253 |
| 542 | Passes | 357 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 6 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 63 | Long Balls | 71 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 26 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 17 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Kenilworth Road
Location: Luton, England
Attendance: 10,994
Venue: Kenilworth Road
Location: Luton, England
Attendance: 10,994
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 35 | +57 | 80 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 34 | +50 | 79 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 35 | +41 | 75 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 35 | +21 | 67 |
Line-Ups
Luton Town (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 24 | Thomas Kaminski (GK) |
| 2 | Gabriel Osho |
| 29 | Amari'i Bell |
| 16 | Reece Burke |
| 6 | Ross Barkley |
| 28 | Albert Lokonga |
| 45 | Alfie Doughty |
| 7 | Chiedozie Ogbene |
| 9 | Carlton Morris |
| 11 | Elijah Adebayo |
| 18 | Jordan Clark  |
Brighton & Hove Albion (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Jason Steele (GK) |
| 5 | Lewis Dunk |
| 3 | Igor Julio |
| 29 | Jan Paul van Hecke |
| 11 | Billy Gilmour |
| 13 | Pascal Groß |
| 30 | Pervis Estupiñán |
| 6 | James Milner |
| 18 | Danny Welbeck |
| 9 | João Pedro |
| 40 | Facundo Buonanotte |
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