English League Championship

Luton vs Blackburn 2021-22 English League Championship, Regular Season

Introduction

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 22': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Tayo Edun because of an injury.
  • 28': Jan Paul van Hecke (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': James Bree (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 47': Tom Lockyer (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 51': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Daniel Butterworth replaces Sam Gallagher because of an injury.
  • 70': Substitution, Luton Town. Admiral Muskwe replaces Fred Onyedinma.
  • 70': Substitution, Luton Town. Harry Cornick replaces Cameron Jerome.
  • 76': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Daniel Ayala replaces John Buckley.
  • 83': Substitution, Luton Town. Luke Berry replaces Allan Campbell.
  • 90'+6': Harry Cornick (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Thomas Kaminski (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Kenilworth Road
Location: Luton, England
Attendance: 9,987

English League Championship Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+21 Leicester City 18 43 3
+15 Ipswich Town 18 42 2
+13 Leeds United 18 35 3
+2 Southampton 18 34 4
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Statistics

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16 Fouls 14
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
51.4 Possession 48.6
8 SHOTS 7
2 ON GOAL 2
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
164 Accurate Passes 159
303 Passes 283
0.5 Pass Completion % 0.6
4 Accurate Crosses 3
19 Crosses 18
0.2 Cross % 0.2
84 Long Balls 75
26 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.3 Long Balls % 0.3
2 Blocked Shots 3
8 Effective Tackles 6
11 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
15 Interceptions 12
29 Effective Clearances 25
29 Clearances 25

Line-Ups

LTN Luton Town (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 James Shea (GK)
32 Gabriel Osho
4 Kal Naismith
15 Tom Lockyer Yellow Card
17 Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
22 Allan Campbell
23 Henri Lansbury
29 Amari'i Bell
2 James Bree Yellow Card
35 Cameron Jerome
24 Fred Onyedinma

BLK Blackburn Rovers (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Thomas Kaminski (GK) Yellow Card
25 Jan Paul van Hecke Yellow Card
16 Scott Wharton
26 Darragh Lenihan
4 Bradley Johnson
27 Lewis Travis
21 John Buckley
20 Tayo Edun
2 Ryan Nyambe
9 Sam Gallagher
42 Deyovaiso Zeefuik

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