Luton Town vs Barnsley · League One
Luton Town
4-2-4
2 – 1
FT
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Barnsley
2-2-6
Kenilworth Road · Luton · England
Barnsley lost 2-1 to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road (crowd 9,840). The goal that settled it came from Mads Andersen at the 2-minute mark and Nahki Wells widened the gap after 41 minutes; Mackenzie Kirk reduced the gap for Barnsley at the 58-minute mark. Standings after the game: Luton 13th (14 points), Barnsley 22nd (8). The ball split 52% to 48% and the shots 14 to 23. Luton hit the target 6 times from 23 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Kenilworth Road · Luton · England
- Crowd
- 9,840
- Luton form
- WWWLD
- Barnsley form
- LLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Barnsley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
16Fouls19
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
7Corner Kicks4
3Saves4
48.3%Possession51.7%
23Shots14
6On Goal4
30%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
204Accurate Passes223
301Passes329
70%Pass Completion %70%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
8Blocked Shots2
18Effective Tackles9
24Tackles12
80%Tackle %80%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
39Clearances33
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'
🟨Amani Richards
83'
🔁Jonathan Blandreplacing Vimal Yoganathan
🔁Emilio Lawrencereplacing Kasey Palmer
79'
🔁Callum Marshallreplacing Nahki Wells
79'
🟨Jake Richards
75'
74'
🔁Amani Richardsreplacing Tobi Ademeyo
🔁Jake Richardsreplacing Tudor Mendel-Idowu
61'
58'2 - 1
⚽Mackenzie Kirk
45'
🔁Ziyad Larkechereplacing Connor O'Riordan
45'
🔁Mackenzie Kirkreplacing Rylan Brownlie
45'
🔁Jubril Adesope Okedinareplacing Tyrese Noslin
Half-time · 2-0
🟨Mads Andersen
45'+1'
⚽Nahki Wells
41'2 - 0
🔁Isaiah Jonesreplacing Hakeem Odofin
41'
⚽Mads Andersen
2'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Luton Town4-1-4-1
21⚽↓Wells
10Donley
45↓Palmer
17↓Mendel-Idowu
18Clark
8Walsh
3Naismith
6Johnston
2↓Odofin
5⚽🟨Andersen
1Shea
Bench
- 25Isaiah Joneson for Hakeem Odofin, 41'
- 11Emilio Lawrenceon for Kasey Palmer, 79'
- 12Joseph Johnson
- 9Callum Marshallon for Nahki Wells, 79'
- 24Joshua Keeley
- 44Devante Cole
- 7Jake Richardson for Tudor Mendel-Idowu, 61' 🟨
Barnsley4-2-3-1
7↓Ademeyo
19Cleary
45↓Yoganathan
32↓Brownlie
22Kelly
8McGeehan
2Kay
5Shepherd
11↓Noslin
6↓O'Riordan
1Slicker
Bench
- 30Jonathan Blandon for Vimal Yoganathan, 83'
- 25Rogan Ravenhill
- 17Amani Richardson for Tobi Ademeyo, 74' 🟨
- 4Sam Gale
- 3Ziyad Larkecheon for Connor O'Riordan, 45'
- 12Jubril Adesope Okedinaon for Tyrese Noslin, 45'
- 9Mackenzie Kirkon for Rylan Brownlie, 45' ⚽
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stockport County | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | +12 | 22 |
| 2 |  Huddersfield Town | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +12 | 22 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +5 | 21 |
| 4 |  Cambridge United | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 20 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 19 |
| 6 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +10 | 18 |
| 7 |  Oxford United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 18 |
| 8 |  Reading | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +10 | 15 |
| 9 |  Stevenage | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 15 |
| 10 |  Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 11 |  Mansfield Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 14 |
| 13 |  Luton Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 14 |
| 14 |  Burton Albion | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 |  Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 18 |  Notts County | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 |  Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 20 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -7 | 9 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 9 |
| 22 |  Barnsley | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 23 |  Bromley | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -16 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
Meetings
3Luton wins
0Level
2Barnsley wins
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Form
Last games: Luton
L1-0W6-0W1-1W4-1L2-1
Last games: Barnsley
D1-1L4-3L4-1L3-1L2-1
