Luton Town are hoping to bounce back from a 3-1 loss to Brentford and open up a gap on the relegation zone when they host Arsenal at Kenilworth Road tonight.
The Hatters are 17th and two points clear of Everton despite only winning two of their 14 Premier League matches this season. They’re up against it this evening however as they welcome the league leaders for this midweek clash.
Arsenal are top of the table and have a two point cushion over second placed Liverpool. Mikel Arteta will know that if the Gunners hope to win the title this year his team need to triumph in these matches against struggling sides and he will want to secure an impressive lead to move five points clear.
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Luton Town vs Arsenal
Rice sends the free-kick into a dangerous zone around the penalty spot, but a Luton player gets it clear. Barkley feels he is caught when trying to start a counter, but the referee disagrees.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
The visitors, as you would expect, have dominated possession in the early stages. Martinelli shows some great footwork and is wiped out by Townsend close to the touchline for an Arsenal free-kick.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
Arsenal get us up and running at Kenilworth Road! The Gunners are the strong favourites here, but Liverpool dropped two points here not so long ago.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
This is the first meeting between Luton Town and Arsenal in any competition since December 1991, with the Hatters prevailing 1-0 at Kenilworth Road. They would certainly take a repeat of that today in this tussle between sides with contrasting ambitions for the campaign. We are now just a few moments away from kick-off.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
Arsenal show three changes from their 2-1 win over Wolves on Saturday. Two of those alterations come in defence – or more specifically at full-back – as White and Kiwior replace Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu, the latter of whom is not in the squad. Havertz also returns to the starting line-up in place of the benched Trossard. Academy product Walters, yet to make his senior debut, is among the defensive cover on the bench.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
Edwards has made four changes to the Luton XI from their loss at Brentford three days ago. Brown has scored in his last two matches as a substitute and is handed a start in attack, while Adebayo is also restored to the frontline, with Ogbene and Morris dropping down to the bench. Former Tottenham winger Townsend and fit-again Doughty are the other two recalled players, taking the places of Chong and injured skipper Tom Lockyer, who is not in the squad.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
ARSENAL (4-3-3): David Raya; Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jakub Kiwior; Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
ARSENAL SUBS: Aaron Ramsdale, Eddie Nketiah, Cedric Soares, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Reiss Nelson, Mohamed Elneny, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Reuell Walters.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
LUTON TOWN SUBS: Chiedozie Ogbene, Luke Berry, Carlton Morris, Tahith Chong, Jordan Clark, Tim Krul, Ryan Giles, Joe Johnson, Zack Nelson.
Luton Town vs Arsenal
LUTON TOWN (3-4-2-1): Thomas Kaminski; Teden Mengi, Gabriel Osho, Amari'i Bell; Issa Kabore, Pelly Ruddock, Ross Barkley, Alfie Doughty; Jacob Brown, Andros Townsend; Elijah Adebayo.
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