Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2023
Result
Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Luton Town 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Luton Town were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Cole Palmer opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Luton Town's goals came from Ross Barkley (80') and Elijah Adebayo (87'). Chelsea scored through Cole Palmer (12'), Noni Madueke (37') and Cole Palmer (70').
Discipline: Luton Town received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Luton Town were 18th on 15 points from 18 and Chelsea 11th on 25 points from 19. Luton Town went on to finish that season 18th with 26 points, and Chelsea 6th with 63.
Luton Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cole Palmer of Chelsea (9.1), ahead of Noni Madueke (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Luton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Cole Palmer
- 27'Yellow card · Jacob Brown
- 37'Goal · Noni Madueke
- 70'Goal · Cole Palmer
- 77'Yellow card · Teden Mengi
- 80'Goal · Ross Barkley
- 87'Yellow card · Axel Disasi
- 87'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 90+4'Yellow card · Malo Gusto
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Wesley Fofana
- Trevoh Chalobah
- Ben Chilwell
- Carney Chukwuemeka
- Reece James
- Marc Cucurella
- Robert Sánchez
- Tom Lockyer
- Lesley Ugochukwu
- Roméo Lavia
- Benoît Badiashile
- Marvelous Nakamba
Luton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Thomas Kaminski, Teden Mengi, Gabriel Osho, Amari'i Bell, Issa Kaboré, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Ross Barkley, Alfie Doughty, Andros Townsend, Jacob Brown, Elijah Adebayo
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Djordje Petrovic, Malo Gusto, Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Levi Colwill, Conor Gallagher, M. Caicedo, Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, Armando Broja