Sunderland 1-1 Luton Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Luton Town

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Luton Town: match report

Sunderland drew with Luton Town 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alfie Doughty opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Sunderland's goal came from A. Diallo (86', penalty). Luton Town scored through Alfie Doughty (51').

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Luton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 52 points from 37 and Luton Town 4th on 63 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Luton Town 3rd with 84.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Luton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Amad Diallo of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Jack Clarke (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 0 for Luton Town.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Luton Town's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Tom LockyerLuton Town
  • 51'Goal · Alfie DoughtyLuton Town · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Cauley WoodrowLuton Town
  • 81'Yellow card · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town
  • 86'Penalty goal · A. DialloSunderland · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Carlton MorrisLuton Town

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Luton Town 0.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Danny Batth, Luke O'Nien, Edouard Michut, Dan Neil, Patrick Roberts, Abdoullah Ba, Jack Clarke, Joe Gelhardt

Luton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ethan Horvath, Gabriel Osho, Tom Lockyer, Amari'i Bell, Cody Drameh, Marvelous Nakamba, Luke Berry, Alfie Doughty, Allan Campbell, Carlton Morris, Elijah Adebayo