Sunderland 2-1 Luton Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 May 2023

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Luton Town

Championship · Saturday 13 May 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sunderland · Luton Town · Championship predictions

Sunderland 2-1 Luton Town: match report

Sunderland defeated Luton Town 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 May 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Elijah Adebayo opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from A. Diallo (39') and Trai Hume (63'). Luton Town scored through Elijah Adebayo (11').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Luton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 6th on 69 points from 46 and Luton Town 3rd on 80 points from 46. 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 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trai Hume of Sunderland (7.7), ahead of Amad Diallo (7.5).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Dan NeilSunderland
  • 29'Yellow card · M. NakambaLuton Town
  • 30'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 38'Yellow card · Pelly-Ruddock MpanzuLuton Town
  • 39'Goal · A. DialloSunderland · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Trai HumeSunderland · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Alfie DoughtyLuton Town
  • 77'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkLuton Town
  • 84'Yellow card · A. DialloSunderland

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Luton Town 0.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Patrick Roberts, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Lynden Gooch, Dan Neil, Pierre Ekwah, Amad Diallo, Alex Pritchard, Jack Clarke, Joe Gelhardt

Luton Town line-up (3-5-2)

Ethan Horvath, Gabriel Osho, Tom Lockyer, Amari'i Bell, Cody Drameh, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Marvelous Nakamba, Jordan Clark, Alfie Doughty, Carlton Morris, Elijah Adebayo