Luton Town 1-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2023

Result

Luton Town 1-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 31 January 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Luton Town 1-0 Cardiff City: match report

Luton Town defeated Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 31 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Elijah Adebayo of Luton Town in the 88th minute.

Discipline: Luton Town received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Luton Town were 7th on 42 points from 27 and Cardiff City 21st on 29 points from 28. Luton Town went on to finish that season 3rd with 84 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Luton Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Horvath of Luton Town (8.1), ahead of Ryan Allsop (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Luton Town wins, 2 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 49'Yellow card · Alfie DoughtyLuton Town
  • 58'Yellow card · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town
  • 72'Missed penalty · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town
  • 88'Goal · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town · 1-0
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Carlton MorrisLuton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Luton Town 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

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

Ethan Horvath, Reece Burke, Tom Lockyer, Amari'i Bell, Cody Drameh, Jordan Clark, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Alfie Doughty, Cauley Woodrow, Carlton Morris, Elijah Adebayo

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ryan Allsop, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Jack Simpson, Joe Ralls, R. Sawyers, Ryan Wintle, Sheyi Ojo, Callum Robinson, Mark Harris