Luton Town 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Wednesday 15 April 2026
Result
Luton Town 2-1 Northampton Town
League One · Wednesday 15 April 2026, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Luton Town 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Luton Town defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Wednesday 15 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Luton Town's goals came from Liam Walsh (43') and Kal Naismith (85'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (31').
Discipline: Luton Town received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Luton Town were 10th on 61 points from 41 and Northampton Town 24th on 35 points from 41. Luton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Northampton Town 24th with 35.
Luton Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Walsh of Luton Town (8.5), ahead of Kal Naismith (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Luton Town win, 0 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 43'Goal · Liam Walsh
- 45+2'Yellow card · Jack Wilshere
- 62'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 76'Yellow card · C. McCarthy
- 77'Yellow card · Jon Guthrie
- 85'Goal · Kal Naismith
- 90+1'Yellow card · Nigel Cello Lonwijk
- 90+4'Yellow card · Josh Keeley
Head-to-head
Team news
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Luton Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Josh Keeley, Nigel Lonwijk, Mads Andersen, Kal Naismith, Joe Johnson, Liam Walsh, Jake Richards, Jordan Clark, Kasey Palmer, Emilio Alford Anthony Lawrence, Nahki Wells
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Burge, Jack Burroughs, Max Dyche, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Tyrese Fornah, Cameron McGeehan, Dean Campbell, Michael Jacobs, Tom Eaves, Sam Hoskins