Oxford United 3-2 Luton Town: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2025

Result

Oxford United 3-2 Luton Town

Championship · Tuesday 21 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Oxford United 3-2 Luton Town: match report

Oxford United beat Luton Town 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.

Tom Krauß opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Michal Helik (23'), Ciaron Maurice Brown (59') and Greg Leigh (69'). Luton Town scored through Tom Krauß (11') and Mark McGuinness (26').

Discipline: Oxford United received 3 yellow cards; Luton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 15th on 32 points from 27 and Luton Town 23rd on 26 points from 27. Oxford United went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Luton Town 22nd with 49.

Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Luton Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark McGuinness of Luton Town (8.6), ahead of Cameron Brannagan (8.5).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Matt PhillipsOxford United
  • 11'Goal · Tom KraußLuton Town · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Michal HelikOxford United · 1-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Zack NelsonLuton Town
  • 26'Goal · Mark McGuinnessLuton Town · 1-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Tom KraußLuton Town
  • 50'Yellow card · Isaiah JonesLuton Town
  • 59'Goal · Ciaron Maurice BrownOxford United · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Greg LeighOxford United · 3-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Cameron BrannaganOxford United
  • 85'Yellow card · Sam LongOxford United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Oxford United 0, draws 1, Luton Town 0.

Team news

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Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jamie Cumming, Peter Kioso, Michal Helik, Ciaron Brown, Greg Leigh, Will Vaulks, Cameron Brannagan, Przemyslaw Placheta, Matt Phillips, Siriki Dembélé, Mark Harris

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

Thomas Kaminski, Daiki Hashioka, Mark McGuinness, Tom Holmes, Amari'i Bell, Marvelous Nakamba, Isaiah Jones, Tom Krauß, Jordan Clark, Zack Nelson, Elijah Adebayo