Premier League LIVE: Luton Town v Everton – score & text updates

Luton City have already overwhelmed Everton twice this season, as soon as within the Premier League and as soon as within the FA Cup fourth spherical. As a league membership, the Hatters final beat one other workforce thrice in a single season in 1988-89 in opposition to West Ham. The final newly promoted membership to beat the Toffees thrice in a season had been Leeds United in 1964-65.

That is Everton’s first away match in opposition to Luton since a 1-0 win within the League Cup in October 2007, with Tim Cahill netting an extra-time winner. Their final league go to to Kenilworth Street additionally resulted in a 1-0 victory again in November 1991 due to a Robert Warzycha aim.

Everton might lose each Premier League video games in opposition to Luton this season in what’s the Hatters’ maiden marketing campaign. Solely three groups have overwhelmed the Toffees residence and away of their first Premier League season (excl. 1992-93): Newcastle in 1993-94, Sunderland in 1996-97 and Brentford in 2021-22.

This might be Everton’s first Premier League sport on a Friday since beating Arsenal 1-0 on the Emirates Stadium in April 2021. Each of their away wins on Friday within the competitors have been 1-0 (additionally v Middlesbrough in December 2008), with the Toffees conceding 15 objectives within the 5 such video games they haven’t received (D1 L4).

Luton have received simply one in every of their final 14 Premier League video games (D3 L10), with no facet selecting up fewer factors than the Hatters because the begin of this run (6). Regardless of this, they’ve solely failed to attain in one in every of their final 23 league video games, a 2-0 defeat at league leaders Arsenal final month.

Everton have received every of their final three league video games, every with out conceding, though all three had been at Goodison Park. The Toffees might win 4 in a row whereas protecting a clear sheet every time for the second time within the Premier League this season (additionally in December); solely seven sides have had two separate runs of 4+ wins with out conceding in a single marketing campaign, 5 of whom went on to be topped champions that season.

Everton are winless in 9 away Premier League video games (D3 L6) since beating Burnley 2-0 in December. Certainly, whereas 5 of the Toffees’ first eight league wins this season got here away from residence, every of their final 4 have all been at Goodison Park.

42% of Luton’s Premier League objectives this season have come within the closing quarter-hour of video games (76th minute onwards), the best share of any facet this time period (20/48).

Carlton Morris is Luton’s prime scorer within the Premier League this season with 10 objectives. He’s scored in 4 of his final six appearances at Kenilworth Street, and in addition netted the Hatters’ winner within the reverse fixture in opposition to Everton.

Luton’s Ross Barkley – who made 150 league appearances for Everton between 2011 and 2017 – has scored only one aim in 10 Premier League video games in opposition to sides he’s beforehand performed for within the competitors. Nevertheless, that strike did are available in a match at Kenilworth Street this season, a 3-2 defeat to Chelsea.