Luton Town vs Barnsley - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to support their hopes live of crashing the apical six of the League One table successful the last 2 games of the season, Luton Town volition invited Barnsley to Kenilworth Road connected Saturday.

The hosts way the last playoff spot by 3 points with six near to play for, portion their visitors person dropped to 13th spot successful a three-game winless run.

Match preview

Luton Town instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday aiming to ramp up their pursuit of the League One playoff spots successful the last run-in, having kept their top-six hopes live with a blistery streak.

On the backmost of consecutive relegations from the Premier League, they looked acceptable for a disappointing mid-table decorativeness successful aboriginal March, but they person since recorded six wins and 2 draws from their past 8 league outings.

During that time, the Hatters besides prevailed successful the EFL Trophy last implicit Stockport County successful mid-April, earlier making it 4 wins connected the bounce successful each competitions by beating Northampton Town.

A 2-2 gully distant astatine Mansfield Town past followed past weekend, earlier Jack Wilshere's broadside kept themselves wrong touching region of sixth spot with a 2-0 distant triumph implicit Rotherham United connected Tuesday, with Kasey Palmer netting some goals successful the archetypal half.

Now trailing sixth-placed Stevenage by 3 points with 2 games remaining, having antecedently looked retired of contention to marque an contiguous instrumentality to the Championship, Luton indispensable absorption connected continuing their blistery streak with 2 much wins to extremity the play portion hoping Stevenage driblet points.

In their mode basal a visiting broadside keen to instrumentality to the apical fractional successful the last weeks of what has been a disappointing season.

In their 4th consecutive League One campaign, having finished successful the apical six successful the archetypal 2 of those, Barnsley beryllium 13th with 56 points connected the committee from their 43 matches, winning 14 and losing 15 of those.

Any hopes of crashing the playoff spots ended successful a six-match winless streak crossed March and aboriginal April, and the Reds person present managed conscionable 1 triumph and 9 points from their past 10 attempts.

That solitary triumph distant astatine South Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United was followed by consecutive draws, earlier Conor Hourihane's men visited sixth-placed Stevenage connected Tuesday and near empty-handed arsenic Dan Kemp condemned them to a 1-0 decision with a 22nd-minute goal.

Now sitting 13th with conscionable a top-half decorativeness near to combat for, earlier Hourihane departs astatine the extremity of the season, Barnsley volition anticipation to bounce backmost with a triumph connected Saturday and statesman to decorativeness the League One run connected a affirmative note.

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Team News

Luton Town stay incapable to telephone connected Teden Mengi, Tom Holmes, Isaiah Jones, Shandon Baptiste and Elijah Adebayo arsenic they are confined to the attraction room.

They volition tract a akin starting XI from the midweek distant triumph astatine Rotherham, with Nahki Wells having travel backmost into pb the line, portion Palmer remains a cardinal antheral successful enactment having scored 4 goals successful the past 4 league games.

Mads Andersen besides missed retired done wounded connected Tuesday, and if his lack continues Nigel Lonwijk, Hakeem Odoffin, Kal Naismith and Joe Johnson should signifier an unaltered backmost four.

Barnsley volition apt stay without winger Tawanda Chirewa and cardinal attacker David McGoldrick owed to injuries.

In the lack of the latter, Tom Bradshaw should again pb the line, with Adam Phillips hoping to travel backmost successful in enactment aft Reyes Cleary, Patrick Kelly and Scott Banks were preferred successful midweek.

Midfielder Vimal Yoganathan remains suspended, meaning Jonathan Bland and Luca Connell should proceed their concern successful the motor room, portion Josh Earl should beryllium backmost successful contention successful defence aft different wounded scare.

Luton Town imaginable starting lineup:

Keeley; Lonwijk, Odoffin, Naismith, Johnson; Walsh, Van Den Berg; Morris, Palmer, Kodua; Wells

Barnsley imaginable starting lineup:

Goodman; De Gevigney, Roberts, O'Connell, Earl; Connell, Bland; Kelly, Phillips, Cleary; Bradshaw

We say: Luton Town 3-1 Barnsley

With the visitors seemingly coasting towards the extremity of an underwhelming season, and the hosts going from spot to spot successful their precocious playoff pursuit, we backmost Luton Town to widen their unbeaten streak and support the unit connected the apical six with different triumph astatine the weekend.

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