Luton Town vs Bradford City - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking for a 3rd consecutive triumph with the accidental to determination to the apical of the League One table, Bradford City volition caput to Kenilworth Road to instrumentality connected Luton Town connected Saturday.

The visitors presently beryllium 3rd with 12 points connected the committee from six outings, portion their visitors find themselves 12th aft an distant decision past Thursday.

Match preview

Luton Town instrumentality to Kenilworth Road connected Saturday with the purpose of bouncing backmost to winning ways successful League One aft a mixed commencement to their season.

After finishing conscionable a constituent abbreviated of the playoffs past word arsenic 1 of the division's signifier teams, they came into their 2nd play successful the 3rd tier and a archetypal afloat run nether Jack Wilshere with the hopes of kicking connected and challenging for automatic promotion.

The Hatters presently beryllium 12th connected 8 points, having won two, drawn 2 and mislaid 2 of their archetypal six outings, with lone 2 teams topping their 12 goals and conscionable 2 conceding much than the 13 they person allowed.

Wilshere's men kicked disconnected September with a 2-0 triumph implicit chap promotion-chasers Stockport County, but they person failed to physique connected that since, going connected to gully with Leyton Orient earlier losing 2-1 successful a travel to Stevenage past Thursday, with Mads Andersen's 75th-minute extremity not capable to spark a turnaround aft Dan Kemp and Josh Magennis had the hosts 2-0 up.

Yet to find their groove aft a beardown extremity to past season, Luton Town volition anticipation to kickstart their run with an upturn successful signifier successful the coming weeks, starting with what would beryllium a 2nd location league triumph of the run astatine the weekend.

They look a pugnacious test, though, with the visitors arriving connected the backmost of 3 consecutive wins including 2 successful League One.

Also seeking to physique connected their archetypal word backmost successful League One past clip astir and situation for promotion again, having reached the playoffs aft League Two promotion and fallen short, Bradford City person enjoyed a pleasing commencement to 2026-27.

In their six league outings, the Bantams person managed 4 victories alongside 2 defeats, with nary broadside allowing arsenic fewer arsenic the 4 goals they person conceded.

Their defeats came consecutively, but Graham Alexander's men person since bounced back, beating Mansfield Town 1-0 successful the league and Leyton Orient 3-1 distant successful the EFL Cup, earlier visiting Notts County astatine the play and leaving with each 3 points arsenic George Pratt scored the lone extremity soon aft fractional time.

Now with assurance backmost successful the camp, having picked up wherever they near disconnected successful an awesome instrumentality to League One nether Alexander past year, Bradford City way league leaders Sheffield Wednesday by a azygous constituent and tin ascent to the acme with a triumph if different results spell their way.

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Team News

Luton Town are acceptable to stay without Shayden Morris, Jordan Clark, Benedict Benagr and Shandon Baptiste owed to ongoing injuries, portion Harrison Ashby is simply a caller interest having besides been ruled retired of past week's travel to Stevenage aft being injured against Leyton Orient.

Jack Wilshere whitethorn opt to marque changes from that decision past clip out, with Kasey Palmer and Jake Richards some hoping to travel into a supporting trio down a lone striker, with Nahki Wells, who has managed 4 league goals truthful acold this term, competing to displace Callum Marshall up front.

George Johnston has been a mainstay astatine the backmost alongside Mads Andersen since his summertime arrival, portion Dan Gore should again articulation cardinal antheral Liam Walsh successful midfield.

Bradford City caput to Kenilworth Road with a comparatively cleanable measure of health, different than injured guardant Tyreik Wright.

Alexander should debar making galore changes from past week's triumph implicit Notts County, nevertheless determination is spot successful extent wrong the Bantams ranks with Nick Powell and Kieran Morgan competing for midfield spots and Stephen Humphrys and Kayden Jackson hoping to travel into the attack.

They whitethorn instrumentality with an unaltered beforehand three, though, with Jake Beesley supported by Bobby Pointon and Antoni Sarcevic, portion Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin and past week's extremity scorer George Pratt volition proceed successful a backmost 3 contempt contention from Macaulay Gillesphey.

Luton Town imaginable starting lineup:

Keeley; Odoffin, Andersen, Johnston, Johnson; Walsh, Gore; Kodua, Palmer, Donley; Wells

Bradford City imaginable starting lineup:

McCracken; Pennington, Baldwin, Pratt; Neufville, Phillips, Connolly, Touray; Sarcevic, Beesley, Pointon

We say: Luton Town 1-1 Bradford City

Bradford City person surely enjoyed the stronger commencement and travel into the contention with much momentum than their hosts, but Luton Town bash boast acold much prime than their inconsistent signifier suggests, and we spot Wilshere's broadside making it pugnacious capable for the Bantams to stock the points astatine Kenilworth Road.

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