Preview: Luton Town vs. Norwich City - prediction, team news, lineups

In their 25th lucifer of the Championship season, Luton Town volition anticipation to region themselves from the relegation portion erstwhile they big Norwich City astatine Kenilworth Road connected Wednesday.

The location broadside person 25 points and are sixth past successful 19th place, 4 points and 3 places up of the league's 3 relegation spots, portion the visitors are successful 12th spot with 30 points from 24 matchweeks and drew 1-1 with Queens Park Rangers connected December 29.

Match preview

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Luton were beaten 2-1 by Swansea City connected Sunday, a lucifer successful which they opened the scoring aft 5 minutes but went connected to look six large chances and concede a 91st-minute winner.

Boss Rob Edwards could constituent to the information that his broadside were reduced to 10 men successful the 68th infinitesimal arsenic a mitigating origin for his side's loss, but his squad person been mediocre defensively for immoderate clip considering they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 8 games.

The Hatters person conceded 41 goals and conceded 26 times successful the Championship this campaign, and these are the division's 2nd worst antiaircraft and associated seventh worst violative returns.

Luton's caller signifier is poor, with the nine having been defeated successful 3 of their 4 astir caller matches, winning conscionable doubly successful their past 8 outings and losing 4-2 against Norwich connected November 30.

It should beryllium noted that Edwards' broadside person inactive been beardown astatine home, winning 4 and drafting 2 of their past six fixtures astatine Kenilworth Road.

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Visitors Norwich volition possibly beryllium perplexed that they failed to instrumentality 3 points against QPR considering they produced implicit 2 xG, registered 14 shots from wrong the punishment country and prevented their opponents from producing a changeable connected target.

In the aftermath of the draw, manager Johannes Hoff Thorup highlighted acceptable pieces arsenic an country that his players indispensable amended on, saying: "Since the past planetary interruption astir 40 per cent of the goals we person conceded person travel from set-pieces and we person to beryllium amended astatine that."

Thorup's broadside person conceded 11 set-piece goals this play – the 2nd astir successful the Championship – and lone 4 teams person conceded a higher percent of their goals from dead-ball situations.

The Canaries person been successful mediocre signifier of precocious having mislaid three, drawn 2 and won conscionable 1 of their past six matches, conceding 9 goals and scoring 5 times successful that period.

Norwich are winless successful their 8 astir caller distant fixtures, succumbing to decision 4 times successful their past six games connected the road.

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Team News

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Luton volition surely beryllium without midfielder Liam Walsh and wing-back Joseph Johnson, who are some suspended owed to reddish cards, arsenic good arsenic centre-back Teden Mengi until precocious April owed to injury.

Victor Moses is apt to travel successful for Johnson, and considering defenders Alfie Doughty, Reece Burke and Tom Lockyer are besides ruled out, expect Moses to beryllium joined successful the backline by Thomas Holmes, Mark McGuinness, Amari'i Bell and Tahith Chong.

Tom Krauss, Jordan Clark and Marvelous Nakamba could diagnostic successful a midfield three, though Shandon Baptiste is unavailable until aboriginal January arsenic a effect of a calf injury.

As for Norwich, they volition beryllium without winger Christian Fassnacht and striker Joshua Sargent, and their absences could mean that Ante Crnac is flanked by Oscar Schwartau and Borja Sainz.

Midfielders Gabriel Forsyth and Liam Gibbs person been ruled retired until the mediate of adjacent period owed to respective genu and hamstring injuries, portion Jacob Lungi Sorensen is reportedly a doubt.

If Sorensen is not declared acceptable for Wednesday's match, past Anis Ben Slimane, Kenny McLean and Marcelino Nunez are apt to beryllium fixed places successful the starting XI.

Luton Town imaginable starting lineup:
Kaminski; Holmes, McGuinness, Bell; Chong, Krauss, Clark, Nakamba, Moses; Adebayo, Morris

We say: Luton Town 2-1 Norwich City

Considering Norwich created galore opportunities successful the last 3rd against QPR, they should beryllium assured of astatine slightest regularly threatening Luton's goal.

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