Roy Hodgson takes his Palace side to Kenilworth Road for their first visit since 2006 to take on the newly promoted side as the Premier League returns after the international break.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 3pm – 25th November 2023
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Kenilworth Road Stadium, 1 Maple Road, Luton LU4 8AW
PREVIOUS MEETING
It has been quite some time since the last trip to take on Luton, but in 2006 Palace were handed a defeat after a Carlos Edwards goal after just 2 minutes before Rowan Vine doubled the hosts lead early in the second half. James Scowcroft scored a 90th minute consolation for Palace. The only connection Palace have to that side that took on Luton is Dougie Freedman who of course is the current Sporting Director
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett. Assistants: James Mainwaring, Mat Wilkes. Fourth official: James Linington. VAR: Rob Jones. Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (thigh), James Tomkins (calf), and Dean Henderson (thigh) are ruled out.
LUTON – Mads Andersen (thigh), Dan Potts (ankle), Reece Burke (thigh), and Albert Sambi Lokonga (thigh) are not available. Cauley Woodrow (ankle), Amari’i Bell (thigh), Chiedozie Ogbene (ankle) and Alfie Doughty (knock) are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS (3+) – Jordan Ayew (4), Issa Kabore (4), Mavelous Nakamba (4), Tom Lockyer (3), Joel Ward (3)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 24/02/07 Palace 2-1 Luton
- 09/06/06 Luton 2-1 Palace
- 26/11/05 Luton 2-0 Palace
- 06/08/05 Palace 1-2 Luton
- 19/03/96 Palace 2-0 Luton
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 11/11/23 Palace 2-3 Everton
- 04/11/23 Burnley 0-2 Palace
- 27/10/23 Palace 1-2 Spurs
- 21/10/23 Newcastle 4-0 Palace
- 07/10/23 Palace 0-0 Forest
Last FIVE results for Luton;
- 11/11/23 Manchester United 1-0 Luton
- 05/11/23 Luton 1-1 Liverpool
- 29/10/23 Villa 3-1 Luton
- 21/10/23 Forest 2-2 Luton
- 07/10/23 Luton 0-1 Spurs
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 13th in the Premier League with 15 points from 12 games, while Luton are 17th with 6 points.
RECORD AGAINST LUTON
- Played 57
- Won 23
- Drawn 16
- Lost 18
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Eberechi Eze 7.45
- Joachim Andersen 7.28
- Alfie Doughty 6.71
- Carlton Morris 6.70
ONE TO WATCH
CARLTON MORRIS
FORMER CLUBS – Norwich City, Oxford United (loan), York City (loan), Hamilton (loan), Rotherham (loan), Shrewsbury (loan), MK Dons (loan), Barnsley
The striker has done his time and deserves his place in the Premier League this season after spending a lot of his playing time on loan on the lower leagues. He has just passed a half century of appearances for Luton, scoring 23 goals.
KEY CLASH
ODSONNE EDOUARD v TOM LOCKYER
The Frenchman has had his critics but he has scored 5 goals in the Premier League this season and on course to reach double figures. He will be up against the Luton captain who is a tough competitor in the heart of their defence.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (5 – 12th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew/ Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 13th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (747 – 13th in PL))
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (33– 7th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (930 – 15th in PL))
- SHOTS – Odsonne Edouard (31 – 12th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (21 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (36 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (29 – 16th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (73 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew (3)
THE NUMBERS
This is the first meeting between Luton and Palace since the 2006-07 Championship campaign, with the home side winning both games 2-1.
Palace have won just 1 of their past 8 away league games against Luton (D3 L4) – 1-0 in April 1994 thanks to a Chris Coleman strike.
The Hatters have won just 1 of their opening 12 Premier League matches (D3 L8), their fewest victories at this stage of a top-flight season since 1974-75 (W1 D6 L5), when they went on to finish 20th and were relegated.
Palace have won 5 of their past 11 away league matches since Roy Hodgson returned to the club (D2 L4), as many as in their previous 28 on the road (D9 L14).
Only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (13 for Darwin Nunez) and Aston Villa’s Moussa Diaby (11 for Ollie Watkins) have created more chances for a team-mate than Luton’s Alfie Doughty has for Carlton Morris (eight) in this season’s Premier League. Doughty has played the second-most successful crosses (26), while Morris has won the second-most aerial duels (54).
TEB PREDICTION
Plenty of teams have already underestimated the newly promoted side this season, having been predicted to finish bottom of the table before a ball had been kicked. They will be targeting this fixture as one to get something out of but with the likelihood of both Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise starting together for the first time this season, there is the hope that the partnership can push the Eagles on to all three points.
FINAL SCORE: 2-1 Palace
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