Luton were left to rue a hatful of missed chances as they were forced to settle for a point in their first fixture at Yeovil's Huish Park.

The Hatters had completely dominated the first half and had chances in the second half, but woeful finishing in front of goal meant Luton couldn't force the win.

However, it is a result that sees Luton pick up their first league point on the road, although Hatters boss Kevin Blackwell must have been wondering how it wasn't three.

Dave Edwards was given the best opportunity right at the end, when he fired over the crossbar from ten yards, but David Bell and Jaroslaw Fojut also went close for the Hatters.

Yeovil didn't get going until the second half and Lloyd Owusu had two great chances for the home side, but Luton's on-loan goalkeeper Ben Alnwick was also called upon to make a couple of key saves.

As promised after Saturday's defeat by Huddersfield, Blackwell rang the changes to his side.

And it was a very unfamiliar look to the starting line-up with Richard Jackson the surprise omission and no recognised full-back replacing the former Derby man.

But Chris Coyne did return to the side with Darren Currie and Edwards also welcomed back to the Hatters midfield.

With Paul Furlong out through suspension, Blackwell decided to hand Calvin Andrew his first league start of the season with Drew Talbot and Paul McVeigh amongst the substitutes.

Yeovil also came into the game on the back of a heavy defeat at the weekend, with Nottingham Forest 2-0 winners at Huish Park.

But unlike adopting the same approach as Blackwell, Yeovil boss Russell Slade made just one change as Simon Gillett replaced Terry Skiverton.

And there were many popular names amongst the Yeovil line-up with former Bristol City man Marcus Stewart and Owusu beginning the game in attack.

The Luton line-up soon looked obvious with Chris Perry pushed out into right-back as Coyne partnered Fojut at centre-back.

That meant the Hatters played five across midfield as Andrew was given the task as the lone striker.

And Andrew almost helped give his side an early lead when on five minutes he charged down a hopeful ball up field, robbing Scott Guyett of possession, and after getting to the by-line, he fizzed in a cross that needed just the faintest of touches from David Bell, but the onrushing midfielder couldn't poke the ball home.

But it made for an encouraging start from the Hatters, who came close again on seven minutes when Matthew Spring slid in to rob Yeovil of possession and then trying his luck from 25-yards. Unfortunately, the former Leeds man was unable to test Romain Larrieu in the Yeovil goal.

Luton refused to give Yeovil any time on the ball as Blackwell's boys continued to spray the ball around the Huish Park turf.

And it was good build-up play from the visitors on 16 minutes that almost saw the scoring opened when a long ball up field was flicked on by Andrew, into the path of Spring, but the midfielder was denied by a timely tackle from Yeovil's Matthew Rose.

The first half was all Luton and on 21 minutes, Edwards fired over the crossbar from 20-yards after Steve Robinson capitalised on some more sloppy football from Yeovil.

Five minutes later and Bell collected a cross field ball from Alan Goodall, but after the winger cut inside his marker, he failed to hit the target from the edge of the area as another opening went astray.

Luton's game plan was obvious - to chase down every loose ball. And when Edwards won a ball, which he had no right to win, Luton almost opened the scoring on 31 minutes.

The former Shrewsbury man found in the middle of the park and slid through a pass to Andrew, whose first time turn and shot flashed wide of the Yeovil goal.

This was a half that Luton had completely dominated and once again they came close when on 42 minutes Edwards linked up with Spring in the centre before he hit a first time shot from 20-yards the wrong side of Larrieu's right hand post.

But despite creating chance after chance, Luton couldn't find a way through, with Hatters' on-loan goalkeeper Alnwick a spectator for most of the opening 45 minutes.

AT FULL TIME: YEOVIL 0 V 0 LUTON

There was a slight change from Blackwell at half time as Bell was replaced by Talbot, with the ex-Sheffield Wednesday man playing out on the right side of midfield.

But it was on the left side where Luton almost had immediate success when on 51 minutes Currie's corner was met by Fojut's towering header that was cleared off the line by Rose.

Yeovil had hardly threatened the Luton goal and it wasn't until Owusu almost flicked on Anthony Barry's cross from the right on 53 minutes that the home side had come close to scoring.

However, that opportunity seemed to spark Yeovil into action and three minutes later Nathan Jones was given too much room on the left and his cross went over the head of Fojut, but Owusu failed to hit the target with a free header from eight yards.

It was soon becoming Yeovil's best spell of the game and Alnwick was called into action on 66 minutes when Gillett squeezed through a shot pass to Barry, who unleashed a first time shot that the on-loan Tottenham goalkeeper kept out with a full stretched dive to his left.

Chances soon became few and far between and only wayward efforts from Talbot and Andrew saw Luton come close.

But it was Alnwick who was becoming the busier of the two goalkeepers in the second half and he produced another breathtaking save on 77 minutes when he dived low to his left to keep out Lee Peltier's goal bound effort.

The Hatters were then gifted their best chance of the game, when Currie's free-kick into the area was headed down into the path of Edwards, but the he failed to find the target from ten yards.

Luton threw everyone forward in the closing stages, but a goal never materialised as the Hatters were forced to settle for just a single point.

AT FULL TIME: YEOVIL 0 V 0 LUTON

Yeovil: Larrieu, Jones, Guyett, Forbes, Barry, Owusu, Stewart, Rose, Warne, Gillett, Peltier

Subs not used: Lynch, Jones, Knights, Alcock, Domoraud

Bookings:

Luton: Alnwick, Goodall, Perry, Coyne, Bell (Talbot 46), Robinson, Edwards, Currie, Andrew, Spring, Fojut

Subs not used: Hutchison, Jackson, Brkovic, McVeigh

Bookings:

Referee: Mr Richard Beeby

Attendance: 4,848