It’s a festive double-header on the road for Luton Town, which starts at Ashton Gate against Bristol City on Boxing Day (3pm UK).
Rob Edwards’ Hatters have struggled away from Kenilworth Road as of late but will look to build on Friday night’s late comeback against Derby County.
Liam Manning’s Robins have been on a poor run of form as of late and sit in 12th place, despite winning just one of their last seven.
Last time out
Luton produced an incredible late turnaround under the lights on Friday night as we came back from behind in stoppage time to claim all three points against Derby County.
Kayden Jackson gave the visitors a second half lead before a Tom Holmes equaliser, assisted by Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu's volley, was backed up by Carlton Morris winner in stoppage time.
The opposition
Bristol City have been midtable for most of the season and have struggled to find consistency in their results, with this current run of one win in seven their worst of the season so far.
Their 2-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion last time out was a disappointing result, which Manning stated that the Robins were beaten by the better team on the day.
A lot of Bristol City’s good results have correlated with goals from their top scorer, former Wycombe Wanderers forward Anis Mehmeti.
The Albanian (pictured) has six goals this term, five of which came in victories for the Robins.
How to follow live
There are multiple ways to watch, listen or follow all the action from Ashton Gate.
If you cannot join us in Bristol and are following from overseas, you can watch the game live on LTFC+ by purchasing a match pass.
Not at Ashton Gate and not based overseas? You can still listen to the match live with Simon Pitts or follow game updates on our dedicated Match Centre.
Last time we met
Luton took all three points the last time we faced Bristol City in March 2023 on our march to the Championship play-offs.
2022/23 top scorer Morris scored within the first five minutes as we held on for the victory under the Kenilworth Road lights.
Officials
The referee for our fixture against Bristol City will be Peter Bankes.
59 yellow cards and two red cards have been handed out by Bankes across his 13 games this season.
Bankes last took charge of a Luton fixture when we hosted Burnley in the Premier League back in October 2023.
This season, 10 of Bankes’ 13 games have been Premier League fixtures.
Referee: Peter Bankes
Assistant Referees: Edward Smart & Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: Robert Massey-Ellis
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