Match Reports

Town held by Swans after Adebayo opener

A point apiece amid Storm Darragh at Kenilworth Road

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The points were shared at Kenilworth Road, as a goal by Elijah Adebayo, who pounced on a mistake by Swansea defender Ben Cabango in the first half, was levelled by a well worked corner routine by Swansea midfielder Matt Grimes.

Under the swirling rain and winds of Luton, Adebayo opened the scoring in the 17th minute, pouncing on an under hit back pass by Cabango and then taking it round the goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux and finishing from an acute angle to put the Town 1-0 up.

The visitors then instantly almost hit back with Thomas Kaminski pulling off a strong save to deny Josh Tymon from close range.

Kaminski was then once again called into action as Tymon found himself completely free at the back post and met Grimes’ cross into the box, but his header was weak and went straight into the arms of Luton’s number 24.

Shortly before half-time, from a set piece, Jordan Clark whipped in a dangerous ball which Adebayo couldn’t quite make the right connection with and just headed wide.

The Hatters remained firm in defence for the rest of the half to hold the visitors and go in 1-0 up at half-time.

After the restart the Town came close to making it 2-0 when Adebayo’s fine shot, after taking a pass from Daiki Hashioka, was turned around the post by Vigouroux.

Early into the second half, Goncalo Franco struck well from the edge of the box, destined to find the back of the net, but Kaminski once again pulled off a wonder save with his fingertips to push the ball wide.

Minutes later, Swansea equalised through Grimes who was unmarked at the edge of the box and met a cut back from a corner and smashed into the top left corner of the net.

At around the 70th minute mark Luton had a positive attack through Carlton Morris who squared it across the box, but no one was there to knock the ball in.

Around five minutes later, Kaminski once again came to the rescue as he saved a low driven shot by Florian Bianchini for Swansea.

In the closing stages, Swansea had another great chance to win it when substitute Jisung Eom got his header all wrong from close range as his met a left-wing cross by Bianchini.

The Hatters held on however, and fought out for the 1-1 draw against a battling Swansea side in the stormy conditions at Kenilworth Road.

Next up, we are again at home as we welcome Stoke City to Kenilworth Road in the Sky Bet Championship on Tuesday night. We’ll see you there.

Town: Kaminski, Hashioka, Bell (sub Andersen 81), McGuinness, Holmes, Moses, Clark, Krauss, Nakamba, Adebayo (sub Brown 70), Morris.

Subs not used: Woodrow, Chong, Mpanzu, Krul, Taylor, Nelson, Johnson.

Report by George Dunn.

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