Luton Town are back on the road for another six-pointer at the bottom of the Sky Bet Championship, this time against Stoke City (Tuesday, 7.45pm UK).
Matt Bloomfield’s Hatters are sat two points from safety after we shared the points with Leeds United on Saturday.
Mark Robins’ Potters are four points clear of the Hatters going into this fixture, with two wins from their last four pushing them two points above the drop.
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The opposition
Stoke have found their home comforts since appointing Robins as their manager on New Year’s Day, the Potters have lost just once on home soil in the Championship since Boxing Day.
They have struggled on the road this season until they put a run of four consecutive defeats to bed with a draw at Preston on Saturday.
With fixtures against us, relegation rivals Cardiff City and Derby County as well as promotion hopefuls Leeds United and Sheffield United, Stoke will need points if they want to stay above the relegation zone on the final day.
The Potters will need to rely on midfielder Lewis Baker (pictured), who scored at Preston after Robins recalled him in January from his loan at Blackburn Rovers.
Last time we met
Luton left it late to take all three points when we last faced Stoke back in December.
Elijah Adebayo found the top corner in stoppage time after Carlton Morris cancelled out Tom Cannon’s opener in the first half.
Last time out
The points were shared between the Hatters and promotion-chasing Leeds United at Kenilworth Road on Saturday.
Isaiah Jones opened the scoring at the back-post after 15 minutes before Dan James’ curler meant both clubs had to settle for a point.
Officials
The referee for our fixture against Stoke will be Dean Whitestone.
80 yellow cards and one red card has been handed out by Whitestone across his 25 games this season.
21 of Whitestone’s 25 games this season have been Championship fixtures.
Whitestone last officiated a Luton fixture when we were held to a draw with Plymouth Argyle at Kenilworth Road in February.
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Assistant Referees: James Wilson & Jonathan Hunt
Fourth Official: James Linington
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