Luton Town return to Premier League action on Tuesday night when we host Brighton & Hove Albion at Kenilworth Road.

Rob Edwards’ side reached the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday after a last-minute winner from Cauley Woodrow sealed the win at Everton.

Roberto De Zerbi’s Seagulls also advanced to the fifth round when João Pedro’s hat-trick contributed to their victory at Sheffield United.

The opposition

Brighton currently sit in seventh place in the Premier League after an impressive Europa League group stage campaign which saw the Seagulls top their group.

After scoring in a club record 32 consecutive league games between March and December last year, Brighton have now failed to score in three of their last five.

No player has created more chances in the Premier League this season than Brighton’s Pascal Groß.

Brighton have won just one of their last eight away league matches and have conceded 17 goals across these eight games.

Words from Rob

“Everything about Brighton is impressive. The way they move the ball forward and how they’ve progressed at this level, from Chris Hughton to Graham Potter through to De Zerbi.

“They are well-coached and have brilliant players, the club as a whole from the outside looks a brilliant place. It’ll be a very difficult game for us, but it will be good to see how far we’ve come from the first game.

“Now we’re more aggressive, we press higher and have more of the ball. We’ve retained our threat from set pieces and on the counter-attack, so we’re a completely different unit from that first game. Plus, any game at Kenilworth Road is different and unique.”

Last time we met

Our first ever Premier League fixture ended in defeat as Brighton took all three points at the Amex Stadium on the opening day back in August.

Carlton Morris scored our first ever top-flight goal since 1992 as Brighton ran away with it, netting four goals through Solly March, Pedro, Simon Adingra and Evan Ferguson.

Last time out

Luton pipped Everton to an Emirates FA Cup fifth round spot in the dying seconds at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon.

Reece Burke gave the Hatters the lead in the first half before Jack Harrison equalised after the break; Woodrow netted in the 96th minute to set up a fifth round tie with Manchester City next month.

Team news

Jordan Clark will be available for selection again after serving his suspension against Everton, while Gabe Osho will also be available.

Jacob Brown is recovering from a bruised knee which will rule the Scottish international out for this fixture.

Issa Kaboré is still in the Ivory Coast for Burkina Faso’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign, while Mads Andersen, Marvelous Nakamba and Tom Lockyer are also unavailable.

Officials

The referee for our fixture against Brighton will be Robert Jones.

77 yellow cards and four red cards has been handed out by Jones across his 17 games this season.

We last had a game ran by Jones when we fell to defeat at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in August 2023.

Referee: Robert Jones

Assistant Referees: Ian Hussin & Wade Smith

Fourth Official: Rebecca Welch

VAR: Peter Bankes

AVAR: Nick Greenhalgh

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Fan information

Please read our message to all supporters attending our game with Brighton.

We would like to remind supporters to arrive at the game as early as possible to ease congestion around the stadium, at the Ticket Office and the turnstiles.

There will be additional road closures around Kenilworth Road on home matchdays.