Luton Town and Fulham will trade tackles in the Premier League on match day 38. This is a decent fixture especially with it coming up at the Kenilworth Road – a stadium where the Hatters have been a bit strong this season. Fulham, who have been largely inconsistent, will hope to close out the season with a fine result here.
Luton Town’s season has not been disappointing judging by their standards. However, after a slow start, where they failed to pick a point in any of their first four Premier League games, they have picked themselves up and got a couple of wins under their belt, giving them a chance to fight for survival until the end of the season. Manager Rob Edwards has been trying his best to get his side going as they look to do the impossible at the end of the season.
Notable results for the Hatters include the win over Everton at Goodison Park to clinch their first win of the Premier League campaign before the win over Crystal Palace at home in their first win at home. Around that same time, they also drew with Liverpool at home before going ahead to beat Sheffield United and Newcastle United significantly to improve their fortunes on the Premier League log. At the turn of the year, the Hatters thrashed Brighton 4-0 before embarking on a run of winless results.
However, they keep scoring in a lot of games and failing to close out matches. Their run of 11 games without a win in all competitions came to an end when they came from behind to beat Bournemouth at home on Match Day 32. Luton Town’s cause has been helped by the point deductions received by Nottingham Forest and Everton. So, they still have a slight chance of making it out of the drop zone if they can secure some notable wins before this final game of the season.
On the other hand, Fulham’s season started on the best of notes with a 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park. A comprehensive 3-0 win over Fulham and a draw against Arsenal followed at the Emirates before a 5-1 bashing at the hands of champions Man City at the Etihad. The Cottagers returned to winning ways with an important 1-0 win over Luton Town before failing to win their next two Premier League games against Palace and Chelsea. After that, they only won one of their next five games to drop further down the table.
To round things up in 2023, Fulham lost two of their final three Premier League games with the only win coming against Arsenal at the Craven Cottage. Meanwhile, they had a good run in the Carabao Cup and got to the semi-finals of the tournament before they were thrown out of the competition by Liverpool. In their first PL game of 2024, they lost 1-0 to Chelsea and there will be the desire to build on some of the decent performances in recent weeks. The Cottagers have four wins in their past nine Premier League games and will be looking to finish the season on a high.
Fulham have done some giant-killing work in the Premier League all season. They defeated Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford through goals from Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi before thumping Tottenham 3-0 in March in the London derby. Marco Silva will be hoping Rodrigo Muniz and the rest of his squad can conjure something up in this trip to Luton.
Match tickets
The epic match at Kenilworth Road in Luton kicks off on Sunday, 19th of May 2024 at 15:00 UK Time.
The magnificent 11,500-capacity stadium is the place to be for this clash between the Hatters and the Cottagers.
Getting Luton Town vs Fulham tickets could take a lot of work given the standard of this game. Hence, you are advised to search ticket reselling sites should they be expectedly sold out on each club’s channels.
Team news
Line-ups
Luton Town have their injury issues that they are battling with the likes of Marvellous Nakamba out until the end of the season, Skipper Thomas Lockyer who had heart-related issues late last year is not expected back yet, Jacob Brown, Dan Potts, and Amari’i Bell are also not expected to feature in this game.
Striker Elijah Adebayo, Chiedozie Ogbene, Mads Andersen, Issa Kabore and Albert-Mboyo Sambi Lokonga should all recover from their respective injuries to be available for selection before this match.
Luton Town XI: Kaminski; Kaboré, Mengi, Hashioka; Onyedinma, Mpanzu, Barkley, Doughty; Clark, Townsend, Morris.
Coach Marco Silva does have a full complement of his squad with no major injuries ahead of this clash. He will also be pleased with the form of striker Rodrigo Muniz and midfielder Alex Iwobi. The likes of Palhinha and Pereira should also play a part in this encounter.
Fulham XI: Leno; Castagne, Adarabioyo, Bassey, Robinson; João Palhinha, Cairney, Andreas Pereira, Iwobi, Willian, Rodrigo Muniz
Prediction
Luton Town have returned to the Premier League for the first time in a long while and the return has not been really sweet as they currently hover around the drop zone. They might still be in the race for survival in the Premier League when this game eventually goes ahead.
Fulham have done well to finish mid-table for another season. However, the club might be looking towards one of the European places next season. So, finishing this campaign on a strong note would be the desire.
Luton Town 2-2 Fulham