League One Β· ENG Β· Round 5

Luton Town
0 - 1 Full time
Cardiff City

Kenilworth Road Β· Luton, Bedfordshire

Lineups

Luton Town3-4-2-1
JK24Keeley
CM28Makosso
MM6McGuinness
KN3Naismith
NL17↓58'Lonwijk
LW8↓72'Walsh
GS23↓73'Saville
MA7Alli
JC18Clark
NW21↓58'Wells
LN20↓90'NordΓ₯s
NT13Trott
RK44Kpakio
WF2Fish
DL48↓70'Lawlor
JB3Bagan
DT14↓32'Turnbull
RW6Wintle
CA45Ashford
RC10Colwill
CW16βš½β†“90'Willock
CR47↓70'Robinson
Cardiff City4-2-3-1

Luton Town substitutes

30 Gideon Kodua 6.5 ↑58'
9 Jerry Yates 6.3 ↑58'
37 Zack Nelson 6.1 ↑72'
26 Shandon Baptiste 6.7 ↑73'
33 Cohen Bramall ↑90'
1 James Shea
29 Thomas Holmes

Coach: Matt Bloomfield

Cardiff City substitutes

27 Joel Colwill 6.7 ↑32'
12 Calum Chambers 6.0 ↑70'
22 Yousef Salech 6.0 ↑70'
39 Isaak Davies ↑90'
41 Matthew Turner
38 Perry Ng
24 Eli King

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy Β· Unavailable: Jak Alnwick (injury), Ollie Tanner (injury)

Match events

32'↑ Joel Colwill ↓ David Turnbull⇄
Second half
52'Josh Keeley
55'George Saville
58'↑ Jerry Yates ↓ Nahki Wells⇄
58'↑ Gideon Kodua ↓ Nigel Lonwijk⇄
68'Chris Willock 0 - 1⚽
70'↑ Calum Chambers ↓ Dylan Lawlor⇄
70'↑ Yousef Salech ↓ Callum Robinson⇄
72'↑ Zack Nelson ↓ Liam Walsh⇄
73'↑ Shandon Baptiste ↓ George Saville⇄
86'Calum Chambers
90'↑ Isaak Davies ↓ Chris Willock⇄
90+1'↑ Cohen Bramall ↓ Lasse NordΓ₯s⇄

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionLeague One
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 23 August 2025, 11:30 UTC β€” shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

6Luton Town wins0Draws5Cardiff City wins

11 past meetings on record. Biggest Luton Town win: Cardiff City 4–0 Luton Town (2020). Biggest Cardiff City win: Cardiff City 0–3 Luton Town (2019).

11 Mar 2025Cardiff City 1 - 2 Luton TownChampionship
6 Nov 2024Luton Town 1 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
31 Jan 2023Luton Town 1 - 0 Cardiff CityChampionship
30 Aug 2022Cardiff City 1 - 2 Luton TownChampionship
18 Apr 2022Cardiff City 0 - 1 Luton TownChampionship
27 Nov 2021Luton Town 1 - 2 Cardiff CityChampionship
16 Feb 2021Luton Town 0 - 2 Cardiff CityChampionship
28 Nov 2020Cardiff City 4 - 0 Luton TownChampionship
8 Feb 2020Luton Town 0 - 1 Cardiff CityChampionship
27 Aug 2019Cardiff City 0 - 3 Luton TownEFL Cup
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10 Aug 2019Cardiff City 2 - 1 Luton TownChampionship