LIVE: LUTON TOWN v PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Posh well beaten at Luton in their first Championship match for eight years

Christy Pym of Peterborough United cant prevent Luton Town from scoring the opening goal of the game. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com.Christy Pym of Peterborough United cant prevent Luton Town from scoring the opening goal of the game. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com.
Christy Pym of Peterborough United cant prevent Luton Town from scoring the opening goal of the game. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com.
Peterborough United must play their first Championship fixture for eight years without three key players.

Details and the starting line-ups on the PT Blog below

LIVE BLOG: Luton vs Posh

Key Events

  • 3-0 Luton FT
  • Adebayo gives Luton the lead from a corner after half an hour
  • JCH and Marriott have just one pre-season appearance each but could start
  • First game back at Championship level for Posh since 2013
  • Luton score twice in three second half minutes
  • Taylor, Marriott and Dembele miss out completely

Posh come straight back and Szmodics chases the clearance all the way to the Luton box, where he is just eased off it by Naismith. No chance he was fouled.

Quiet start, the ball has hardly been in play actually but Luton find the first opening with a tricky run from Clark down the left, last ditch header out from Beevers.

Welcome to the Championship that was. This is not Posh’s best side of course but Luton look so much sharper and have hardly given Posh a look in. They have so many options when they pick up possession, meanwhile Posh have just JCH, who the ball has been bouncing off. A real grind for Posh that half but the disappointment will be that they only conceded from an innocuous ball in.

That looked a dangerous move, the dinked cross picks out Onyendinma, who is smaller than Pym, out jumps him but he is offside and the header goes over.

Corner is cleared out by Tomlinson but Szmodics fouled Cornick on the edge of the box. A push in the back.

Campbell cuts through Posh into the box, gets to the byline and cuts in back for Adebayo. His shot is deflected side by Grant.

Another good ball in from the left, this time from Butler, JCH is waiting on the spot but he doesn’t manage to connect, perhaps a lack of sharpness. It allows Sluga to come in and dive on top of.

Nice play from Posh. Tomlinson and Szmodics play a 1-2 on the edge of the box, it’s a lovely turn to get him away from Bree and he shoots to the near post and it’s beaten away by Sluga.

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