Preview: Burton Albion vs Luton Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Luton Town make the trip to the Pirelli Stadium to face Burton Albion looking for the win that will see them return to the top 10 of the League One table.

At a time when the Hatters are in 11th, Burton will be content with 16th spot when they boast a game in hand on all of the teams above them.

Match preview

Although Luton were in decent form when getting relegated from the Championship last season, the pressure remains on Matt Bloomfield to deliver at Kenilworth Road.

A total of nine points being accumulated from five games will be deemed as a respectable return for a club that has suffered back-to-back relegations.

Nevertheless, defeats to potential promotion rivals Bradford City and Cardiff City could prove costly come the end of the season, while there will be concerns over their goalscoring record.

Just five strikes have been netted in as many games, Luton having failed to score more than once in any of their last four games in all competitions.

Despite remaining just three points adrift of second place, this feels like an important game on the back of losing two of their most recent three outings.

As for Burton, enjoying a far more positive start to this season than in 2024-25 can only have filled supporters with optimism going forward.

Four points have been collected from as many matches, the win in question coming over Mansfield Town who have since won three of their next four games.

Defeats at Barnsley and Stockport County have subsequently followed, yet only going down by one-goal margins to two promotion contenders may lead to Gary Bowyer taking more positives than negatives.

Like with Luton, though, goals are proving to be an issue for the Brewers, who have netted just three times in their last four outings.

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Team News

Having made changes for the Lincoln EFL Cup tie, Bowyer could revert back to the Burton XI that should have earned something at Stockport.

Dylan Williams is an option to come back into the league team at left wing-back or central midfield, but Fabio Tavares failed to take his chance in attack earlier this week.

Jerry Yates may be restored to the Luton attack despite still waiting for his first league goal for the club.

Gideon Kodua is also pushing for an opportunity at right wing-back, with the places of Nigel Lonwijk and Nakhi Wells at risk.

Burton Albion possible starting lineup:

Amissah; Godwin-Malife, Sibbick, Armer; Lofthouse, Chauke, Webster, Revan; McKiernan; Beesley, Shade

Luton Town possible starting lineup:

Keeley; Makosso, McGuinness, Naismith; Lonwijk, Walsh, Saville, Alli; Clark; Yates, Nordas

We say: Burton Albion 0-2 Luton Town

Faced with another difficult fixture during the early weeks, Burton will know the level that they need to produce to get anything from this game. However, even though Luton have proven to be inconsistent, we are backing the Hatters to come through with three points and a clean sheet.

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