Luton Town welcome Sheffield Wednesday to Kenilworth Road in the Sky Bet Championship for our first 3pm kick-off in LU4 this season.
The Hatters will look to continue our form of last weekend, where we took all three points at Millwall after the return from the international break.
Danny Röhl’s Wednesday side are looking to turn their fortunes having failed to win in their last four league games.
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The opposition
The Owls have picked up four points from their first five Championship this season, the opening day win against Plymouth Argyle being the highlight.
Wednesday almost made the perfect return from the international break, going ahead before they conceded extremely late on against QPR.
They have kept one clean sheet so far this season, against Plymouth, but have followed up by conceding ten goals in their other four games, scoring five in the process.
Words from Rob
“Danny (Röhl) has done a very good job and made a big impact since joining the club. They play with real intensity, they run hard. They play forward quickly, press really well and are very well coached.
“It will be an intense game, a very challenging game against a team that will make it very difficult, no doubt about that.
“Looking forward to the challenge. We need to make sure we match that intensity and then try to be brave ourselves to attack the game at the right moments.”
Last time out
Last Saturday, we made the trip to London to face Millwall at The Den and secured our first win of the season.
It took Teden Mengi ten minutes to open the scoring with a tidy, curling strike from outside the box into the bottom right corner.
Late on in the game, the Lions desperately attempted to claw themselves back into it and salvage a draw, but Thomas Kaminski pulled off two match-defining saves to deny Macaulay Langstaff and Shaun Hutchinson.
Team news
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The 23-year-old has been recovering from an ankle injury since arriving from Mainz in August.
Shandon Baptiste has tweaked his hamstring and will remain out of action this weekend, while Reuell Walters has recovered from illness.
Jacob Brown is closer to featuring as he continues to train following a knee injury picked up last season.
Last time we met
It is Wednesday’s first visit to Kenilworth Road since February 2021, in an unforgettable day which involved coming from behind to win it late on.
By half-time, the Hatters were two goals down, with Josh Windass scoring a brace for the visitors.
However, two goals in ten minutes, by ex-Hatters Kal Naismith and Ryan Tunnicliffe, followed by an 86th minute winner by Elijah Adebayo, secured us an unlikely three points.
Officials
The referee for our fixture against Sheffield Wednesday will be Gavin Ward.
15 yellow cards and two red cards have been handed out by Ward across his four games this season.
Last Tuesday, Ward refereed the Carabao Cup fixture between Manchester United and Barnsley, where he handed out three yellow cards.
We last had a game officiated by Ward when we beat QPR 3-0 at Loftus Road in December 2022.
Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: Lee Venamore & Robert Hyde
Fourth Official: Scott Jackson
Fan information
The family fun day on the Kenilworth apron will begin at 13:30. Included activities will be:
DJ
Magician
Face painters
Ice cream van
Mascots
Two of our players will also be in the Hatters Hideout underneath the Kenilworth stand from 14:05 to 14:30.
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Ticket information
The Ticket Office can advise that Saturday's fixture with Sheffield Wednesday is approaching a sell out with only single seats left.
We would like to remind any season card holder that cannot attend that they can take advantage of the ‘Buy Back‘ process. We will cancel your seat, enabling other supporters to attend.
In return we will arrange for a £15 (£7.50 for Youths) a voucher to be left for collection at the next home game. These vouchers can be used in either club shop or at catering units throughout the ground. We will accept buy back request via email until 10:30 am on Saturday.
Any remaining seats will be available to supporters with a previous purchasing history online and available by phone until 3pm Friday and from 10:30am Saturday morning.
Supporters with digital tickets are reminded to try to download their tickets before arriving at Kenilworth Road.
Love Football. Protect The Game.
Luton Town Football Club has committed in its customer charter to providing safe matchday experiences for all supporters regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation, and this applies equally to home and away fixtures.
In the event that any Luton supporters do make discriminatory chants, the Club will work with the police and football authorities to help identify such individuals. Any such fans would then face the strictest club sanctions, including football banning orders that would prevent them attending any matches, in addition to any criminal charges.
The Club can also be held responsible for the behaviour of its supporters, which could lead to substantial fines being imposed.
As a diverse and inclusive football club, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our fellow EFL clubs in supporting the FA’s ‘Love Football. Protect the Game’ campaign and call on all fans to enjoy the game in a positive spirit.
If you are offended by any discriminatory abuse of any kind at any of our games, you can report it by clicking here, or by contacting your nearest steward immediately. Alternatively, email myvoice@lutontown.co.uk or report the incident via Kick it Out's free, confidential reporting app on the App Store and Google Play.
