Championship | Gameweek 24

Dec 29, 2024 at 3pm UK

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Swansea vs Luton

Match preview

Swansea bounced back from back-to-back defeats to Sunderland and Hull City to beat Queens Park Rangers on Boxing Day, with Liam Cullen scoring a brace in a three-goal win in Wales.

The win takes Luke Williams' side to 30 points from 23 games and leaves them 10th in the table, seven points off the play-off places in England's second tier.

Swansea have been underwhelming on home soil this season, winning four, drawing four and losing three of their 11 games to collect 16 points, but they welcome a Luton side with the third-worst away record.

Indeed, the Hatters have won just one of their 11 Championship games away from home this term, losing nine of them, a record that will inspire confidence in the hosts.

In fact, Swansea are winless in their last five meetings with Luton, suffering three defeats in the process, but the two sides played out a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture at Kenilworth Road earlier this month.

Luton were relegated from the Premier League last season after finishing 18th, and there is no getting away from the fact that it has been a tough campaign for the Hatters so far.

Rob Edwards' side have won seven, drawn four and lost 12 of their 23 games in all competitions to sit 18th in the table on 25 points, just six points above the relegation zone.

Luton, meanwhile, are 12 points adrift of the play-off places, meaning they will have to work hard to secure an immediate return to the Premier League for the 2025-26 season.

The Hatters come into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat at Bristol City and are on a run of eight successive away defeats in the Championship, an indication of their problems away from home.

Recent Performance

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Luton Town Championship form:LDWLWL

Team News

Swansea did not have any fresh fitness concerns in their last meeting with QPR, so head coach Williams is likely to name the same squad for this fixture.

Kristian Pedersen, Joe Allen and Ollie Cooper are currently the three first-team players on the sidelines, but all of the changes made against QPR were tactical substitutions.

Cullen has been in fine form this season, scoring eight times in the Championship, and the 25-year-old will once again start in a forward position for the Welsh side.

Luton are without Amari'i Bell, Shandon Baptiste, Teden Mengi, Reece Burke, Tom Lockyer, Alfie Doughty and Reuell Walters through injury, while Liam Walsh remains suspended.

Carlton Morris and Elijah Adebayo have netted 11 times between them in the 2024-25 season, and the pair will be back in the final third for the visitors this weekend.

Jordan Clark, meanwhile, has three goals and two assists from midfield and will also start for the Hatters.

Possible starting lineup

Swansea City possible starting lineup:

Vigouroux; Key, Cabango, Darling, Tymon; Franco, Grimes; Ronald, Cullen, Ji-Sung; Bianchini

Luton Town possible starting lineup:

Kaminski; Holmes, McGuinness, Johnson; Moses, Mpanzu, Clark, Nelson, Chong; Abdeayo, Morris