Luton got back to winning ways when they ground out a hard-fought 1-0 win over bogey team Birmingham at St Andrew’s on Saturday afternoon. Here are our takeaways from the match.
Drameh looks a stress-free replacement at right-back
When James Bree departed for Southampton, there was a little bit of a concern that there would be a drop-off in quality in the right wing-back position, but we got a reminder that there was no need to be worried by on-loan Leeds defender Cody Drameh on Saturday.
The youngster was foot perfect throughout the match, showing wonderful athleticism up and down the right wing while not being afraid to get stuck in against a side that put a capital P into the word physical. He showed he has a cool and calm side too when he emerged with the ball after a full-on melee in the Town box in the second half, calmly dribbling the ball out of danger before drawing a defender in to foul him and take the pressure off the Town backline. There were already shades of a top-notch player in his early appearances in a Luton shirt and this was confirmation that the right side is of no concern while he is fit.
Doughty delivery bang on the money!
Alfie Doughty was a guest on the Luton Town Supporters’ Trust podcast prior to the match at St Andrew’s where he claimed that his role was all about providing assists rather than being a regular on the scoresheet. He added another of those to his growing collection in the second city and could have had another one as well.
Doughty gave the Blues’ defence a warning of what was to come when he put in a peach of a ball across for Elijah Adebayo in the first half, with the striker heading just over. The warning was thankfully one which wasn’t heeded though and still given time and space to send quality into the box, Doughty completely cut the Birmingham defence out when sending a ball onto the head of Carlton Morris who made no mistake with an expert header just after the break.
There is so much to like about the Doughty game, not least his wand of a left peg, one which might be better served for all free-kick and corner taking even if it means going away from in-swingers from both sides as the corners from the other side left plenty to be desired.
Pelly provides versatility and impresses again
Captain for the day Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu continued his wonderful recent spell of good form with another assured performance at St Andrew’s, one which saw him play the final 35 minutes of the match on the right side of the back three after an injury forced Reece Burke off. With no defender on the bench for the Hatters after Dan Potts went down in the warm-up, it was left to the stand-in skipper to drop into the heart of the Town defence for the first time since his debut at Staines almost 10 years ago.
While he was midfield, Mpanzu once again made Luton tick. He moved the ball onto the wing-backs whenever he was in a position to, but he broke up so much play in the first half as well which also allowed Luton to build into the game. Even after the switch to centre-back, he was still able to impact the game from an attacking point of view, getting forward to send a wonderful cross in for Carlton Morris to head narrowly wide. A lot of Luton players are improving and impressing under Rob Edwards but maybe none are doing it as much as Pelly is at present. He continues to impress.
Morris the match-winner before mauling ends his afternoon
Top scorer Carlton Morris found the net for the Hatters for the second away match in succession, with his goal this time enough to earn his side all three points. The goal was number 13 for the season for the former Barnsley marksman but there are fears Luton might have to wait a while for number 14 to come along as he faces a spell on the sideline after a horrendous tackle curtailed his afternoon 20 minutes from time.
Having already scored, and being unlucky not to net a second shortly after, Morris was having the kind of impact he has had all season, however, he was the victim of a ridiculously high lunge from Marc Roberts whose afternoon should have ended before Morris’ one. Amazingly the defender only got a yellow card for a vicious assault while the Luton attacker was left clasping his shoulder after landing heavy from the challenge. Everyone will have their fingers crossed that Morris makes a speedy recovery, and also that David Webb doesn’t take charge of another Luton game for a while if he is leaving players exposed and unprotected to that degree.
Osho outstanding in the Lockyer role
One of the worst things about the Tom Lockyer sending-off against Burnley last weekend, aside from its stupidity, was the fact that Town were going to be without arguably their most physical defender against one of the most physical sides in the division, a team who have had the Indian sign over the Hatters in recent times.
It left a back three of Amari’I Bell, Gabe Osho and Reece Burke to deal with the threat of Lukas Jutkiewicz, a relentless thorn in the Town side for the past couple of seasons.
There was no need to worry though because Osho offered up a commanding performance, one which rendered the Polish striker completely ineffective in the game, while once again impressing with the ball at his feet.
The added bonus came in the fact that the unlucky Osho didn’t give a penalty away for a third Saturday in succession making everything about his showing incredibly impressive, particularly when he was the only recognised centre-back on the pitch in a Luton shirt for the final 35 minutes of the contest. A clean sheet was the least his efforts deserved.
Magnificent Marvelous a feature of the defensive effort
If you think back to the struggles Luton had against Birmingham last season where they were overrun through the middle of the park and surrendered chances at will, it was completely the opposite this time and one of the reasons for that is the shield being provided by on-loan Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who undoubtedly would have enjoyed this win over the rivals of his parent club.
Nakamba snuffed out the threat of the highly-rated Hannibal Mejbri and protected his back three perfectly, forcing Birmingham to go into wider areas where the quality of Drameh and Doughty dealt with the situation.
When he had the ball, the Zimbabwean showed the calm head he was brought in to be and carefully moved the ball on to start attacks. Birmingham failed to land a single shot on target in the game and Nakamba was a key reason why.
Win sets up a huge match nicely
The win kept Luton in the top six heading into what now looks like a huge clash with Millwall on Tuesday evening. Under the Kenilworth Road floodlights, Luton have the chance to move back into the top four with a victory, and reopen that gap between themselves and the chasing pack with another home match to follow on Saturday.
The Hatters will head into the Lions clash in good spirits after a comfortable win against Birmingham, one which would have readied them for the physical threat that the Londoners provide. It promises to be one of those special Tuesday evenings at the Kenny and we can’t wait!
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