Luton consign managerless Hull to home defeat

Published on: 30 September 2022

Luton Town's victory at Hull City means they have won two games in a row for the first time this season

Luton Town inflicted a sixth Championship defeat of the season on Hull City, who sacked manager Shota Arveladze just hours before kick-off.

Andy Dawson was named interim head coach and took charge of the team but they conceded within six minutes through Alfie Jones' own goal.

Regan Slater hit the bar for the hosts as they pressed for an equaliser, but Henri Lansbury struck low from distance for Luton's second before the break.

Hull offered little in response in the second half, as Luton closed out the victory and moved up to fifth in the table.

    Arveladze sacked by Hull City hours before Luton gameRelive Luton's win against Hull as it happened

Arveladze had been appointed in January as replacement for Grant McCann and guided the Tigers to safety and a 19th-place finish in the Championship last season.

Prior to his sacking, Hull had been on a run of four successive defeats under the Georgian and were 20th in the table with just three wins from 10 games coming into Luton's visit to MKM Stadium.

Assistant head coach Peter van der Veen also left the club with immediate effect on Friday, leaving Dawson to take charge of the team a matter of hours later.

Dawson made three changes to the side that were defeated 3-0 by Swansea on 17 September, but they endured the worst possible start as Jones turned into his own net after Elijah Adebayo hit the bar.

Despite growing into the game after conceding, Hull went in at the break 2-0 down after Lansbury's sensational strike from well outside the box.

There was to be no comeback for Hull, however, as Luton defended well in a routine second-half performance to protect their lead.

Hull City interim head coach Andy Dawson told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I found out this morning. I spoke to Shota and he was honest and open. We send him and Peter van der Veen our regards, they're two fantastic people.

"We prepared through the international break. Us and the lads worked hard, they looked fit and strong and prepared to go into the game tonight and then that came about this morning. But that's football. Nothing really surprises you and you have to adapt quickly.

"The team was a bit of everything. It was conversations over the past few days and this morning. The lads thought a lot of the gaffer and Peter so it was about preparing them to get them in the right state of mind.

"I thought we were a bit loose on the first goal. After that, to a man, they were brave out of possession and on getting the ball. They kept going to the end. In the final third we could have had some more inventiveness but that's something we can work on."

Luton Town boss Nathan Jones told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"It was an excellent performance. It was a trickier game than it looked as they changed manager, which can have an uplift, but we had to concentrate on ourselves, which I thought we did fantastically.

"Once we got to grips with the press, we smothered them, and we should have been more than 2-0 up at half-time.

"The onus isn't on us at 2-0. We always believe we've got goals in us. Once we put the level of performance in in the first half, in the second half it was about trying to go out in the final third but if you can't you need to defend well, which I thought we did."

    Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text

Line-upsHull

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Baxter2Coyle5Jones4Greaves3Elder15Woods27Slater16Longman7Tufan20Pelkas19Estupiñán

    13Baxter2Coyle5Jones4Greaves3Elder15WoodsBooked at 35minsSubstituted forSeriat 71'minutes27Slater16LongmanSubstituted forSinikat 71'minutes7Tufan20PelkasSubstituted forChristieat 59'minutes19EstupiñánSubstituted forDochertyat 59'minutes

Substitutes

    1Ingram6Figueiredo8Docherty11Sinik17McLoughlin24Seri33Christie

Luton

Formation 3-4-1-2

34Horvath16Burke4Lockyer3Potts2Bree22Campbell12Lansbury29Bell18Clark11Adebayo9Morris

    34Horvath16BurkeSubstituted forOshoat 45'minutes4Lockyer3Potts2BreeBooked at 56mins22Campbell12LansburySubstituted forMpanzuat 76'minutes29Bell18ClarkSubstituted forOnyedinmaat 90+5'minutes11AdebayoBooked at 27minsSubstituted forCornickat 90'minutes9MorrisBooked at 67minsSubstituted forJeromeat 76'minutes

Substitutes

    7Cornick17Mpanzu21Isted23Onyedinma32Osho35Jerome45Doughty

Referee:James LiningtonAttendance:15,730Match StatsHome TeamHullAway TeamLutonPossessionHome70%Away30%ShotsHome11Away10Shots on TargetHome0Away5CornersHome7Away6FoulsHome11Away10Live Text Post update

Match ends, Hull City 0, Luton Town 2.

90'+6'Full Time

Second Half ends, Hull City 0, Luton Town 2.

90'+5'Substitution

Substitution, Luton Town. Fred Onyedinma replaces Jordan Clark.

90'Substitution

Substitution, Luton Town. Harry Cornick replaces Elijah Adebayo.

86'Post update

Jean Michaël Seri (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

86'Post update

Foul by Jordan Clark (Luton Town).

85'Post update

Greg Docherty (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

85'Post update

Foul by Allan Campbell (Luton Town).

85'Post update

Attempt blocked. Elijah Adebayo (Luton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Osho.

84'Post update

Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Nathan Baxter.

84'Post update

Attempt saved. Gabriel Osho (Luton Town) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Bree.

76'Substitution

Substitution, Luton Town. Cameron Jerome replaces Carlton Morris.

76'Substitution

Substitution, Luton Town. Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu replaces Henri Lansbury.

75'Post update

Attempt missed. Alfie Jones (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Regan Slater with a cross following a corner.

75'Post update

Attempt blocked. Dogukan Sinik (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

75'Post update

Corner, Hull City. Conceded by James Bree.

73'Post update

Attempt missed. Cyrus Christie (Hull City) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

72'Post update

Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Luton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

71'Substitution

Substitution, Hull City. Jean Michaël Seri replaces Ryan Woods.

71'Substitution

Substitution, Hull City. Dogukan Sinik replaces Ryan Longman.

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Source: bbc.com

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