Luton vs Sunderland LIVE: Championship rivals compete for place at Wembley

talksport.com, 15 May 2023, 21:38

Sunderland will take a one-goal advantage into their Championship play-off semi-final second leg against Luton on Tuesday night.

The Black Cats came from behind to win the first leg 2-1 at the Stadium of Light, with the comeback getting underway thanks to a screamer from Manchester United loanee Amad Diallo.

Tony Mowbray's side are now 90 minutes away from a place at Wembley to take a shot at achieving back-to-back promotions and returning to the Premier League for the first time since 2017.

However, the Hatters will be out to end Sunderland's dream and continue their own by using the Kenilworth Road crowd to their advantage.

If Luton come out on top, they will move one game away from reaching the top-flight for the first time in the Premier League era.

Luton vs Sunderland: talkSPORT coverage

This Championship play-off semi-final second leg will take place on Tuesday, May 16.

Kick-off at Kenilworth Road is scheduled for 8pm.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the game presented by Adrian Durham.

Commentary will then come from Jim Proudfoot and former Republic of Ireland midfielder Matt Holland.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Luton vs Sunderland: Team news

Luton will be monitoring the fitness of wing-back Alfie Doughty ahead of the second leg after he was substituted with a knock at the weekend.

If he is passed fit to play then Rob Edwards will likely field the same side as the one that were beaten at the Stadium of Light.

As for Sunderland, they had two injuries occur late on in the game on Saturday afternoon.

Both Alex Pritchard and Patrick Roberts were forced to come off with injuries with the latter expected to miss the second leg.

The Black Cats are also likely to start with the makeshift centre-back partnership of Trai Hume and Luke O'Nien once again.

Danny Batth, Daniel Ballard and Aji Alese are all set to remain on the sidelines.

Luton vs Sunderland: What has been said?

Luton boss Edwards has called for the Hatters' fans to make a difference on Tuesday night and help his side reach Wembley.

He said: "We can do noise at Kenilworth Road and we're going to need it, we need to bring that. Their fans were well up for it and I know our fans will be up for it on Tuesday.

"It's half-time, I've got to stress that, we're right in the game, everyone knows that. It's 2-1 with 90 minutes at least of football to go.

"So we need everyone behind us for the whole duration of the game and the lads will give everything."

Luton vs Sunderland: Match facts

Jack Clarke has been involved in eight goals in his last eight appearances for Sunderland (2 goals, 6 assists). He's assisted a goal in each of his last three games, including setting up Trai Hume's winner against Luton in the first leg.

Sunderland have won their last three away games, last having a longer winning run on the road in all competitions in October/November 2018 (6).

Luton's first leg defeat ended their 14-game unbeaten run (W8 D6). The Hatters haven't lost consecutive matches in all competitions since a run of three in August 2022.

Sunderland have won just one of their seven away games in the Football League play-offs (D2 L4), beating Newcastle United 2-0 in 1989-90.

Only Portsmouth (8) have played more games in the Football League play-offs without winning a single game than Luton Town (7 - D3 L4). All three of their home games have been drawn.

Sunderland's last away win at Luton was on the final day of the 2006-07 Championship season (D2 L1 since), with the Black Cats winning 5-0 at the already relegated Hatters to win the second-tier title.

Sunderland have lost just one of their last 14 meetings with Luton in all competitions (W8 D5), a 3-0 loss in the League Cup in August 2007.

Luton have opened the scoring in all three of their meetings with Sunderland this season but have failed to win a single one (D2 L1).

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