English Football League Cup

Chelsea

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Chelsea won.
Chelsea beat Luton Town
Luton Town 0 – 2 Chelsea
FT · Thu, Aug 27

Match Details

Stamford Bridge (London) · 32,210 fans · Paramount+ View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Chelsea 2, Luton Town 0.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Chelsea 2, Luton Town 0.
  • 90'+4'Attempt missed. George Johnston (Luton Town) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Walsh with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+3'Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Josh Acheampong.
  • 90'+2'Jamie Gittens (Chelsea) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Valentín Barco following a fast break.
  • 90'+1'Attempt saved. João Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Josh Keeley (Luton Town).
  • 90'+1'Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Josh Keeley (Luton Town). Assisted by Pep Chavarría.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 89'Offside, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong is caught offside.
  • 80'Substitution, Chelsea. Jamie Gittens replaces Estêvão.
  • 79'Own Goal by Hakeem Odoffin, Luton Town. Chelsea 2, Luton Town 0.
  • 79'Attempt missed. Estêvão (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Palmer.

Line Score

12T
LTN 00 0
CHE 02 2

Match Leaders

Luton Town
Chelsea

Key Events

80'Substitution, Chelsea. Jamie Gittens replaces Estêvão.
79'Own Goal by Hakeem Odoffin, Luton Town. Chelsea 2, Luton Town 0.
78'Substitution, Luton Town. Devante Cole replaces Kasey Palmer.
78'Substitution, Luton Town. Nahki Wells replaces Callum Marshall.
73'Substitution, Chelsea. João Pedro replaces Danny Welbeck.
68'Substitution, Chelsea. Roméo Lavia replaces Morgan Rogers.
67'Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro Neto replaces Reece James.
67'Substitution, Chelsea. Jorrel Hato replaces Malo Gusto.
61'Substitution, Luton Town. Isaiah Jones replaces Benedict Benagr.
61'Substitution, Luton Town. Harry Fox replaces Emilio Lawrence.
56'Joe Johnson (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50'Goal! Chelsea 1, Luton Town 0. Danny Welbeck (Chelsea) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malo Gusto with a cross.
45'Substitution, Luton Town. Jake Richards replaces Gideon Kodua.

Team Stats

Luton TownChelsea
General
34.3 Possession % 65.7
7 Shots 26
1 On Target 7
0 Offsides 2
3 Corners 9
6 Fouls 11
Passing & Defense
295 Passes Completed 641
5 Crosses Won 6
12 Tackles Won 11
12 Interceptions 5
29 Clearances 15
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
6 Saves 1

Recent Form

Chelsea L W D W W
Luton Town W W W W D

Starting Lineups

Chelsea4-2-3-1
39 Penders
27 Gusto A 34 Acheampong 5 Lacroix 29 Chavarría
24 James 4 Barco
41 Estêvão 10 Palmer 17 Rogers
18 Welbeck 50'
9 Marshall
11 Lawrence 45 Palmer 8 Walsh 30 Kodua
31 Benagr 12 Johnson 6 Johnston 2 Odofin 79' OG 33 Ashby
24 Keeley
Luton Town5-4-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Chelsea

  1. MP #39 Mike PendersG
  2. ML #5 Maxence LacroixCD-L
  3. JA #34 Josh AcheampongCD-R
  4. PC #29 Pep ChavarríaLB
  5. MG #27 Malo GustoRB
  6. CP #10 Cole PalmerAM
  7. VB #4 Valentín BarcoLM
  8. RJ #24 Reece JamesRM
  9. DW #18 Danny WelbeckF50'
  10. MR #17 Morgan RogersAM-L
  11. E #41 EstêvãoAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Luton Town

  1. JK #24 Joshua KeeleyG
  2. #6 George JohnstonCD
  3. JJ #12 Joseph JohnsonCD-L
  4. HO #2 Hakeem OdofinCD-R79' OG
  5. BB #31 Benedict BenagrLB
  6. HA #33 Harrison AshbyRB
  7. KP #45 Kasey PalmerCM-L
  8. LW #8 Liam WalshCM-R
  9. EL #11 Emilio LawrenceLM
  10. GK #30 Gideon KoduaRM
  11. CM #9 Callum MarshallF
Substitutes · 5 used

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