TEAM NEWS
Luton Town manager Rob Edwards will provide a fitness update in his press conference on Friday afternoon.
Marvelous Nakamba remains a long-term absentee with a knee injury, while defender Mads Andersen is nearing a return from a calf problem.
Sheffield United are still without goalkeeper Ivo Grbic under concussion protocols but welcome Rhian Brewster back following his suspension.
Oli McBurnie may recover from a calf issue while Max Lowe remains a doubt.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Luton are unbeaten in their past four home league games against Sheffield United (W1, D3).
- The Hatters won 2-1 the last time they hosted the Blades in a top-flight fixture 32 years ago.
- Sheffield United could lose both league meetings against Luton in a season for the first time since 1976-77.
Luton Town
- Luton have lost just once in six league outings since their fixture at Bournemouth was abandoned following captain Tom Lockyer’s cardiac arrest (W3, D2). They’ve won five and drawn three of their nine most recent games in all competitions.
- They can equal a club record of scoring in 11 consecutive top-flight matches, set between 1957-58.
- The Hatters are looking to become the first promoted team since Sunderland in 1977 to score four goals in three consecutive top-flight games.
- Rob Edwards’ side have scored 15 Premier League goals from set pieces this season, a tally only bettered by Arsenal’s 18.
- Elijah Adebayo has scored five goals in his past five Premier League appearances, one more than he had managed in his first 18 games in the division.
- Adebayo is vying to become the first Luton player to score in three consecutive top-flight matches since Mick Harford in 1992.
- Ross Barkley is in line to make his 250th Premier League appearance – he has three goals and three assists in his last eight.
Sheffield United
- Sheffield United are yet to win after 11 Premier League away games (D2, L9) – their longest run from the beginning of a league campaign since a streak of 17 in 1993-94.
- The Blades have become just the sixth team to lose by five or more goals on four separate occasions in the Premier League.
- They have conceded 59 goals in 23 top-flight matches and can become the first club to let in at least 60 after 24 fixtures since Ipswich in 1963-64.
- Chris Wilder’s side have conceded a league-high 11 goals in the opening 20 minutes of games this season.
- Wilder has lost his previous three meetings against teams managed by Rob Edwards.
