Luton vs Aston Villa

2 March 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Tahith Chong 66’
Carlton Morris 72’

Ollie Watkins 24’, 38’
Lucas Digne 89’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 3-2 away at Luton, with a late winner. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Leon Bailey and Watkins made it 0-2 in the 38th minute, set up by Douglas Luiz. In the second half, Tahith Chong pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 66th minute, set up by Reece Burke, Carlton Morris equalised in the 72nd minute, set up by Alfie Doughty, and Lucas Digne won it with a header in the 89th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby.

Luton can feel hard done by, creating 2.93 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Aston Villa's 2.09 from 12.

Match stats

13 Shots 12

5 Shots on Target 8

8 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.43 xG 2.09

2.43 Non-penalty xG 2.09

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Luton Aston Villa

Kick-off

24’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Leon Bailey

0-1

38’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Douglas Luiz

0-2

Half-time0-2

Tahith Chong
Assist: Reece Burke

1-2

66’

Carlton Morris
Assist: Alfie Doughty

2-2

72’

89’

Lucas Digne
Assist: Moussa Diaby

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Luton

Reece Burke

Aston Villa

Leon Bailey
Douglas Luiz
Nicolo Zaniolo
Morgan Rogers

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Luton 2.93 xGAston Villa 2.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Luton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thomas Kaminski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Teden Mengi	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Reece Burke	DEF	90		1	2	1.35	0.79	1
Amari'i Bell	DEF	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Issa Kabore	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfie Doughty	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.44	3
Ross Barkley	MID	90			2	0.07	0.03	1
Jordan Clark	MID	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Tahith Chong	MID	90	1		2	0.87	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	MID	61			1	0.05	0.00	0
Carlton Morris	FWD	90	1		3	0.45	0.71	3
Chiedozie Ogbene	Sub	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daiki Hashioka	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	MID	87		1	1	0.11	0.82	4
Douglas Luiz	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.28	1
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.22	2
Jacob Ramsey	MID	28			2	0.65	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	2		5	0.69	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	FWD	87			0	0.00	0.03	1
Morgan Rogers	Sub	59			1	0.07	0.23	2
Lucas Digne	Sub	3	1		1	0.43	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	Sub	3		1	0	0.00	0.43	1
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Iroegbunam	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Luton win 21% Avg odds 4.50

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.41

Aston Villa win 57% Avg odds 1.70

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Luton W D L L L

Aston Villa L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 3-1 Luton, 29 Oct 23 All Luton vs Aston Villa meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.