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SWANS LUTON MATCH DETAILS

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SWANSEA City are back on home soil tonight as they host Luton Town in the Championsh­ip.

Here’s everything you need to know about the contest at the Swansea.com Stadium.

What time is Swansea City v Luton Town kick-off?

7.45pm tonight.

Is Swansea City v Luton Town on TV?

No, the match will not be shown live on television.

Due to EFL broadcasti­ng rules, SwansTV will not be streaming the game in the UK and Ireland, although fans in internatio­nal areas can watch for £10.

You can follow live updates from the match via our blog which will be available on WalesOnlin­e’s Swansea City page.

What’s the latest team news?

Swansea have no fresh injury concerns following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Hull City.

Midfielder Flynn Downes is available to feature after serving a one-match suspension following his red card at Queens Park Rangers.

The Hatters will assess striker Elijah Adebayo before the game in south Wales while Harry Cornick is also being carefully managed at present.

What are the latest betting odds?

Swansea City win - 7/5

Draw - 21/10

Luton Town win - 41/20

(Odds courtesy of Grosvenor Sport, correct at time of publishing)

Who is the referee?

Oliver Langford will take charge of proceeding­s in Swansea.

He will be assisted by Daniel Leach and Matthew Jones. Andy Woolmer is the fourth official.

Match facts

■ Swansea have lost just one of their last seven Football League encounters with Luton ( W5 D1), with that defeat coming at the Swansea.com Stadium in June 2020 (0-1).

■ Luton have won just two of their previous 15 Football League away trips to Swansea (D3 L10), although both of those victories have come within the last four meetings (L2).

■ Swansea won their first home league game of 2022 against Preston (1-0), while they have only won their first two home league games of a year once since doing so in 2011, that was against Charlton (1-0) and Wigan (2-1) in January 2020.

■ Luton are unbeaten in their previous five Championsh­ips away games on a Tuesday (W2 D3), keeping a clean sheet in four of those games, as many as in their previous 15 such games.

■ Luton manager Nathan Jones has lost five of his last six Championsh­ip games against Welsh sides (D1 L2 v Swansea, L3 v Cardiff ).

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Flynn Downes is back in the mix after suspension tonight

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