Cardiff City – Luton Town

In the Welsh capital, the hosts will be closer to victory

In the Welsh capital on Tuesday, a game will be played between teams who reversed their usual roles last season. While year after year, Luton Town struggled to survive or stagnate at the bottom of the table, and Cardiff City battled to make the playoffs, last season's league campaign saw opposing outcomes for the teams. Luton Town finished sixth and battled decently with Huddersfield in the play-off semi-finals, while the Welsh club finished only eighteenth. The bookmakers have not identified a favourite for the upcoming match and consider the confrontation almost equal. Cardiff City, and at the start of the new season, have absolutely nothing to be proud of. The Welsh players in the last five official meetings scored only one goal, which brought them victory over Birmingham. The other encounters brought Morison's team a League Cup exit (from Portsmouth 0-3) and two points against Preston and West Bromwich (both 0-0). The Welsh may still struggle to get their squad right, having undergone a significant rotation in the off-season. More than a dozen players have joined the Cardiff City camp on a free transfer, and a couple have been bought for token sums. It is worth noting that the team is performing quite well at their home ground in the Welsh capital. In their three home league games, the Welsh have picked up seven points from a possible nine. The home field factor could be the key factor in the upcoming clash. Luton Town before the start of the current season relied on the squad that finished in sixth place last season. The team spent just over two million euros on transfers, having been involved in the dismantling of League One sinking side Barnsley. Otherwise, the team has undergone no changes but showed itself at the beginning of the season not on the best side. In the first four rounds, the team did not win a single game, also dropping out of the English League Cup. The only side to beat Luton Town so far has been Swansea, who have been losing badly in terms of their level of play. Despite Luton's transformation last season, only one of their previous five games against Cardiff City has ended in their favour. It has been the Welsh side who have won four times since the start of 2020. They will likely be closer to success on Tuesday.