Burnley opposition view ‘one of the toughest games we have this season’
Tahith Chong being challenged by multiple Burnley players inside the six-yard box
Luton Town are set to kick off the highly anticipated 24/25 Championship season under the lights of Kenilworth Road this Monday night, facing none other than Burnley. This matchup carries a special significance for both clubs, as the last time we met in the Championship, we both earned promotion—Burnley securing the title as league champions.
To get a deeper understanding of what we can expect from Burnley, I had the pleasure of speaking with Joe Redmond from TurfCast, who graciously shared his insights on the upcoming clash. Here’s what he had to say.
Q: What are your expectations for this game and what is your score prediction?
A: Now, I'll be honest, I have recently spoken to some Luton fans who have made me aware of your current injury crisis. Before that, I was predicting a 1-1 and with it being the first game of the season and I think Luton is probably going to be one of the toughest away games, one of the toughest games we have this season. I still would probably take a 1-1, but I'm not going to predict a 1-1 because I've left these conversations feeling a little bit more confident that Burnley can get something out of this because your issues are at the back, and I think we can hurt you with our firepower but you've got some good forwards as well. So I think both teams will score, but I think we'll just come out on top, 2-1 Burnley, 3-1, something like that but like I said, that's just because of your injuries. Although I did see something earlier today, that injury list has got a little bit better for you guys now so we'll see what happens over the next coming days regarding that one. But thanks to your injuries, I've started feeling a little bit more confident about the game.
Q: Who are the players we should be worried about facing?
A: For me, Luca Koleosho, he fantastic. He's absolutely rapid, his end product could be better but we've only had him for a year and I genuinely believe he was good enough to play in the Premier League last year but he picked up quite a bad injury quite early on last year and I think people are sleeping on him a little bit, a lot of people don't realise how good he is and because of that we managed to keep hold of him obviously and I think potentially January if we're nowhere near the top which I think we will be to be fair then we might end up having to sell him.
Lyle Foster as well obviously scored down at Kenilworth Road last year and played very well in that game. Again another one I think people are sleeping on a little bit because he had some mental health issues last year so didn't really play too many games. I genuinely believe this guy is a very good bet for the championship top goalscorer for the season. I think last time I checked it was something ridiculous like 20/1 and that's why I think it's a good bet. I'm not necessarily saying 100% will happen,, but at the sort of prices with a team that should be up there, whether you think we are or not as it is a different debate. We should be in my opinion and he should be getting a lot of our goals.
Q: Are there any Luton players that cause your concern?
A: No, none whatsoever, joking obviously. Morris for me, obviously he's a decent centre forward and I genuinely believe he can cause problems, always tends to you know upset defenders and things like that so yeah, I am a little bit worried about him as well. It's gonna be a tough game for us like I said I think both teams will score you're quite good at going forward, we're quite good at going forward as well, so I think it will be interesting I think both teams score like I said, and I think Burnley had just come out on top thanks to your injury concerns it probably would have been a lot lot closer if you didn’t have them.