Luton Town fighting for Premier League lives

Getting promoted from the Championship to the Premier League is notoriously one of the hardest tasks in English football. 
 
Luton Town managed to achieve that goal in the summer of 2023, defying the odds to beat Coventry City in the playoff final. 
 
However, the Hatters were expected to really struggle with the rigours of the Premier League, due to their limited financial resources. 
 
Yet, with over half of the season played, Luton Town sit above the relegation zone and in control of their own destiny this season. 

Rising from the Ashes 

For all of the plaudits Rob Edwards has received for Luton Town and their performances in the Premier League, it is easy to forget the plight the club had experienced over the past decade. 
 
Luton spent 5 years in the Conference Premier between 2009 and 2014, depths that the club had never been to before. 
 
Promotions to and from League Two and League One followed, before three years in the Championship culminated in the Premier League promotion at Wembley last May. 
 
Yet, for all their strength in the face of adversity, Luton were expected to struggle hugely in the Premier League with all soccer betting sites but they appear to revel in proving people wrong. 
 
Lockyer loss 

It has been a campaign of undoubted success for Luton, with wins over the likes of Brighton and Newcastle United being particular highlights for the club. 
 
However, the loss of captain and defender Tom Lockyer due to an ongoing cardiac problem has cast a cloud of sadness over the season. 
 
Positive images came out of the club in recent weeks, with Lockyer’s health seemingly on the mend but whether he will be able to play professional football again is a question that remains unanswered. 
 
Can Luton Town stay up? 

The only worry for Luton Town and their fans currently will be the knowledge of how unforgiving the Premier League can be. 
 
Sitting outside of the drop zone in January is all well and good, but plenty of sides have still fashioned a way to drop back into the Championship after positive starts. 
 
Luton are currently A$3.25 with MidasBet to stay up this season, much shorter odds than they were at the start of the campaign and with Kenilworth Road rocking, who knows how far the Hatters can go in the Premier League this year.