Luton Town’s difficult start to the season continued as they were beaten 5-1 away at Middlesbrough.

Delano Burgzorg and Emmanuel Latte Lath gave the hosts a two goal lead at the half-time whistle, which they duly extended to 4-0 when Finn Azaz and Burgzorg scored a quickfire double after the break.

Jordan Clark grabbed a consolation for Luton, but a fifth for the hosts by Azaz wrapped up a fine win for the home side late on.

Defeat is Luton’s 8th in 15 games so far this season, equalling the number of league defeats managed in the entire promotion-winning season two years ago, and going into the upcoming international break in the Championship, Rob Edwards’ side are sitting outside the relegation zone only on goal difference.

Having beaten Cardiff in midweek, Luton had been looking for back-to-back wins and only a second away victory so far this season in the league.

An even first half hour would see both sides come close to breaking the deadlock, with Luke Ayling firing a strike off target before Liam Walsh saw his own strike just skim wide of the mark.

With half an hour gone, it was Middlesbrough who broke the deadlock. Azaz’s low corner was worked on by Ben Doak to Burgzorg, who hit a first time drive into the Luton net.

A few minutes before half-time, Middlesbrough extended their lead. Azaz’s through pass played in Latte Lath, who turned away from Mark McGuinness then thumped past Thomas Kaminski.

Luton’s day got worse just after the break when they conceded again, as Doak played in Azaz, who curled a strike into the back of the net.

Cauley Woodrow nearly cut the deficit with a shot kept out by Seny Dieng in the Middlesbrough goal, and moments after that, things got even worse for Luton would Middlesbrough made it four.

Burgzorg would score that one, with the Dutchman rolling in a tap-in after Latte Lath had won possession high-up and squared it.

Luton would score a consolation with just under a quarter of an hour of the game remaining, when Tom Krauß played in Clark, who fired a low strike from the edge of the box into the back of the net.

Middlesbrough would however extend their lead back to a four goal margin when they made it 5-1. Azaz would score his second goal of the day, who hit a fine curling effort into the back of the net to cap off a miserable day on Teesside for the Hatters.

Luton will seek to try and go back to winning ways after the week off for internationals, when they welcome fellow early strugglers Hull City to Kenilworth Road on November 23rd.