Luton Town picked up a draw as they played out a 1-1 stalemate with Swansea City at Kenilworth Road.

A first half goal by Elijah Adebayo had put Luton ahead but it was cancelled out by Matt Grimes’ second half equaliser.

A point in a match played out amid ugly weather thanks to Storm Darragh saw the Hatters move up a place to 18th in the Championship table, with the team that were in the Premier League last season just two points above the second tier’s drop-zone.

Kick-off would be delayed at Kenilworth Road after a Luton supporter fell ill in the stands, with Luton Town later confirming that the fan was in a stable condition in hospital in an update.

That saw the game start 15 minutes later than intended, and would start in a busy manner. Swansea had an early chance when a Liam Cullen strike deflected off Žan Vipotnik and had to be clawed away by Thomas Kaminski, before Luton saw Adebayo saw a header just bounce wide.

Adebayo then broke the deadlock for the home side. A long ball had seemed to be under control by Ben Cabango, but the Swansea defender’s miscontrol was seized upon by Adebayo, who charged forward, drew out Lawrence Vigouroux, rounded the Swansea keeper and scored from a tight angle.

The visitors nearly equalised straight away when Josh Tymon had a shot kept out by Kaminski, while later in the half, Cullen and Tymon would both miss out an equaliser with opportunities for the Swans.

Luton nearly doubled their lead in the opening minutes of the second half. Daiki Hashioka fed Adebayo, who saw a snapshot well saved by Swansea keeper Vigouroux.

Most of the action was taking place at the other end, however, with Swansea’s Goncalo Franco seeing a firm strike repelled by Kaminski.

Just after the hour mark, Swansea equalised. A low corner by Tymon fell invitingly for Swans skipper Grimes on the edge of the box, who duly lashed a first time strike into the back of the net.

Kaminski was forced into a stop to keep out Swansea substitute Florian Bianchini, before fellow sub Jisung Eom missed the target with a header when well placed.

Ultimately, there would be no extra goals in the contest, as Swansea left Bedfordshire with a point and the Hatters now sit on a run of 3 games without victory.

Luton will seek to amend that on Tuesday, which will see them welcome Stoke City to Kenilworth Road.