Luton Town were beaten in the seventh straight away game as they were beaten 2-0 by Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

First half goals by Amario Cozier-Duberry and Owen Beck sealed a sixth straight Championship win for the Lancashire hosts, with Luton’s hopes of a comeback sunk by a second half red card for substitute Liam Walsh.

Defeat continues the Hatters’ case of travel sickness, with Rob Edwards’ side having collected just 4 points from their 10 away games in the second tier so far this campaign. They sit 19th in the Championship table, 5 points ahead of the relegation zone after 21 games.

Having come from behind to beat Stoke City in midweek, the Hatters had been hoping to push on and achieve back-to-back victories against one of the division’s form sides.

A quiet opening half hour saw little joy for either side, but it would be Blackburn that broke the deadlock shortly after the half-hour mark. A run by Makhtar Gueye wasn’t interrupted by a Luton defender, and the Senegalese striker picked out 19-year-old winger Cozier-Duberry, who create space for himself before his low shot beat former Blackburn keeper Thomas Kaminski.

Luton had come close to an equaliser with Aynsley Pears denied Elijah Adebayo and a Tahith Chong rebound, but the visitors would concede again eight minutes later.

Gueye was unable to connect with Joe Rankin-Costello’s cross, but the loose ball fell kindly for Beck, and the Liverpool loanee duly fired a first-time strike into the back of the net.

Things nearly got worse before the break for the visitors, with Kaminski denying Ramkin-Costello and Harry Pickering flicking the ball inches wide.

Luton would have chances in the second half. Captain Carlton Morris would see one header cleared off the line by Danny Batth and another shot just trickle wide of the mark.

But the Hatters’ comeback hopes were pretty much ended when substitute Walsh’s rash tackle on Yuki Ohashi gave him a straight red card and with it a dismissal.

The red was the second time this season that Walsh has been shown a red after coming on as a substitute, meaning he now faces a four game ban.

Kaminski had to make late saves to deny Blackburn rubbing further salt in the wounds, but it was a defeat for the Bedfordshire club.

Luton now have the busy Christmas period coming up, starting with a home match against Derby on Friday (20/12) before away trips to Bristol City and Swansea in their final games of 2024.