Luton Town suffered a ninth consecutive away defeat in the Championship after an injury time goal saw them lose 2-1 away at Swansea City.

An early Carlton Morris goal had given the Hatters the lead in South Wales, before Goncalo Franco gave the Swans an equaliser.

The Hatters’ Joe Johnson was shown a second yellow card with just over 20 minutes to go but it looked as though Luton were set to navigate their way to a point only for an injury time goal by substitute Myles Peart-Harris to clinch victory for the hosts.

Another away defeat means Luton have failed to pick up a point away from home since picking up their only away win of the season at Millwall back in September.

Rob Edwards’ side have fallen to 19th place in the Championship table, with victories for multiple teams below them meaning the Hatters are now just four points ahead of the relegation zone.

On the back of a defeat down the M4 at Bristol City on Boxing Day, Luton’s visit to Swansea had got off to a flying start when they took a sixth minute lead.

Lawrence Vigouroux in the Swansea goal got an attempted pass out wrong, hitting it straight to Luton skipper Morris. The striker duly planted a first time strike into the back of the net to put Luton in front.

Swansea had plenty of opportunities in the first half to try to find an equaliser. Jisung Eom struck the post, while Liam Cullen and Ronald saw efforts miss the target – the latter via a deflection.

With seven minutes of the half still to play, Swansea were able to equalise. Goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski had saved an initial attempt by Ronald but Franco was first to the loose ball and scored to equalise for the home side.

Luton’s former Cardiff defender Mark McGuinness saw a shot go wide via a deflection, but much closer were the hosts in the second half, as Kaminski kept out a header by Harry Darling.

But the balance of the game shifted with just over 20 minutes to play as Luton were reduced to ten men. A foul on Eom saw Johnson earn a second yellow card, and with it, he was sent from the field of play.

Despite the disadvantage, Luton were seemingly set to hold firm and take a valuable point from the trip to South Wales. But that resistance was broken down in the first minute of stoppage time.

Matt Grimes’ cross picked out Darling, and the former MK Dons defender sent a header back across goal to Peart-Harris, with the man on loan from Brentford powering a header beyond Kaminski.

Kaminski had to deny Zan Vipotnik from grabbing a third for the Welsh club, but the victory was secured as Luton were unable to recover.

The Hatters will seek to bounce back on New Year’s Day when they welcome Norwich City to Kenilworth Road, before a trip to QPR in January as they seek to avoid extending their losing away run to double digits.