Luton Town are now without a win in 10 Championship games as they lost 1-0 at home to promotion chasing Sheffield United.

Anel Ahmedhodzic scored the only goal of the game to decide the contest during the second half, in a result that put Sheffield United into top spot in the table at least until Leeds play on Monday.

This is in stark contrast to Luton, who fell to bottom spot in the table after they were beaten by Sunderland in midweek and remain both bottom and without a win in 2025.

With 14 games of the season to go, Luton find themselves 3 points from safety but in need of a spark to avoid becoming the first team since Sunderland in 2017 and 2018 to suffer back-to-back relegations from the Premier League and Championship.

The Hatters had been relegated alongside Sheffield United from the Premier League last season, but while the Yorkshire club are in the mix for an immediate return, Luton entered still chasing a first win with Matt Bloomfield in charge.

Defeat away at Sunderland in midweek combined with a heavy win for Plymouth over Millwall had seen Luton slide to bottom spot in the Championship table, but against their promotion chasing guests, Luton had started brightly.

In the early stages, Elijah Adebayo would see a header go wide before Thelo Aasgaard would see a fine strike hit the crossbar.

Adebayo would later volley over from an Aasgaard cross, with the home side having looked likelier before the break to score first.

Sheffield United offered little going forward before the break but nearly made Luton pay for their profligacy in the latter stages of the half as Thomas Kaminski was forced into a save to deny Tyrese Campbell.

A busy opening to the second half saw both sides come close, with Carlton Morris denied by visiting keeper Michael Cooper before half-time Sheffield United sub Ben Brereton Diaz hit the post.

Things continued to be busy, with Brereton Diaz missing the target from close range before Morris was kept out by Cooper.

The ultimately decisive moment would come in the 79th minute. An earlier attack had seen Vini Souza denied by Kaminski, but a few moments later, Callum O’Hare cycled the ball back into the box and Ahmedhodzic headed home. Many Luton fans thought the Bosnian had been offside, but the officials didn’t and the goal was awarded.

Luton ultimately had no answer, ending the game beaten ahead of a big six-pointer with Plymouth on Wednesday.