Luton Town endured a miserable afternoon as they were beaten 4-0 by Burnley at Turf Moor.

In a clash between two sides relegated from last season’s Premier League, things went wrong for Luton early on when they were reduced to ten men after Kal Naismith picked up two quick yellow cards and was dismissed with less than 20 minutes gone.

Mark McGuinness’ own goal put the Clarets in front, before Lyle Foster, Josh Brownhill and Ashley Barnes scored the goals to complete a big victory for Scott Parker’s side.

Luton dropped a place to 23rd in the table and are five points from safety ahead of a big game on Tuesday night against Cardiff City, who sit in the spot immediately above the relegation zone.

The prospect of a trip to Turf Moor had looked daunting for Luton, with the Clarets unbeaten at home so far this season and having only conceded 10 league goals all season.

But the mission for Matt Bloomfield’s side became even more difficult when they were reduced to ten men after 19 minutes.

Naismith had already earned one yellow card when a clip on Brownhill was enough to earn a second booking and mean his side had to face the remaining 70 minutes with ten players.

The Hatters initially held out for ten minutes after the red, but they fell a goal down on the half-hour mark as McGuinness, who’d been brought in a post-red reshuffle, turned Connor Roberts’ cross into his own net.

Burnley duly continued to press and the hosts made it 2-0 nine minutes later, with Jaidon Anthony’s low cross turned in by Foster from close range.

A third goal for the hosts came in the opening eight minutes of the second half, as Marcus Edwards was able to pull the back for Brownhill to fire past Thomas Kaminski. Luton felt en masse that Edwards had failed to keep the ball in play, but the officials deemed he had done so and the goal stood.

Substitute Jacob Brown would come close to a consolation for Luton with a strike denied by Jacob Brown just after coming off the bench, while the hosts came close to more as Brownhill and Josh Laurent missed the target.

Burnley ultimately would grab a fourth in stoppage time at the end of the game, as Barnes rifled home Laurent’s cross from close range.

The result added to a season of miserable displays for Luton on the road, as they failed to add to a total of just five points from away games so far this season.