Portsmouth vs Luton Town. Sky Bet League One.
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Friday 3 August 2018 15:44, UK
Portsmouth winger Jamal Lowe will miss the season opener against Sky Bet League One new boys Luton.
The 24-year-old suffered an ankle injury in a pre-season clash with FC Utrecht and is likely to be missing until the middle of August.
A host of new signings could make their Pompey bows at Fratton Park, including former Tottenham youngster Anton Walkes. Petar Durin, Tom Naylor, Ronan Curtis and Lee Brown are also among those pushing to make their debuts.
Nathan Jones will be hoping to guide Luton to a decent start as they look to build on promotion last season. The Hatters began the last campaign with an 8-2 win over Yeovil on their way to finishing second in League Two.
Luton made a hat-trick of additions to their first-team ranks over the summer and all will want to play some part on the south-coast. Winger Andrew Shinnie came in from Birmingham while former England youth international Matty Pearson joined from Barnsley and defender Sonny Bradley was signed from Plymouth.
Portsmouth have won five of the last seven league meetings with Luton Town (D2).
Luton's last win in the league away from home at Portsmouth was back in 1975, losing on seven of their last eight visits (D1), while failing to score in each of the last four.
Portsmouth will begin the season at home for the sixth time in the last seven seasons, winning two, drawing two and losing one in their last five such games.
Luton scored eight goals on the opening day of the 2017-18 League Two season, beating Yeovil 8-2, the most goals one team in the top four tiers of English football has netted in their first game of a season since Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Manchester City 8-1 in 1962.
Portsmouth boss Kenny Jackett has won each of his last three fixtures on the opening day, last losing to Ian Holloway's Blackpool back in August 2012 (0-2).
