Luton Town vs Southend United. Sky Bet League One.
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Tuesday 21 August 2018 23:48, UK
Luton Town got their first League One victory of the season by beating Southend United 2-0 at Kenilworth Road.
The hosts were ahead inside 90 seconds as Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu's blast deflected into the path of Elliot Lee, who made no mistake from seven yards.
Tom Hopper had a goal chalked off for a push on 22 minutes, while Luton's Jorge Grant's effort was tipped over by Mark Oxley. It was 2-0 on 33 minutes when Elvis Bwomono brought down Lee in the area and Danny Hylton slammed home the penalty.
Hylton could have doubled his tally moments after half time, sent through by Grant, but Oxley did well to save, while Jason Demetriou fired wide on the hour mark, followed by Simon Cox, who skied over from Theo Robinson's cross.
Town then dominated the latter stages, Hylton hit the side-netting and Lee's close range blast was parried by Oxley.
The visiting keeper also denied Andrew Shinnie after the midfielder went through one-on-one, while Mpanzu wasted a late chance to make it an even more impressive win.
