Luton Town v Man Utd Carabao Cup preview including how to watch

WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Up for grabs is a place among the last 16 teams in the competition, and unusually we already know the Reds or the Hatters will be away in the next phase. That’s because the fourth-round draw was made last Thursday night, pitting the winners of our tie against either Preston North End or Brighton & Hove Albion. Those two clubs meet on Wednesday evening at 19:00 BST so if we do go through at Luton’s expense, we’ll have to wait for almost another 24 hours to discover if we’ll head north into Lancashire or south to the Sussex coast next week.

HOW HAVE LUTON STARTED THE SEASON?
Very well. Nathan Jones’s side have won all four of their fixtures so far, knocking Norwich City (3-1 at home) and Reading (1-0 away) out of the Carabao Cup to reach this point and collecting maximum points from their league games at Barnsley (1-0) and against Derby County (2-1) at Kenilworth Road. The latter victory this weekend has put the Hatters third in the early Championship table, for their second campaign at that level since they were promoted as League One winners in 2018/19.