Match ends, Yeovil Town 3, Luton Town 2.
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Yeovil Town battled back from two goals down to beat Luton Town and earn their first points of the season.
Craig Mackail-Smith opened the scoring with a fine volley after three minutes.
Paul Benson's header made it 2-0 to Luton but Stephen Arthurworrey nodded home to pull one back for Yeovil.
Ryan Bird then turned in to equalise and the former Portsmouth man put the Glovers on course for their first win with a superb strike from distance to drag the Hatters into the bottom three.
Luton Town boss John Still told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"First half was okay. Second half, they upped their game and we couldn't stay with it. It was as simple as that. When there was a challenge to win, they won it. They run at us and made us really defend.
"Some players are better passers than others, some are better ball winners than others, some are better crossers than others. We had enough people in those areas to do all those things, but we didn't do it.
"It's really important that we supply our front two. We haven't really supplied them. Craig (Mackail-Smith) got a great goal out of nothing, Benson got a typical Paul Benson goal from the restart. I can't remember either of them two missing anything when we played the ball in.
"It's not always about the systems. It's about the quality of the people in those positions. We didn't consistently supply the front people. If I'm being honest I thought they deserved to win."
Line-ups
Yeovil
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Krysiak
- 24RobertsBooked at 88mins
- 5Arthurworrey
- 6Sokolik
- 3Smith
- 25Wakefield
- 21Lacey
- 4Dolan
- 23Cornick
- 10JeffersSubstituted forBirdat 60'minutes
- 14ComptonSubstituted forAllenat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Bird
- 12Weale
- 16Burrows
- 17Sowunmi
- 19Allen
- 22Beck
- 28Norris
Luton
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Tyler
- 30Wilkinson
- 6Cuthbert
- 5McNultyBooked at 34minsSubstituted forO'Brienat 45'minutes
- 12Griffiths
- 10HallSubstituted forLawlessat 58'minutes
- 4SmithBooked at 88mins
- 8McGeehan
- 11GreenSubstituted forMcCourtat 66'minutes
- 9Benson
- 22Mackail-Smith
Substitutes
- 2O'Donnell
- 7Lawless
- 15McCourt
- 16Justham
- 17Ruddock
- 23McQuoid
- 25O'Brien
- Referee:
- Simon Hooper
- Attendance:
- 3,830
Match Stats
Home TeamYeovilAway TeamLuton
- Possession
- Home52%
- Away48%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away2
- Corners
- Home5
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 3, Luton Town 2.
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Foul by Ryan Bird (Yeovil Town).
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Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Connor Roberts (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town).
Booking
Connor Roberts (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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(Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Connor Roberts (Yeovil Town).
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Foul by Ryan Bird (Yeovil Town).
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Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Paul Benson (Luton Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Iffy Allen replaces Jack Compton.
Goal!
Goal! Yeovil Town 3, Luton Town 2. Ryan Bird (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stephen Arthurworrey.
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Attempt missed. Jakub Sokolik (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Scott Griffiths.
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Foul by Josh Wakefield (Yeovil Town).
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Jonathan Smith (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
