James Garner whips in a cross for Everton and Gabriel Osho heads it out for a corner.

It was a tangle of legs with Teden Mengi. There's a quick pause while VAR checks it but the decision stands - no penalty.

Everton winger Dwight McNeil goes down in the box and screams for a penalty. Not given.

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin tries to flick the ball on but nobody is in front of him and he wins a free-kick as he was caught by Gabriel Osho.

Everton boss Sean Dyche, still in his lucky tracksuit, chats to his coaches, the rhyming former Nottingham Forest midfielders Ian Woan and Steve Stone.

The free-kick comes in and Luton striker Carlton Morris can't find a team-mate with his header.

First yellow card of the game as Everton's James Garner catches the running Tahith Chong in midfield. I've seen a lot worse tackles get less punishment than that.

The game has evened up a bit after Luton's rapid start.

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Everton keeper Jordan Pickford and Luton's Tahith Chong go for the same ball.

Chong gets a touch and goes down but it's no penalty. Pickford pulled out of the challenge successfully.

Everton's Ashley Young is getting booed every time he has the ball. Presumably because he's ex-Watford.

Everton have a free-kick on the halfway line which Jordan Pickford comes up to take. Everyone is packed in and around Luton's box but it's headed away.

Here come Luton again and Tahith Chong has a cross blocked. The Hatters work the ball back to him and his second cross is headed away.

A very positive start from the hosts.

Luton are straight out of the traps but the move ends with the ball going behind for a goal-kick.

We are under way in a game which is much much bigger for Luton than Everton.

Luton Town

Luton boss Rob Edwards, speaking to Sky Sports: "We have to try look at success this year as over the whole season. To still be in the mix is a good thing. We dropped our levels against Brentford a few weeks ago. It's not nice but I can handle it if we play the right way. Last week we had a team committed to get back into the game."

On Premier League: "It was a learning curve for me and the players. We didn't have many who had Premier League experience. It harsh at first but we came into it. We pressed man for man and started scoring more goals."

On beating Everton twice: "It gives us belief knowing we can do it but it's a different day. Sean Dyche has done a brilliant job under difficult circumstances this year. They are hard to score against but if we commit to playing our way then we can compete against anyone in the league at home this season."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Kenilworth Road

Luton Town's supporters have just given their players huge roars of encouragement as they finished their pre-match warm-up. No-one will need to tell anyone inside Kenilworth Road how big this is and Luton's followers will be hoping Everton's intensity might drop after assuring Premier League safety.

The fevered atmosphere inside "The Kenny" has been one of the features of Luton's return to the Premier League and it is no different tonight.

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford hopes this is the end of their relegation battles.

The Toffees clinched their Premier League status last weekend afer a third consecutive season of battling against the drop.

"I have been here for seven years now and we just keep fighting," he told Sky Sports.

"Hopefully, we're not in this position [again]. I keep saying it every year. We are Everton Football Club and we don't want to be in this position but we seem to be.

"This year has probably been a little bit different, I think we've been hard-taken with the points [deduction] but we've bounced back as a club and as a unit.

"We keep fighting. I am a fighter, and I just love playing football."