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Luton's match winner, Jacob Brown hopes the 1-0 victory over Cardiff is a sign of better things to come for both the team and himself.

The win at Kenilworth Road is only the Hatters' second victory in eight Championship games.

"It's a massive win - we've been playing quite well recently but haven't got the results we wanted," Brown told BBC Three Counties Radio.

The forward, starting just his second game of the season, scored the only goal of the game with a 57th minute header from Alfie Doughty's corner

"I'm just so grateful to be back playing - I maybe haven't started as many games as I want but for me, after so long out injured it's just great to be back playing."

The victory lifts Luton out of the relegation zone ahead of Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough.

"The table can change quickly for us and it's good to give the fans a positive performance going into another big game.

"When you're going into an international break you want to be going in with a positive result and we know it'll be tough (at Middlesbrough) but back ourselves wherever we go," said Brown.

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Luton Town are only one place above the relegation zone on goal difference and have won just one of their previous seven Championship games (D2 L4). The Hatters drew 1-1 at home to West Brom on Friday night.

By contrast, Cardiff City are unbeaten in six, drawing two of those and winning the other four, including a 2-1 victory at home to Norwich City on Saturday.

• Luton Town have won their last three league matches against Cardiff City, never previously winning four in a row against the Bluebirds in the EFL.

• Cardiff have won three of their last four away league meetings with Luton, though they lost there in 2022-23 on their last visit.

• Luton have lost just two of their previous 14 midweek league games in the Championship (W5 D7), though did lose the most recent such game 2-1 against Sunderland.

• Cardiff are winless in their last eight away league games (D3 L5), though could avoid defeat in three successive such games for the first time since November 2023.

• Only against Birmingham (5) does Cardiff's Yakou Meite have more Championship goals against than Luton (4), with all four goals coming in the same game against the Hatters for Reading in July 2020. Indeed, he's failed to score or assist in his four other appearances against them.

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