Luton Town 1 Sheffield United 1: Oli McBurnie earns point for Blades with long-awaited goal

Sheffield United consolidated their position at the top of the Championship table tonight with a 1-1 draw at Luton Town.
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United were second best in the first half but an improved second-half display saw them earn a point, with Oli McBurnie scoring his first goal since late 2020 in front of a jubilant away end.

Here’s how the action unfolded ...

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Early chance for Town

as they break down the right and a low cross finds its way in the middle, Morris takes it off the toe of former Blade Freeman and looks to shoot but he skews it high and wide

with the Blades all in white tonight, Luton in their typical orange home shirts - Blades fans in fine voice behind Foderingham’s goal

and let’s hope three points tonight cheers him up

Anel is here but not fit enough to start

as John Fleck misses out with a leg fracture while Ahmedhodzic drops to the bench and Khadra (knock) misses out completely

and the Blades are at Luton tonight as they look to continue their good start to the Championship season - they kick off top of the table of course and will be looking to make sure that remains the case later this evening

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