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By Matthew HenryBBC Sport
Last updated connected 16 minutes ago.From the conception Premier League
Pedro scored 24 goals successful 109 appearances for WatfordLuton's archetypal lucifer backmost successful the apical formation for 31 years ended successful dense decision arsenic Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra marked their debuts with a extremity each successful a comfy Brighton win.
Solly March headed successful aft 35 minutes earlier Pedro, signed for a club-record interest astir £30m from Watford, scored a second-half punishment pursuing a foul by Luton skipper Tom Lockyer.
The Hatters pulled a extremity backmost with 9 minutes remaining erstwhile past season's apical scorer Carlton Morris converted different punishment - awarded for handball against Lewis Dunk - but 21-year-old Ivorian Adingra sealed the Seagulls' triumph by slotting location aft a atrocious mistake from Luton's Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu.
Eighteen-year-old Ireland planetary Evan Ferguson past tapped successful Pervis Estupinan's transverse successful stoppage clip to headdress an awesome commencement to the run for the location side.
The Hatters had acquitted themselves good successful their archetypal Premier League outing - their past lucifer successful the apical formation came successful 1992 earlier Premier League rebrand - but Brighton were worthy winners.
Pedro, 21, should person opened the scoring aft 5 minutes but scuffed a gilt-edged accidental wide from 8 yards.
The Seagulls, who near midfielder Moises Caicedo retired of their squad amid involvement from Chelsea and Liverpool, besides deed the station 3 times.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number6Player nameMilner
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number8Player nameDahoud
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number9Player nameJoão Pedro
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number10Player nameEnciso
Squad number11Player nameGilmour
Squad number24Player nameAdingra
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Luton Town
Squad number24Player nameKaminski
Squad number5Player nameAndersen
Squad number4Player nameLockyer
Squad number29Player nameBell
Squad number12Player nameKaboré
Squad number17Player nameMpanzu
Squad number13Player nameNakamba
Squad number14Player nameChong
Squad number26Player nameGiles
Squad number9Player nameMorris
Squad number11Player nameAdebayo
Squad number7Player nameOgbene
Squad number8Player nameBerry
Squad number10Player nameWoodrow
Squad number19Player nameBrown
Squad number45Player nameDoughty
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 6MilnerSubstituted forVeltmanat 79'minutes
- 29van Hecke
- 5Dunk
- 30EstupiñánBooked astatine 7mins
- 13Groß
- 8DahoudSubstituted forGilmourat 74'minutes
- 7MarchSubstituted forAdingraat 74'minutes
- 9João PedroSubstituted forEncisoat 88'minutes
- 22MitomaBooked astatine 43mins
- 18WelbeckSubstituted forFergusonat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Verbruggen
- 3dos Santos de Paulo
- 10Enciso
- 11Gilmour
- 17Alzate
- 24Adingra
- 28Ferguson
- 34Veltman
- 40Buonanotte
Luton
Formation 3-5-2
- 24Kaminski
- 5AndersenBooked astatine 51minsSubstituted forOgbeneat 76'minutes
- 4Lockyer
- 29Bell
- 12KaboréBooked astatine 59minsSubstituted forDoughtyat 64'minutes
- 17MpanzuSubstituted forWoodrowat 88'minutes
- 13Nakamba
- 14ChongSubstituted forBerryat 88'minutes
- 26Giles
- 9Morris
- 11AdebayoSubstituted forBrownat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Shea
- 7Ogbene
- 8Berry
- 10Woodrow
- 19Brown
- 21McAtee
- 22Campbell
- 40Francis-Clarke
- 45Doughty
Referee:David Coote
Attendance:31,872
Live Text
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Luton Town 1.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Luton Town 1.
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Luton Town 1. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from precise adjacent scope to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Attempt missed. Carlton Morris (Luton Town) header from the centre of the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Cauley Woodrow pursuing a corner.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Jacob Brown (Luton Town) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Cauley Woodrow with a headed pass.
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Jacob Brown (Luton Town).
Offside, Luton Town. Tom Lockyer tries a done ball, but Jacob Brown is caught offside.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Jacob Brown.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Thomas Kaminski.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the six gait container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Julio Enciso replaces João Pedro.
Substitution, Luton Town. Cauley Woodrow replaces Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu.
Substitution, Luton Town. Luke Berry replaces Tahith Chong.
Foul by Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Tom Lockyer (Luton Town) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt saved. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) hits the close station with a close footed changeable from the centre of the box. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Luton Town 1. Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the six gait container to the bottommost close corner.
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