Millwall and Luton draw to leave Burnley on brink of promotion

Ethan Horvath kept his 18th cleanable expanse of the Championship play against Millwall

Championship play-off hopefuls Luton and Millwall took a constituent apiece successful a dismal brushwood astatine the Den.

Both sides were starved of clear-cut chances successful a dire 90 minutes of midfield scrapping, but the gully extends Luton's unbeaten streak to 8 games and keeps them good placed for a top-six finish.

Millwall, who enactment successful 5th spot, person much enactment to bash if they are to consolidate their spot successful the play-offs arsenic their winless tally extended to 3 games.

The Lions' champion effort was a snapshot from Ryan Leonard successful the archetypal fractional which was comfortably turned circular the station by Ethan Horvath, portion George Long had to beryllium crisp to bushed distant an effort by Alfie Doughty arsenic Luton stepped up the unit precocious successful the game.

The gully means Middlesbrough are the lone squad who tin inactive forestall Vincent Kompany's Clarets from securing a top-two spot, and they request to debar decision to support their slim automatic promotion hopes alive.

Luton's defence has been cardinal to their surge into play-off contention. This was their sixth cleanable expanse successful the past 8 games, and their tally of 18 shut-outs successful full is the champion successful the division.

Millwall seldom threatened to ruin that record, with Oliver Burke wasting their champion accidental arsenic helium failed to power Zian Flemming's astute shot implicit the apical successful the 2nd infinitesimal of the game.

Elijah Adebayo's header crossed the look of extremity was hooked wide by George Saville, and astatine the different extremity Andreas Voglsammer got the shot caught nether his feet arsenic helium sought to burst wide of 2 defenders, allowing Luton to wide their lines.

The visitors' skipper Tom Lockyer survived 2 beardown precocious punishment appeals arsenic helium doubly appeared to haul down other centre-back Jake Cooper astatine set-pieces, but the goalless gully was a fitting result.