Updates of 2nd placed Luton vs 1st placed Exeter from Neil Mellor, 11th December 2021
15:13 (Penalty) Luton 0-0 Exeter
Jeff Stelling (JS): Hearing there's been a penalty in the big game at the top of League One, but for who? Neil Mellor's at Kenilworth Road
Neil Mellor (NM): That's right Jeff, Exeter have started brilliantly, and it's Neco Williams who wins the penalty, the loanee from Liverpool. He picks the ball up on the right hand side, makes a run into the box, and Rhys Norrington Davies brings him down. It's a clumsy challenge, stonewall penalty. Adam Lewis to take, OH HE'S MISSED IT! That's an awful penalty, he skews it well wide of the left hand side of the goal. Tom James has his head in his hands, Lewis is normally so reliable but not today. Still all square here.
JS: Oh dear, Adam Lewis, another loanee from Liverpool scored all four of his penalties last year, but couldn't convert today. Now let's go back to the big game at the bottom of the Premier League between Burnley and Fulham, where there's a VAR check in place, what's going on Chris Kamara?
15:33 GOAL Luton 0-1 Exeter
JS: And as you can see, Exeter have just taken the lead at Luton through Randell Williams. Let's hear some more about that goal, Neil Mellor.
NM: Luton have not been in this game at all, and Exeter's pressure has finally paid off. It's Neco Williams again, who has tormented Rhys Norrington Davies. He pings a cross in from the right hand side of the pitch, and it's Randell Williams who is on hand to tuck it into the left hand corner. 1-0 Exeter, should be more.
JS: It's that Williams-Williams combination once more, thank god Chris Kamara isn't covering this one or else we'd never know who scored. That's Randell Williams' 11th goal of the season.
16:05 GOAL Luton 1-1 Exeter
JS: There's been an equaliser at Kenilworth Road, Neil Mellor.
NM: And Luton score with their first shot of any kind in the match. Unsurprisingly it comes from an Exeter attack. Keinan Davis loses the ball high up the pitch, and the Luton defender, I don't think he has any desire other than to just get the ball out of their half, but it's caused havoc in the Exeter defence. Lloyd Jones, a former Luton player himself, badly misjudges the flight of the ball, and James Collins is in for an easy one on one. It's all square!
JS: That's the Luton captain's 7th goal of the season, and it comes in their most important game of the season so far.
16:13 GOAL Luton 2-1 Exeter
JS: Well, last time we checked in with Neil Mellor, Luton had scored with their first shot of the match. They've now taken the lead with their second shot of the match!
NM: That's right Jeff, Randell Williams gave his side the lead but he's let himself down here. It's a free kick for Luton, swung into the penalty area, and Williams just pushes James Collins over. Silly penalty to give away, and Collins converts the penalty for his second of the afternoon.
JS: The Exeter players must be kicking themselves, but there's plenty of time left in this one.
16:18 GOAL Luton 2-2 Exeter
JS: What a top of the table tussle it is at Kenilworth Road, here's Neil Mellor with news of another goal.
NM: Luton's lead didn't last long at all! Exeter have been piling on the pressure all afternoon, and frankly it's amazing that they're not three up. But they get their equaliser from a corner. Lloyd Jones headed Jake Taylor's corner onto the cross bar, before Neco Williams, who's been absolutely brilliant all afternoon, headed in the rebound.
JS: Neco Williams gets his fifth goal of the season, played as a right back for Liverpool U23s but Tom James has moved him much further forward and he's turned into a goalscoring winger. impressive stuff from the lad who you feel must be on the verge of an international call up for Wales.
16:24 GOAL Luton 2-3 Exeter
JS: There has been a BIG BIG goal at Kenilworth Road, but for who? Neil Mellor.
NM: This Exeter side have been brilliant all season, and they come up with another fantastic goal here. Adam Phillips picks up the ball in midfield, goes on a run beating a few Luton players, before crossing the ball into Randell Williams, who gets his second of the day. There's more goals in this on Jeff!
JS: Well I should hope so Neil. With that goal, Williams moves to the top of the goalscoring charts, not bad considering he missed a month with injury.
16:30 GOAL Luton 2-4 Exeter
JS: It looks like Exeter have started to put some daylight between themselves and Luton.
NM: That's right. Exeter have dominated this game, and the scoreline is starting to reflect it. This time it comes from the left hand side, Adam Lewis has the ball high up the pitch, and he crosses it into Ben Seymour, only just on as a substitute. It's Seymour's fifth goal from the bench this season, and Exeter should see this one out.
JS: What an impact sub Ben Seymour has proven to be this season. He's not started a single game in the league, but he's averaging a goal every forty minutes right now. Perhaps he's due a start by now.
16:40 GOAL Luton 2-5 Exeter
JS: There's been a seventh goal at Kenilworth Road. Neil Mellor, are Luton back in it, or have Exeter gone further ahead.
NM: Game over, this has been a simply fantastic attacking display from Exeter, and a breathtakingly good goal from Adam Phillips. Adam Lewis has more than atoned for his penalty miss with two assists, as he finds Phillips on the edge of the box, and he curls one into the top corner. Nothing the keeper could do about that one.
JS: It's Phillips' first goal in League One, and it's a deserved one, he's been absolutely excellent today.
16:43 GOAL Luton 3-5 Exeter
JS: Well, Luton will be disappointed with this performance, but their main man has at least managed to bag himself a hat trick. Neil Mellor.
NM: That's right, James Collins has been Luton's one bright spark today. Perhaps a bit of complacency from the Exeter defence, and Collins' shot from just outside the box hits the post, and then takes an age to trickle over the line. Great goal, but too little too late.
16:53 FULL TIME Luton 3-5 Exeter
JS: Lots of scores coming in now, Newcastle win 3-0 over Bournemouth to climb out of the relegation zone. Southampton claim a 3-1 victory over West Brom still stuck on four points after 17 games, with their 9th loss in ten games. And the game at the top of League One has just finished, Exeter claim a 5-3 win over second place Luton. Moves them five points clear at the top of the table, remarkable achievement for the newly promoted team.