Reasons to be cheerful, reasons to be wary: Key stats ahead of Gillingham's EFL Cup clash with Luton Town
07.08.26, 19:35 Updated 07.08.26, 19:36
Simon Head
Gillingham will kick off their 2026/27 season in EFL Cup action, as the Carabao Cup takes centre stage before the EFL league season kicks off proper next weekend.
With some clubs treating this weekend's game as a competitive pre-season runout, and others approaching it as their first bona fide game of the campaign, there's scope for plenty of strange results as Round One of the competition takes place across the weekend.
But what of Gillingham and Luton? We know the Gills will be looking to punch up as they take on a Luton side that finished just outside the League One play-offs last season, but what does the form book tell us ahead of Saturday's cup clash at Priestfield?
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Simon Head is the founding editor of Gills 365. A veteran sports journalist and editor with more than 25 years in the industry, he has written for major news outlets, broadcasters and sports organisations around the world. Simon is a longtime Gillingham season ticket holder, and has been a regular at Priestfield since the mid-1990s.