On the face of it, Luton’s problems are plain and simple for all to see.

“We’ve not scored enough goals and not kept enough clean sheets,” former Luton defender Leon Barnett told BBC Three Counties Radio’s sport show.

Luton have scored just eight times. Only bottom side Cardiff and Preston North End have managed fewer.

They are also leaking goals with only the bottom three sides conceding more than the 15 the Hatters have shipped.

But the underlying metrics would suggest Luton have been either slightly unlucky or not executing efficiently enough at both ends of the pitch.

They have produced 11 expected goals – three higher than their actual tally – and striker Adebayo, who netted 10 times in the Premier League last season, is yet to score in this campaign.

The 26-year-old is now without a goal in his last 12 league games stretching back to last season.

“I think both strikers have not hit the ground running,” said Barnett. “I’m sure they are disappointed more than anybody else that they’re not getting the goals.”

Meanwhile, Luton have also let in five more than their expected goals against (10.1), which may imply opposition players have been particularly clinical.

Analysing numbers alone won’t solve all the issues, though, and Edwards has stressed it will take “hard work on the training pitch” to put things right.