5 goals from 5 shots on target, how fierce is Elijah Adebayo?

In this round of the Premier League game against Bournemouth, Luton center forward Adebayor scored with another header, which was his third consecutive Premier League goal, and the other two were against Manchester City and Arsenal. It is worth mentioning that Bam Adebayor has only five shots on target in the Premier League this season, all of which have gone in.

However, due to the unexpected situation of Luton captain Lockyer falling to the ground in a coma, the Premier League announced the cancellation of the game, and Adebayor's fifth league goal was not officially recorded.

In the 16th round of the Premier League last weekend, Luton Town centre-forward Elijah Adebayo received a cross from the right in first-half stoppage time and leaped high into the box to head Manchester City centre-back Ruben Dias. Had it not been for Bernardo Silva and Grealish who used their individual skills to score in the second half, Bam Adebayo's goal could have given the Blues their fourth league defeat of the season.

Luton Town are currently 18th in the Premier League table, but after Luton Town faced Arsenal at home, Bam Adebayor also took advantage of a corner opportunity to head past the Arsenal goal in the crowd in the box.

Luton Town have been a "scrambled" side in the Premier League this season. In the Championship last season, Luton were 21 points behind Burnley at the top of the table and 11 points behind second-placed Sheffield United. Luton Town came back from 2-1 in the first leg to Sunderland in the first leg to advance 2-0 in the second leg and beat Coventry City in the final in a thrilling 120-minute battle and penalty shoot-out, meaning they will have to compete with the best clubs in the world on a shoestring budget this season.

In 2014, Luton Town was still playing in the non-professional league, and in just nine years, Luton Town completed the leap from the fifth tier to the top flight, but the lack of attacking power is actually the biggest problem facing Luton: Luton scored only 57 goals in 46 Championship games last season, the most in the top six of the Championship, with a goal difference of 18 far less than the 52 and 34 of Burnley and Sheffield United, and nearly a third of their goals were scored by homegrown striker Carlton Morris, while Bam Adebayor scored 10 goals in 49 appearances, making him the second-highest scorer in the Luton team after Morris.

Born on 7 January 1998 in London, England to Nigerian parents, the 25-year-old has played in England throughout his career, but Adebayo has always lived in the lower leagues and changed clubs in a few months before he settled down when he joined Luton Town in 2021 and was promoted to the Premier League.

Adebayor began his football career at Fulham, where he joined the Under-9 team in 2007 and signed his first professional contract with Fulham in 2016. However, Adebayor's experience at Fulham has been one of drift and instability, as he has never been officially included in the Fulham first team, and since signing a professional contract in 2016 and moving to Fulham's Under-23 team, Adebayor has been involved in frequent team changes: he has been loaned out of the lower leagues in England and has left his mark on Slough Town, Bognor Rigis, Cheltenham, Swindon and Stevenage.

Almost every summer and winter transfer window, Bam Adebayor, who returned to Fulham from his loan spell, waited for a first-team call-up, but in the end it was Fulham who gave him a notice to move on loan to the next team. From October 2016 to July 2019, Adebayor played for a total of six clubs, with only one season at Fulham's Under-23s from the start of 2017 to the beginning of 2018.

Adebayor's repeated club changes at the beginning of his career are very similar to Luton's promotion path over the years, with the 138-year-old East of England club returning to League One in 2014 and then pushing for the higher leagues. In 2018-2019, Luton Town jumped from League Two to the Championship and were just one step away from the Premier League, while Bam Adebayor ended his Fulham career in 2019 and moved to Walsall permanently. During his years at Fulham, Adebayo never played for Fulham's first team until his contract with Fulham expired and Adebayo was able to join Walsall in League Two as a free agent.

Thanks to Walsall's experience, Adebayo found a sense of goal, and in his first season in the club, Adebayo scored eight goals for Walsall and impressed. Despite the interest of clubs in the Premier League, Bam Adebayor decided to stay with Walsall for another season and scored 12 goals in 28 games the following season. In February 2021, Bam Adebayor joined Luton Town for an undisclosed transfer fee to help Luton continue to attack the Premier League, and then it was a happy moment to accompany Luton to the Premier League and finally succeed.

Bam Adebayor's first full season at Luton Town proved to be a reliable striker, scoring 17 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions in 2021/22, making him the 'Hatmaker' top scorer that season and reaching the promotion play-offs with the club. Although Luton Town failed to qualify for the Premier League that season, the following season Adebayor and Morris formed Luton's attacking line, with the pair combining to score 30 goals for Luton.

While Adebayo has been impressing in the Championship, he has also caught the attention of some Premier League clubs, but this summer, Adebayo has renewed his contract with Luton Town to continue to play in the Premier League. Heading into the overall stronger top-flight arena, Luton have been more conservative than last season, with a single striker formation for most of the game, so only one of Morris and Adebayor is often left at the front of the attacking line.

At the start of the season, Luton boss Rob Edwards opted for the more experienced Morris, but Adebayor's performance was still eye-catching: in the second round of the Premier League against Burnley, Adebayor came on as a substitute for Morris in the 62nd minute, and in the match against Nottingham Forest on October 21, Adebayo received a long pass from his teammate at the back before the end, unloaded the ball perfectly with his chest, and scored a beautiful turning blast to help Luton equalize, a goal similar to that of Arsenal and Real MadridThe style of "Little Monster" Emmanuel Adebayo. In the box, Elijah Adebayor continued to dominate quite well, with a keen sense of where to land, and a quick pace of action and a strong ability to turn his body into goals.

With an average of only 37 minutes per game, Adebayo has already made four contributions in the Premier League this season, and as the season progresses, Adebayo has a great tendency to come from behind in the competition for the main force of Luton's striker, with a height of 1.93 meters, good speed, bounce and agility in front of goal, and his header is his specialty.

(Santiago-Wang)