Brighton 0-0 Luton

League Two strugglers Luton held Brighton to take a slight advantage into the second leg of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy southern final.

Brighton's Jake Robinson failed to connect from a good position early on and forced Luton keeper Conrad Logan to parry a shot just after the break.

Shortly after Seagulls midfielder Adam Virgo wasted a header when unmarked.

Luton rarely threatened, although Asa Hall directed a header wide following Rossi Jarvis' free-kick on 76 minutes.

Brighton: Sullivan, Whing, Virgo, El-Abd, Hinshelwood, McLeod (Livermore 79), Fraser, Cox (Loft 85), Elphick, Robinson (Mayo 68), Forster.
Subs Not Used: Crichton, Birchall.

Booked: Mayo.

Luton: Logan, Gnakpa, Davis, Asafu-Adjaye, Spillane, Keane, Hall, Jarvis, Martin, Talbot (Parkin 86), McVeigh (Howells 76).
Subs Not Used: Brill, Beavan, Hogarth.

Booked: Davis, Jarvis, Gnakpa.

Att: 6,127

Ref: Paul Taylor (Hertfordshire).