Luton must find way to improve away form - Wells

Luton Town striker Nahki Wells said the team must find a way to "turn the screw" away from home if they are to make the League One play-offs this season.

The 10th-placed Hatters had to settle for a point at bottom club Port Vale on Saturday after Wells had given them an early lead, and they have not won on the road since beating Stockport County 3-0 on 8 November.

It is a marked contrast to their home form where they are unbeaten since mid-October and have won five of the past seven games.

"We can all look each other in the eyes and know it's not through a lack of application, a lack of effort, a lack of will," Wells told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"There's a great team spirit, we've got some experienced players and some really young players, a good bunch of lads that do care.

"But it's the knowhow that's been a big problem for us in the last 10 or so weeks away from home. We have to find a way and no-one else is going to do it for us.

"It's just [about] us as a group cutting out silly, sloppy errors, whether that's defensively or in attack - to get three points in this league is hard, you almost have to do everything right for the 90 minutes.

"We can't continue to drop points [away from home]. At this stage, us as a unit have to stop thinking about May and just focus on the next fixture, and that's something we're emphasising."

Luton have an EFL Trophy semi-final against Northampton Town on Wednesday evening before returning to league action at home to Reading on Saturday.