Login form is not posting – Phpmyadmin

I’m developing a Laravel app, and have setup a login page, but I’m trying to figure out why my login form isn’t posting.

  <form role="form" method="post" action="{{ route('login.perform') }}">
    <div class="form-group">
      <label class="form-control-label">Email address</label>
      @if ($errors->has('username'))
        <span class="text-danger text-left">{{ $errors->first('username') }}</span>
      @endif
      <div class="input-group input-group-merge">
        <div class="input-group-prepend">
          <span class="input-group-text"><i class="fas fa-user"></i></span>
        </div>
        <input type="email" class="form-control" id="input-email" placeholder="[email protected]">
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group mb-4">
      <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between">
        <div>
          <label class="form-control-label">Password</label>
          @if ($errors->has('password'))
            <span class="text-danger text-left">{{ $errors->first('password') }}</span>
          @endif
        </div>
        <div class="mb-2">
          <a href="#!" class="small text-muted text-underline--dashed border-primary">Lost password?</a>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="input-group input-group-merge">
        <div class="input-group-prepend">
          <span class="input-group-text"><i class="fas fa-key"></i></span>
        </div>
        <input type="password" class="form-control" id="input-password" placeholder="Password">
        <div class="input-group-append">
          <span class="input-group-text">
            <a href="#" data-toggle="password-text" data-target="#input-password">
              <i class="fas fa-eye"></i>
            </a>
          </span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="mt-4">
      <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-icon rounded-pill">
        <span class="btn-inner--text">Sign in</span>
        <span class="btn-inner--icon"><i class="fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right"></i></span>
      </button>
    </div>
  </form>

This is the controller that handles the login request.

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppHttpRequestsLoginRequest;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesAuth;

class LoginController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display login page.
     * 
     * @return Renderable
     */
    public function show()
    {
        return view('auth.login');
    }

    /**
     * Handle account login request
     * 
     * @param LoginRequest $request
     * 
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    public function login(LoginRequest $request)
    {
        $credentials = $request->getCredentials();

        if(!Auth::validate($credentials)):
            return redirect()->to('login')
                ->withErrors(trans('auth.failed'));
        endif;

        $user = Auth::getProvider()->retrieveByCredentials($credentials);

        Auth::login($user);

        return $this->authenticated($request, $user);
    }

    /**
     * Handle response after user authenticated
     * 
     * @param Request $request
     * @param Auth $user
     * 
     * @return IlluminateHttpResponse
     */
    protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user) 
    {
        return redirect()->intended();
    }
}

This is the web.php route.

<?php
  
use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;
 
use AppHttpControllersHomeController;
use AppHttpControllersTeacherController;
use AppHttpControllersUserController;
use AppHttpControllersAuthRegisterController;


/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group that
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
 

Route::group(['namespace' => 'AppHttpControllers'], function()
{   
    /**
     * Home Routes
     */
    Route::get('/', 'HomeController@welcome')->name('welcome');

    Route::group(['middleware' => ['guest']], function() {
        /**
         * Register Routes
         */
        Route::get('/register', 'RegisterController@show')->name('register.show');
        Route::post('/register', 'RegisterController@register')->name('register.perform');

        /**
         * Login Routes
         */
        Route::get('/login', 'LoginController@show')->name('login.show');
        Route::post('/login', 'LoginController@login')->name('login.perform');

    });

    Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth']], function() {
        /**
         * Logout Routes
         */
        Route::get('/logout', 'LogoutController@perform')->name('logout.perform');
    });
});

The database is setup, migrated and is appearing in phpMyAdmin, routes controllers and requests are all setup correctly to my understanding.

Any help is appreciated, cheers.