Luton Town: Ian Roper is back in contention for a starting place after missing the midweek trip to Brighton. Tom Craddock's loan has ended so Sam Parkin is likely to feature after appearing as a substitute at the Withdean Stadium. The game comes too early for captain Kevin Nicholls, while George Pilkington has made massive strides in his rehabilitation to overcome a broken metatarsal and could return in three weeks.

Bradford: The Bantams are boosted by the return of Joe Colbeck after being sidelined with a broken foot. Peter Thorne and Lee Bullock are also in contention for a place in the visitors' line-up after recovering from injury.

Mick Harford (talking to lutontown.co.uk): "The next four games shape our season. Bradford are a very attacking side. The two wingers and strikers are a threat and it's up to us to stop them. I've challenged the players to win three of the next four games; and if we can we'll be in the box seat"

Stuart McCall (talking to BBC Radio Leeds): I've got belief in the squad I've got and you'd expect Luton to come out and have a go because they need the points. It'll be a tough game but one where we're looking to bounce back after a disappointing result and performance last week."

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The Bantams arrive at Kenilworth Road on the back of a five match unbeaten run. However, like the Hatters recent run of form, the majority of their games have ended in draws.

Last weekend's 1-1 draw at home to Accrington Stanley was their fourth draw in five games having also picked up a solitary point from games against Shrewsbury (0-0), Lincoln (0-0) and Chester (0-0).

The only victory today's visitors managed in then sequence was a 4-0 thumping of Morecambe at Valley Parade on 28th December.

Former Hatter Paul McLaren go the ball rolling in the 24th minute and three second half goals from Michael Boulding, Nicky Law, and Barry Conlon sealed an emphatic victory.

The goal they conceded against Accrington last week had come after they had kept four consecutive clean sheets.

Luton wins: 6
Bradford wins: 4
Draws: 6

Meetings between the Hatters and Bradford have been few and far between over the years with the two sides facing each other just 16 times in 43 years.

The Bantams have beaten the Hatters four times during that period and that was achieved at Kenilworth Road back in 1968 with a 3-1 victory.

That win was the last time today's visitors tasted success over the Town in a sequence stretching back 10 matches.

City, did however eliminate the Hatters from the League Cup in 1990 winning on penalties at Kenilworth Road after both legs ended in 1-1 draws.

The Hatters' 5-0 victory on 12th December 1969 remains their largest over today's Yorkshire visitors.

Luton Town 4-0 Bradford City - 30th October 2004

The Hatters were flying at the top of League One the last time the two sides met at Kenilworth Road in 2004.

After three successive defeats to Huddersfield, Hull and Walsall, many expected another tough game against the Bantams who themselves arrived in the promotion hunt.

But the Hatters quickly put their supporters' nerves to rest with a scintillating first half display which will be best remembered for Ahmet Brkovic's acrobatic bicycle kick which opened the scoring.

Steve Howard and Paul Underwood added two further goals before the break before Brkovic netted his second of the afternoon to seal an impressive victory.

Luton: Royce, Foley, Coyne (sub Perrett), Davies, Davis, Underwood, Robinson, O'Leary, Brkovic, Vine (sub Blinkhorn), Howard.

Subs not used: Showunmi, Keane, Beckwith.

Bradford: Henderson, Holloway, Wetherall, Bower, Emanuel, Kearney, Schumacher, Crooks (sub Forrest), Muirhead, Windass, Adebola (sub Symes).

Subs not used: Ricketts, Gavin, Bentham.

Attendance: 7,975

After being relegated from the Premier League in 2001, Bradford find themselves in League Two alongside the Hatters following further relegations in 2004 and 2007.

The relegation in 2004 saw the Bantams finish 15 points from safety in the Championship after struggling for much of the campaign.

Two successive 11th place finishes in League One followed, where they missed out on the playoffs by six points in 2005 and 11 points the following season.

However, after those two solid campaigns, the Bantams finished four points from safety and were relegated to the basement division for the first time in 26 seasons.

In their first season in League Two, backed by crowds of over 13,000, the club finished 10th in the table, 16 points shy of a playoff place.

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