Luton Town: The Hatters will again be without Keith Keane who remains sidelined with a slight hamstring strain. Both Chris Martin and Ian Roper are out serving suspensions. Tom Craddock is avaialable to play after his transfer from Middlesbrough was given the go-ahead by the Football League, Football Association and Premier League.

Bury: Shakers boss Alan Knill brings his side to Kenilworth Road in third place with a fully fit squad which is free of suspensions.

Mick Harford (talking to lutontown.co.uk): "In my opinion we need 12-13 wins so we need to do something we haven't been able to do so far this season. Obviously there have been a number of circumstances like injuries and suspensions to our key players. But now I believe we've got the nucleus of a good squad to steer us clear of relegation."

Alan Knill (talking to buryfc.co.uk): "Saturday's game will be tough for us, very tough. Luton have lost something like once in 12 games but they've drawn most of them. The position they are in the table means that they have to go forward, they have to win games."

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Bury arrive at Kenilworth Road on the back of a four-match unbeaten run which has propelled the Shakers back amongst League 2's top three and leaves them four points behind leaders Wycombe.

In fact, their last defeat came at the hands of the Chairboys, but since then they have won three and drawn one of the following four games with all three victories coming in front of the Gigg Lane faithful.

A 1-0 home win over Barnet was followed by a goalless draw against Exeter at St James Park.

And two straight wins on home soil against promotion rivals Aldershot and Bradford has given the Shakers a great chance of holding on to an automatic promotion place.

Today's visitors have only conceded once during their unbeaten sequence and will be looking for their sixth win on their travels at Kenilworth Road this afternoon.

Luton wins: 18
Bury wins: 12
Draws: 8

Luton hold a lead in the number of meetings between the two sides in all competitions since the two sides first met back in an FA Cup tie in 1923.

However, the win over Bury at Gigg Lane earlier this season was the first time the Hatters had beaten the Shakers since a 3-2 League Cup win in 1973 at Kenilworth Road.

The Town's biggest win over today's visitors was 4-0 at Kenilworth Road in 1961.

Bury have beaten the Hatters three times by three goals which all occurred in a three year period, with victories in 1947 (3-0), 1949 (5-2) and 1950 (4-1), all at Gigg Lane.

Luton Town 1-2 Bury 24th April 2001

The Hatters were struggling at the bottom of the old Division 2 the last time Bury visited Kenilworth Road in April 2001.

Liam George fired the Town ahead in the seventh minute but the visitors hit back to equalise two minutes later through Chris Swailes.

Swailes' namesake Danny was sent off six minutes before the break for the Shakers but Colin Cramb earned the visitors all three points with a goal a minute from time to all but relegate Joe Kinnear's men.

Luton: Ovendale, Shepherd, Boyce, Watts, Dryden, Taylor, Mansell (sub Douglas), McLaren, Spring, George, Howard.

Unused subs: Stein, Locke, Stirling, Ward.

Bury: Kenny, Armstrong, C. Swailes, D. Swailes, Billy, Hill, Daws, Jarrett, Reid, Newby, Cramb (sub Forrest).

Unused subs: Littlejohn, Halford, Martin, Connell.

Attendance: 4,902

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