One change apiece as the Hatters welcome back midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu after two games out through injury, with Luke Berry dropping to the bench.

Watford's only change from the 1-1 draw against Wigan sees Hamza Choudhury return from suspension in place of Leandro Bacuna.

Luton: Horvath, Drameh, Osho, Lockyer, Bell, Doughty, Nakamba, Ruddock Mpanzu, Campbell, Morris. Adebayo.

Subs: Shea, Bradley, Berry, Woodrow, Lansbury, Burke. Taylor.

Watford: Bachmann, Porteous, Cathcart, Hoedt, Ngakia, Choudhury, Louza, Kone, Sema, Davis, Pedro.

Subs: Hamer, Ferreira, Asprilla, Sarr, Bacuna, Kabasele, Assombalonga.

Preston make three changes to their line-up for today's west Lancashire derby.

Liam Lindsay, Troy Parrott and Andrew Hughes come in following their defeat by Middlesbrough prior to the international break.

Meanwhile, Blackpool also make three changes after their defeat by Coventry City.

Jordan Gabriel, Kenny Dougall and Keshi Anderson replace Jordan Thorniley, Lewis Fiorini and Charlie Patino.

Preston:Woodman, Fernandez, Whiteman, Lindsay, Browne, Johnson, Storey, Parrott, Hughes, Cannon, Potts.

Subs:Cornell, Bauer, Ledson, Brady, Onomah, Woodburn, Delap.

Blackpool:Maxwell, Gabriel, Connolly, Nelson, Husband, Lyons, Dougall, Anderson, Hamilton, Rogers, Yates.

Subs: Grimshaw, Garbutt, Thompson, Patino, Carey, Bowler, Poveda.

Around 16 miles separates Kenilworth Road from Vicarage Road as the crow flies, but they are bonded by nearly 140 years of history, and you know what they say about familiarity…

Since these two first met in a friendly in December 1885, there have been more than 120 meetings, however today is just their sixth league encounter in more than 25 years.

After being appointed to the Watford hot seat last summer, Rob Edwards only enjoyed three wins in his 10 Championship games as manager - the fact they came against Burnley, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough now looks pretty extraordinary.

It was only six weeks on the sofa before Edwards replaced Nathan Jones at the helm at Kenilworth Road in mid-November with the Hatters in 10th place and the Hornets sat 4th.

Fast-forward to today and it’s Luton who are 4th, six points off an automatic place, having taken 14 points from their last six games, while Watford are 10th with only two wins from 11.

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Preston will be without one player this afternoon after they suffered some injury woe in their 4-0 defeat by Middlesbrough.

Greg Cunningham is out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury picked up in their 4-0 loss.

"Injuries happen and it's come at a time [where] he's been excellent," boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"It's disappointing for him but we just have to make sure we do right by him and also right by the club."

Lowe added: "His contract is up at the end of the season which is not helpful. We'll have a conversation about where we can go, what we can do, and the rehab."

Just the one early kick off in League Two today, with most games kicking off at, you guessed it, 15:00 BST:

• Bradford City v Grimsby Town (13:00 BST)
• AFC Wimbledon v Rochdale
• Barrow v Gillingham
• Colchester United v Newport County
• Doncaster Rovers v Crewe Alexandra
• Hartlepool United v Swindon Town
• Leyton Orient v Carlisle United
• Mansfield Town v Crawley Town
• Northampton Town v Stevenage
• Walsall v Sutton United

Every game in English football's third tier gets going at 15:00 BST today, helpfully:

• Barnsley v Morecambe
• Charlton Athletic v Shrewsbury Town
• Cheltenham Town v Burton Albion
• Derby County v Ipswich Town
• Fleetwood Town v Exeter City
• Peterborough United v Oxford United
• Port Vale v Cambridge United
• Portsmouth v Forest Green Rovers
• Sheffield Wednesday v Lincoln City
• Wycombe Wanderers v Milton Keynes Dons

All games kick off at 15:00 BST unless stated:

• Luton Town v Watford (12:30 BST)
• Preston North End v Blackpool (12:30 BST)
• Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers
• Bristol City v Reading
• Cardiff City v Swansea City
• Coventry City v Stoke City
• Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough
• Hull City v Rotherham United
• Norwich City v Sheffield United
• West Bromwich Albion v Millwall
• Wigan Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

Another big day in the English Football League as we begin the countdown to the end of the season.

We've got big games at the top and bottom of the table and two early Championship games to get stuck into.

Luton take on Watford while we've got another derby to enjoy as Preston face struggling Blackpool.

Kick-off is coming soon.