Hatters defender Ed Asafu-Adjaye has highlighted the Stevenage Borough clash at the start of April as one that could be pivotal in the race for the only automatic promotion spot.
Ed Asafu-Adjaye
The 21-year-old, who is from the Hertfordshire town, returned from a nine-week injury lay-off to feature in Luton's 2-1 win over Forest Green Rovers.
Tom Craddock's last minute winner closed the gap at the top to eight with leaders Oxford United, who lost to Hayes & Yeading courtesy of a brace from Luton loanee Steve Basham, being usurped at the summit by Borough.
Town moved to third in the Blue Square Premier and now the defender believes they are right back in the hunt.
Asked what the late victory in midweek meant in terms of the title race, he said: "I think it puts the pressure on them [Oxford and Stevenage]. I think they were feeling it anyway. We are a big club, a big name and we are coming along strongly. It's only a stone's throw away."
Town travel to Broadhall Way on April 3 and Asafu-Adjaye is targeting a smash and grab raid in his home town.
"It's a massive game," he said of the Bedfordshire-Hertfordshire derby. "If we can take the three points off them there then it closes the gap right down. I think we are eight points off the top now, and I know Oxford have a game in hand, but if they lost that then it's looking very tight."
The full back declared himself injury free and fully fit as he looks to help his team back to the Football League in the run-in to the end of the season.
He said: "I've got no niggles now and I'm fully fit. It's been a combination of a couple of them at the wrong time. Credit to Newts [Adam Newton], he's done well when he's played.
"I'm been a bit out of favour so it's good to get my opportunity and hopefully I get more."
Seven of Luton's remaining 11 games are at Kenilworth Road, but Forest Green's 81st minute penalty meant that they have kept a clean sheet on their home turf since September 12, 2009 - something Asafu-Adjaye knows they will have to correct.
"I'm not too sure what it is when we play at home," he said. "I don't feel that the team is nervous or anxious in any way but we just seem to leave ourselves open for the counter attack when we are pushing.
"I don't think we need to be more reserved but just be aware of that and I think it would stop a lot more goals going against us.
"Away from home we seem to play it much differently, getting it out and playing forward, which minimises the risks. But at home, I think we sometimes overplay it and it cuts us short sometimes."
Frustrations boiled over on Tuesday when Town conceded the equaliser, with sections of the crowd booing. Craddock's goal changed the mood late on but the defender called for fans to get behind the team as they've shown twice in a month they can dig out results in the dying seconds.
"We understand their frustration," he said. "There's no one as frustrated than we are and we're in it the same as they are, and want it as much as they do.
"We just need them to back us until the final whistle.
"We all know it wasn't the best of performances but there were positives in the game. The biggest one was that we didn't give up.
"You just have to try and keep your head up and everyone else's head up. You push hard and keep hoping that something will pop up, and it did.
"It shows it's not over until the final whistle. Goals are made in seconds."