Watford increased the tension ahead of their clash against rivals Luton Town by mocking their home ground Kenilworth Road.

The two sides play in what is dubbed as the ‘M1 derby’ and meet in the Championship at Saturday lunchtime.

Watford mocked rivals Luton with a seemingly sarcastic social media post@WatfordFC X

Kenilworth Road, built in 1905, is famed for its old school appearance and an away end entrance that traverses over the backs of terraced houses.

talkSPORT’s Adrian Durham isn’t the biggest fan of Luton’s stadium, as he ranked it 22nd out of all 24 teams in the Championship.

“It’s a shambles, isn’t it? It’s just rubbish,” he said, before adding: “It’s a terrible ground, truly awful ground that they spend no money on whatsoever.”

And Luton’s bitter rivals Watford weren’t shy to mockingly take aim at the ground just hours before they kick off in Bedfordshire.

In a video posted on X with the caption ‘Taking in the sights’, footage of the pouring rain was filmed in the local area.

This included streams of water that appeared to be falling inside the stadium concourse as well as the outside areas.

Watford captured what was a gloomy setting amid the poor weather and their video ended at the away end entrance after a clip of a discarded can that was lying on the wet road.

Luton will boast a more modern home ground in the future after announcing their successful application for a new 25,000 capacity stadium.

But The Hornets certainly did enough to get in their opponent’s head before the match, though all the talking will be done on the pitch.

Luton won their previous meeting 2-0 on their home turf in April 2023 which aided their promotion to the Premier League.

Rain was filmed falling from inside Kenilworth Road@WatfordFC X

Watford captured what was a gloomy setting at their rival’s home@WatfordFC X

They even filmed a bin with Luton written on it@WatfordFC X

An empty can lying on the road further added to the atmosphere@WatfordFC X

However, the Hatters have endured a difficult start to life back in the Championship having won just two of their opening nine matches.

They enter the derby against Watford off the back of a winless run of three matches and just a point above the relegation zone in 21st.

Watford are 15 spots above them in the play-off spots despite winning only two of their past six Championship fixtures.

It’s been 18 years since they last won at Kenilworth Road though and they’ve failed to score in their last two visits.

Their pre-match social media antics could also give Luton an added boost on Saturday in the next chapter of their long-running rivalry.