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Full-time: Posh 3, Scunthorpe 0
TWO George Boyd goals and a Craig Mackail-Smith strike made sure Posh left the Championship relegation zone behind.
TWO George Boyd goals and a Craig Mackail-Smith strike made sure Posh left the Championship relegation zone behind.Boyd beat Iron keeper Joe Murphy with a high-class half-volley on the turn from just inside the area after 25 minutes.
Mackail-Smith doubled the lead in stoppage time at the end of the half when slotting past Murphy in a one-on-one situation after defender Jordan Spence had made a hash of dealing with a Lee Frecklington pass.
Jonathan Forte hit the bar with an overhead kick as Scunthorpe rallied after the break but top scorer Boyd sealed Posh's second league win of the season from the penalty spot 11 minutes from time.
He made no mistake after recalled Charlie Lee had been tripped by Michael O'Connor.
Posh collected their first clean sheet of the season and climb above Reading into 21st place in the Championship standings.
The Royals don't play until Monday when they face Leicester.
Read Mark Plummer's Championship match report: Posh 3, Scunthorpe 0 - Footballing Gods are smiling
Match preview:
Fergie orders Posh: Make amends.
Spotlight on Scunthorpe United - The Iron.
Survival would be seen as a success for Adkins.
It's the hardest time of my career says Mclean.
FAMOUS MATCH: Posh 1, Scunthorpe 1, 1986.
Match odds:
Posh to win - 5/4
Draw - 11/5
Scunthorpe to win - 9/4
Posh to win:
1-0: 6/1, 2-0: 17/2, 2-1: 8/1, 3-0: 18/1, 3-1: 18/1, 3-2: 28/1., 4-0: 66-1.
Scunny to win:
1-0: 7/1, 2-0: 14/1, 2-1: 10/1, 3-0: 40/1, 3-1: 28/1, 3-2: 33/1, 4-0: 100/1
Draw odds: 0-0 9/1; 1-1 6/1; 2-2 12/1; 3-3 50/1.
FIRST GOALSCORER
11/2 Aaron McLean (P), Craig Mackail-Smith (P); 6-1 George Boyd (P); 7-1 Gary Hooper (S), Paul Hayes (S); Shaun Batt (P); 8/1 Danny Rose (P), Jonathan Forte (S); 10/1 Grant McCann (S); 12/1 ChrisWhelpdale (P), Lee Frecklington (P); 14/1 Charlie Lee (P), Dean Keates (P), MartynWoolford (S); 1
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