LIVE: PETERBOROUGH UNITED vs COVENTRY- Posh well beaten after stunning second half display from Coventry
After wins against Bristol Rovers and Millwall, Posh are looking for a hattrick and to close the three-point gap to Reading in 21st place.
Coventry come into the game struggling for league form, having not won any of their last six but the in-form Matt Godden will lead the line for Mark Robins’ side.
Follow all the action on the PT live blog below.
LIVE BLOG: Posh vs Coventry
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off
- Benda and Mumba could start, Morton injured
- Posh looking for third straight home win
- Coventry haven’t won in their last six league games
- Godden set to start for Coventry, who sit in 10th
Darragh calls for Posh’s big players to wake up
Peterborough United chairman says it’s time ‘big’ players woke up and started to perform
Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony insists his side wouldn’t be battling against relegation from the Championship if four key men had played to their potential this season.
Posh need no introduction to Coventry’s dangerman as they sold him to the Sky Blues.
Matt Godden was always regarded as a good option at Posh but few believed he would ever step up to be the the main man that would score the goals to lead Posh to promotion. He got 14 as Coventry benefitted from the season called off due to Covid as they were handed the league title and only got six goals in his first Championship season but he has hit a purple patch this season.
He has 8 in 16 this season and looks on for a strong tally, while leading the line with Swede Viktor Gyokeres, who has nine in the league.
Posh will be boseted by the fact that lively wingback Ian Maatsen is injured but will still cause problems through Callum OHare and Gustavo Hamer, who have impressed in the midfield this season.
Posh set to stick with Szmodics
Peterborough United set to give another shot to Sammie Szmodics
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson looks likely to stick with Sammie Szmodics rather than Jonson Clarke-Harris as Siriki Dembele’s strike partner for the visit of a talented Coventry City side to the Weston Homes Stadium on Saturday (January 15, 3pm).
A reminder of where we stand form wise. Albeit not in the most convincing style, Posh picked a vital win against Bristol Rovers last time out and are now going for three home wins in a row. It’s sandwiched in the usual terrible away form but Posh have not lost in their last four home matches.
Coventry also won their FA Cup tie (against Derby) but but in a slump of their own. They have not won any of their last six league games, drawing four and losing two. It has dropped them down from 4th place, closing in on the leaders to tenth.
Posh: LWLDL
Coventry: LDLDD
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Match preview
Out of form Coventry wary of Peterborough United’s home record, when Posh v Coventry City was a huge game, watch out for deadly in-form Posh striker, big match odds
Coventry boss Mark Robins is wary of the challenge playing struggling Posh at home can still present.
Welcome!
After a 21-day break and an FA Cup victory, Posh finally return to league action in the safety of the Weston Homes Stadium’s home comforts. They host an out-of-form Coventry side and there may well be some new faces in the line-up to buoy spirits further. Join us here to find out if Posh can come back wait a bang.
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