LIVE: BLACKBURN ROVERS vs PETERBOROUGH UNITED- Marriott secures Posh victory
Victory could take Posh to six points from safety but defeat could see them effectively relegated with 12 points to make up in four games, with the worst goal difference in the league by a distance.
They may fancy their chances against a play-off chasing but out-of-form Blackburn side, who have won just one of their last seven games. They are boosted by the return of Ben Brereton-Diaz and Bradley Dack in recent weeks.
Follow all of the action on the PT live blog below.
LIVE: Posh vs Blackburn
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off
- Joe Ward suspended
- Posh looking for third game unbeaten
- Posh go into the day 9 points adrift of safety
- Blackburn 7th but have won only1 in 7
3 mins 0-0
Diaz fires over after a clever corner saw Edun pick up the ball in the middle of the Posh box. Nice turn and shot, Posh caught sleeping.
Szmodics wingback?
Randall could be gettign his first action since 12 minutes on Janaury 12 against Sheffield United.
The biggest point of centention though is the right side of defence, we have heard that Szmodics that will be playing wingback.
Blackburn line-up
Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Jan Paul van Hecke, Darragh Lenihan, Tayo Edun, Scott Wharton, John Buckley, Lewis Travis, Ryan Giles, Ben Brereton-Diaz
Subs: Aynsley Pears, Harry Pickering, Bradley Johnson, Daniel Ayala, Tyrhrs Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Bradley Dack
Posh line-up
Dai Cornell, Harrison Burrows, Franke Kent, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Jeando Fuchs, Jack Taylor, Kwame Poku, Sammie Szmodics, Ricky-Jade Jones, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Will Blackmore, Mark Beevers, Hayden Coulson, Reece Brown, Jorge Grant, Joel Randall, Jack Marriott
Nearly time for the teams
My Peterborough United team to take on Blackburn Rovers includes two players brought in from the cold
Peterborough United need two wins over Easter to realistically keep alive an unlikely escape from Championship relegation.
Team news
Posh will be without Joe Ward for this one, Bali Mumba looks the obvious candidate to replace him but McCann played down his chances of starting yesterday. The options would then seem to be Knight at right back or Poku at wing back, we will have to see.
The rest are ling tern injuries, Joel Randall is not far away but this gamw will come just too soon for him.
Posh have met Blackburn at a bad time as star men Ben Brereton-Diaz and Bradley Dack are back from injury. Diaz scored twice in the return game in November. Tayo Edun also returned from ling-term injury last time out, Posh had him in the building at the start of the summer but Darren Ferguson rejected him based off his attitude.
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