LIVE: HULL CITY v PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Dembele puts Posh back in front

Jack Taylor of Peterborough United is congratulated by team-mates after scoring the opening goal of the game at Hull. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.comJack Taylor of Peterborough United is congratulated by team-mates after scoring the opening goal of the game at Hull. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com
Jack Taylor of Peterborough United is congratulated by team-mates after scoring the opening goal of the game at Hull. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com
Peterborough United have a huge game at the bottom of the Championship at fellow strugglers Hull City tonight (October 20, 7.45pm).

A win could take Posh out of the bottom three, but Darren Ferguson’s side have lost all six of their away games so far this season.

Follow the action live on the PT Blog below...

LIVE BLOG: Hull vs Posh

Key Events

  • 2-1 Posh FT
  • Posh hoping to avoid 7th consecutive away league defeat
  • Posh expected to stick with three at the back formation
  • Jonson Clarke-Harris serving the third of his four-match suspension
  • Hull have failed to score in 8 of their 12 league games

Posh pick up the ball through Grant, he goes back to Thompson, he switches to Taylor on the left who has all kinds of space, he runs forward but does not have the pace to get away, he has to cut back and shoots from the edge of the box but he scuffs well over.

Grant appears to be playing on the right of a front three with, Dembele in the middle and Szmodics on the left. Posh seeing the ball early, yet to look dangerous. Thompson has just been clattered by Elder, could easily have been a yellow later in the game.

We can do without that... Magennis goes down in the box after some jostling with Edwards. Ref not interested in his protests.

Nice start from Posh, sliding tackle in the centre of the pitch from Dembele on Docherty, wins it and tries to feed in Grant, just doesn’t have the pace to get there.

Ten minutes to go until kick-off. Posh will be keen not to fall to a 7th straight away defeat. The last time they did was between December and February 2009-2010 when Mark Cooper’s (among others) men were relegated from the Championship. The club record is 8.

Today’s other fixtures

Huddersfield vs Birmingham

Middlesbrough vs Barnsley

Preston vs Coventry

Fulham vs Cardiff

Swansea vs West Brom

Reading vs Blackpool

Today’s other fixtures

Huddersfield vs Birmingham

Middlesbrough vs Barnsley

Preston vs Coventry

Fulham vs Cardiff

Swansea vs West Brom

Reading vs Blackpool

Posh go unchanged, which does mean the three centre backs and two defensive midfielders remain in place against a side who have failed to score in eight of their 12 league outings. Time will tell if that’s over-cautious or not, perhaps will play with more intent but neither Darragh or Fergie will want a repeat of Saturday’s no shots on target.

Hull make three changes with Josh Magennis coming in up front for Tyler Smith, Tom Huddlesstone replaces Richie Smallwood in central midfield and Greg Docherty replaces Andy Cannon in the same position. McCann got a lot of stick for changing the formation to a back four on Saturday for their defeat to Huddersfield when they had beaten Middlesbrough previously with a three.

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