LIVE: Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers: Posh give away two goal lead to miss out on promotion
Posh need a maximum of three points from their final three games to clinch a top two finish.
Follow the action live on the PT Blog below.
Live blog: Posh vs Doncaster
Key Events
- 2-2 FT
- Posh blow 2 goal lead to miss out on promotion
- Ward and Szmodics put Posh 2-0 up in 20 minutes
- Okenabirhie pulls one back for Donny before half-time.
- Substitute Richards pulls Donny level as Posh produce poor second half
- Posh now need a point against Lincoln to go up
Doncaster line-up
Louie Jones, Reece James, Tom Anderson, Andy Butler, Joe Wright, Matt Smith, Scott Robertson, Brandon Horton, Josh Sims, Jason Lokiol, Omar Bogle, Fejiri Okenabirhie
Subs: Ben Bottomley, John Bostock, Danny Amos, Taylor Richards, Tyreece John-Jules, AJ Greaves, Ben Blythe
Posh line-up
Josef Bursik, Dan Butler, Mark Beevers, Frankie Kent, Nathan Thompson, Joe Ward, Louis Reed, Jack Taylor, Siriki Dembele, Sammie Szmodics, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Dan Gyollai, Niall Mason, Mo Eisa, Ethan Hamilton, Ricky-Jade Jones, Idris Kanu, Harrison Burrows
Tonight’s other fixtures
The ones that matter:
Shrewsbury vs Lincoln
Sunderland vs Blackpool
If you’re interested:
Accrington vs Portsmouth
Wimbledon vs Rochdale
Burton vs Fleetwood
Charlton vs Crewe
Recent form...
One way to get yourself up for this one is perhaps by not looking at the head to head record between these two sides. Posh have not beaten Doncaster in any of their 6 attempts since 2016 when Ricardo Santos popped up with the last minute winner at the Keepmoat.
Results:
02 Sep 2017- Donny 0-0 Posh
01 Jan 2018- Posh (Lloyd) 1-1 Donny (Whiteman 90+3)
01 Sep 2018 Posh (Tafazolli) 1-1 Donny
09 Feb 2019- Donny 3-1 Posh (Cooper, Denton red card)
21 Sep 2019- Donny 2-0 Posh
26 Dec 2019- Posh 0-3 Donny
Doncaster’s tale of woe
One of the positive omens for Posh tonight is that Doncaster make the trip as one of the most out of form teams in the Football League. From automatic promotion chasers, they have dropped right down to 13th. Darren Moore walkout out of them while on a poor run and Interim boss Andy Butler hasn’t improved things.
Doncaster’s run of form: LLLDL, Moore leaves, WWLDLDLLLLLWLL
Dangermen
As usual it’s the loan players with Donny. Josh Sims (Southampton), Tyreece John-Jules (Arsenal) and Taylor Richards (Brighton) are all now back at the club after spells on the treatment table.
They will be without ex-Posh man Kieran Sadlier, who scored in both of the meetings last season, through injury.
All of Posh’s promotions, will they add another one tonight?
All the previous Peterborough United promotions - Posh have not sealed the deal by winning a home game for 47 years!
It’s been 47 years since Peterborough United last clinched a promotion by winning a match at London Road.
Late Covid hit blow for visitors
The news has just broken that four Doncaster players will now miss tonight’s game. One has tested positive for Covid and as a result, another three are self-isolating.
The club will not be naming the players but the other squad members have been tested and returned negative results. Game still on.
This is it...
Here we go then. The day has arrived and Posh have their first chance to seal their place in the Championship for next season.
Darren Ferguson is going for his 5th career promotion (4th at Posh) against the club he led to this division in 2017.
It can be simple, just win, if not:
Draw and we need Lincoln to fail to beat Shrewsbury
Lose and hope Lincoln lose and Sunderland drop points
Feeling confident?
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