LIVE: PETERBOROUGH UNITED v LINCOLN CITY: Posh win promotion after miracle comeback.
Lincoln City the only team who can stop Posh, provide the opposition at the Weston Homes Stadium.
Follow the action live on the PT Blog below.
LIVE BLOG: Posh vs Lincoln
Key Events
- 3-3 L
- Posh need only a draw to be promoted
- Hull will be champions if they better Posh’s result
- Reece Brown set to be available for selection
- Brennan Johnson struggling with hamstring injury before the match
Today’s other fixtures
Not that many of these matter but....
Posh realistically need to better Hull’s result to stay in the title race. A worse result and Hull are champions, the same and Posh would sit 3 behind but currently with a 7 worse goal difference.
Hull vs Wigan
Accrington vs Charlton
AFC Wimbledon vs Portsmouth
Bristol Rovers vs Crewe
Burton vs Gillingham
Fleetwood vs MK
Hull vs Wigan
Northampton vs Blackpool
Plymouth vs Sunderland
Rochdale vs Doncaster
Shrewsbury vs Oxford
Lincoln line-up
Alex Palmer, Regan Poole, Lewis Montsma, Tim Eyoma, Cohen Brammall, Liam Bridcutt, Jorge Grant, Anthony Scully, Harry Anderson, Morgan Rogers, Tom Hopper
Subs: Sam Long, Max Sanders, Tayo Edun, Jamie Jones, Remy Howarth, Conor McGrandles, Callum Morton
Posh line-up
Josef Bursik, Dan Butler, Frankie Kent, Mark Beevers, Nathan Thompson, Reece Brown, Jack Taylor, Joe Ward, Siriki Dembele, Sammie Szmodics, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Dan Gyollai, Mo Eisa, Louis Reed, Harrison Burrows, Ricky-Jade Jones, Ethan Hamilton, Niall Mason
Best home vs Best away
This clash sees the meeting of the sides with the best home record and the best away record.
Posh: P22 W15 D4 L3 F49 A19 +30 Pts 49
Lincoln P21 W13 D5 L3 F30 A14 +16 Pts 44
Lincoln’s 13 away wins is a new club record and they have returned to form after a significant dip.
After their 2-week enforced Covid break last month, they have players back from injury and have won four of their last six, drawing one and losing the other. The two they didn’t win were against Hull and Blackpool though, close positional rivals.
Lincoln set to be without star
Lincoln are set to be without star man Brennan Johnson for today. The 19-year-old loanee from Forest has been pulling strings put wide for the Imps this season, scoring 10 goals, providing 5 assists and winning numerous penalties for his side.
He limped off with a hamstring compliant on Tuesday in the win over Shrewsbury and looks set to miss out.
There are also questions over Liam Bridcutt, who has had an injury hit few months, missing four games this month after two back following a further 9 games out. He has made short appearances in the last 2 and was taken off at half-time on Tuesday. Can you believe he only has 6 yellow cards this season? Committed more yellow card fouls than that in January.
Lincoln do, however, have fellow loanee forward Morgan Rogers fit and so too, Jorge Grant. He made team of the season and leads the assist (10) and goals (12) charts for the Imps from midfield. .
Time to put the cherry on the cake for League One’s best player this season
Posh striker is named League One player-of-the-year, three Posh players in the team of the year
Prolific Posh striker Jonson Clarke-Harris has named player of the season in League One.
'Nobody deserves success more than the Posh owners’
Posh co-owners deserve a Championship reward for their generosity, congratulations to Grant McCann and the milestones Barry Fry hopes to celebrate with a promotion
Barry Fry believes no-one deserves promotion from League One this season more than Posh co-owners Darragh MacAnthony, Dr Jason Neale and Stewart Thompson.
Key battles
The big individual battles which could well decide a massive match between Peterborough United and Lincoln City
Second-placed Peterborough United host third-placed Lincoln City in the big game of the day in League One tomorrow (May 1, 3pm).
Match preview
Lincoln City determined to make Peterborough United work hard for automatic promotion, Imps top scorer likely to miss out, past meetings, bookies believe Posh can’t fail and current form ahead of the big game
Lincoln City manager Michael Appleton certainly hasn’t ruled out a top two finish for the Imps.
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