LIVE: PETERBOROUGH UNITED vs DERBY COUNTY- Late goal sends Posh closer to League One

Oliver Norburn of Peterborough United battles with Krystian Bielik of Derby County. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com.

Victory would see Posh move six points clear of the Rams with a game in hand and potentially out of the relegation zone.

Defeat, however, would see Derby move ahead of Posh and drop them to 23rd and much closer to a place in League One next season.

Ronnie Edwards could be available again after injury.

Follow all of the action of the PT live blog below.

LIVE BLOG: Derby vs Posh

Key Events

3pm kick-off
Ronnie Edwards in contention to return
Posh looking for only their second away win of the season
Derby would overtake Posh with victory
The Rams have earned 18 more points than Posh this season

Sat, 19 Feb, 2022, 11:36 BST

Over 30,000 expected at Pride Park today

Peterborough United set to play in front of one the biggest crowds in the club’s Football League history in Saturday’s huge game at Derby County

Peterborough United are set to play in front of one of the biggest crowds in their Football League history on Saturday when travelling to Pride Park to take on Derby County in a crunch Championship relegation battle (February 19, 3pm).

Sat, 19 Feb, 2022, 11:31 BST

What’s going on Derby?

There’s been more twists and turns at Derby County this season than your average soap opera. They would be sitting pretty on 39 points without the their deductions and wouldn’t have anything to worry about but here we are.

Things may be looking up though. The club say they are close to reaching an agreement to settle their (outrageous) legal claims against the club (for their own failures on the pitch).

This is what was putting off potential owners and with this not set to be a problem any longer, the administrators Quantuma believe that the club is ready to be taken over and come out of administration.

They have written to three would-be buyers asking them to put forward formal offers to buy the club. One of those is believed to be former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley.

Wayne Rooney s also confident he has a number of free agents lined up as soon at the restrictions are lifted on the club.

Sat, 19 Feb, 2022, 11:30 BST

Fergie piles the pressure on Derby

Peterborough United manager piles the pressure on Derby County, praises Wayne Rooney and expects his players to stand up to a hostile atmosphere

Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson has piled the pressure on Derby County ahead of their crunch Championship relegation battle at Pride Park tomorrow (February 19, 3pm).

Fri, 18 Feb, 2022, 21:23 BSTUpdated 21:23 BST

How is stands

It is now truly a four-horse race, barring an incredible collapse from one of the other 20 teams. After today, Posh will only have Barnsley to play and can’t really afford to miss another opportunity.

Reading P31 -24 23pts

Posh P30 -37 21pts

Derby P31 -3 18pts

Barnsley P30 -26 17pts

Fri, 18 Feb, 2022, 21:18 BST

Welcome!

Here we go again and it’s yet another big game, made even bigger by the fact that Posh could only draw 0-0 against Reading on Wednesday night. It feels like this is must-win, not least because Posh would fall behind Derby on goal difference with a defeat. It would be only a second away win of the season and Posh need it more than ever. Join us to find out if they can do it.