LIVE: PETERBOROUGH UNITED vs LUTON TOWN- Late Posh surge leads to draw

Peterborough United host surprise promotion contenders Luton Town in the Championship this evening (April 5).
Joe Ward heads clear against Luton. Photo: David Lowndes.Joe Ward heads clear against Luton. Photo: David Lowndes.
Joe Ward heads clear against Luton. Photo: David Lowndes.

Posh are set to be boosted by the return on Ronnie Edwards and Mark Beevers but have now fallen to eight points adrift of safety, with only seven games to go.

Luton, meanwhile, who operate on a similar budget to Posh, are flying high in fourth and looking for another win to move their impossible dream of reaching the Premier League a step closer.

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

LIVE: Posh vs Luton

Key Events

  • 7:45pm kick-off
  • Edwards and Beevers likely to return to the squad
  • Norburn ruled out with torn ACL
  • Morton returns to West Brom with shoulder injury
  • Luton could go third with a win

Straight from kick-off JCH lipped in behind Bell, not exactly his strong point but he tries to bulldoze his way right wy through Bell, rather than around, foul.

James Shea, James Bree, Kal Naismith, Peter Kioso, Amari’i Bell, Pelly Mpanzu, Allan Campbell, Fred Onyedinma, Danny Hylton, Elijah Adebayo, Cameron Jerome

Sub: Harry Isted, Dan Potts, Sonny Bradley, Harry Cornick, Robert Snodgrass, Carlos Mendes-Gomes, Henry Lansbury

Dai Cornell, Harrison Burrows, Frankie Kent, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Joe Ward, Jack Taylor, Jeando Fuchs, Kwame Poku, Jack Marriott, Jonson Clarke-Harris

Subs: Will Blackmore, Sammie Szmodics, Reece Brown, Jorge Grant, Ricky-Jade Jones, Bali Mumba, Emmanuel Fernandez

No complacency from Luton boss

Luton arrive tonight in 4th off the back of a 2-2 draw at the weekend that they rescued due to a late own goal. It’s been mainly their fellow play-off contenders that have tripped them up lately rather than anyone else.

Luton last 6

Luton 2-2 Milwall

Hull 1-3 Luton

Luton 4-0 Preston

Luton 1-2 QPR

Coventry 0-1 Luton

Middlesbrough 2-1 Luton

A plea to fans from the club ahead of tonight

Well, there is a prevaliling feeling that Posh’s time in the Championship is soming to an end and there are still seven games to go and the team has vosed to keep fighting. They will have to do a lot better tonight than they did on Saturday against a Luton side that have been defying expectations all season.

Find out here if they can restore some pride with victory tonight.

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