LIVE: Peterborough United vs Nottingham Forest- Posh trail at the break
Anything that isn’t a Posh win will see them relegated to League One for next season, even if they draw and Reading lose, it will not be official but it will be as good as given Posh’s poor goal difference.
It may still happen anyway if Reading win but Posh must do all they can first and hope for the best.
Follow all of the action on the PT live blog below.
LIVE: Posh vs Nottingham Forest
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off
- Posh must win or they are relegated
- Reading face Hull away
- Joe Ward could return from a dead leg
- Forest are 5th, having lost 1 of their last 13 league games
Szmodics wing back?
With Burrows, Edwards, Kent and Knight all in the side, it could well be Szmodics at wing back again. With Posh needed to win, that makes it more likely.
That would leave Poku behind Jones and JCH.
Forest line-up
Brice Samba, Djed Spence, Tobias Figueiredo, Joe Worrall, Scott McKenna, Jack Colback, Ryan Yates, James Garner, Philip Zinckernagel, Brennan Johnson, Sam Surridge
Subs: Ethan Hovarth, Steve Cook, Richie Laryea, Alex Mighten, Carlos Miguel Ribeiro Dias, Joe Lolley, Lewis Grabban
Posh line-up
Dai Cornell, Harrison Burrows, Frankie Kent, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Sammie Szmodics, Jack Taylor, Jeando Fuchs, Kwame Poku, Ricky-Jade Jones, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Will Blackmore, Mark Beevers, Bali Mumba, Reece Brown, Joel Randall, Jorge Grant, Jack Marriott
Team news shortly
Peterborough United team: A must-win game calls for a different approach as Posh look to tame in-form Nottingham Forest
Peterborough United must approach the visit of Nottingham Forest on Saturday (April 23) differently considering their Championship status is on the line.
Joe Ward is 50/50 to be back into the side after picking up a dead leg against Barnsley.
Jorge Grant and Hayden Coulson could return to the bench after missing out with niggles last time out.
Grant McCann on Jorge Grant
Jorge Grant 'unlucky' to be left out of Posh side says boss Grant McCann
Jorge Grant’s absence from the Peterborough United side is due to bad luck according to boss Grant McCann
Today’s other games
Hull vs Reading
Luton vs Blackpool
Birmingham vs Millwall
Bournemouth vs Fulham
Derby vs Bristol City
Sheffield United vs Cardiff
Stoke vs QPR
Swansea vs Middlesbrough
West Brom vs Coventry
Who did the PT readers go for as their player of the year?
Peterborough United player-of-the-year poll: Who was your number one?
Peterborough United’s unofficial player-of-the-year has been decided by a Peterborough Telegraph Twitter poll
A stat came out this week, that is barely believable. If you look at the Championship form table over the last 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 games, then Nottingham Forest are top. Since Steve Cooper came in at the end of September, only Fulham have picked up more points of Forest.
Their Good Friday loss at Luton was is their ony defeat in their last 13 league matches. That has probably ended their chances of hunting down Bournemouth for the final automatic promotion place but they the play-off race is still wide open and all available positions are up for grabs, so they won’t be easing off just yet.
Last 5
Forest 4-0 West Brom
Luton 1-0 Forest
Forest 2-0 Birmingham
Forest 2-0 Coventry
Blackpool 1-4 Forest