LIVE: SWANSEA CITY v PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Posh lucky to escape with a 3-0 defeat
Posh have only won three games in a row in the second tier twice in the club’s 61-year Football League history.
Follow the action from the Swansea.com Stadium live on the PT Blog below....
LIVE BLOG: Swansea vs Posh
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off
- Jonson Clarke-Harris to play after suspension
- Posh sit 20th, 5 clear of relegation zone
- Ex-Posh man Russell Martin takes charge of the Swans
- Ryan Bennett also set to feature
Ten minutes
Ten minutes to kick-off now. Ryan Bennett is in the Swansea line-up and Dai Cornell returns to his old club, he only ever played 1 League Cup in 6 seasons at the club. Idris Kanu is also making his first Championship start and first start of the season. He played well against QPR off the bench, can he do it facing not so tired legs, we’re about to find out.
Today’s other fixtures
Fulham 3-0 West Brom
Bristol City vs Barnsley
Derby vs Blackburn
Huddersfield vs Millwall
Hull vs Coventry
Middlesbrough vs Birmingham
Preston vs Luton
Sheffield United vs Blackpool
Stoke vs Cardiff
Reading vs Bournemouth
Swansea line-up
Ben Hamer, Ethan Laird, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Jake Bidwell, Matt Grimes, Korey Smith, Oliver Ntcham, Jamie Paterson, Joel Piroe,
Subs: Steven Benda, Flynn Downes, Ben Cabango, Michael Obafemi, Morgan Whittaker, Liam Cullen, Joel Latibeaudiere
Posh line-up
Dai Cornell, Harrison Burrows, Mark Beevers, Ronnie Edwards, Nathan Thompson, Idris Kanu, Jack Taylor, Oliver Norburn, Jorge Grant, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembele
Subs: Will Blackmore, Dan Butler, Frankie Kent, Josh Knight, Conor Conventry, Joe Ward, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Team news is half and hour away? Would you bring Clarke-Harris back?
Should Peterborough United deploy star midfielder further forward at Swansea City?
Peterborough United seek a third win on the bounce at Championship level for just the third time in the club’s history at Swansea City on Saturday (October 30, 3pm).
Swansea team
There are a few Posh reunions today. Two very fondly remembered defenders face their former side, Russell Martin is in the dugout and Ryan Bennett is expected to be on the pitch, he was played every game he has been fit for this season at the heart of their back three. Man United loanee Ethan Laird and ex-City youngster Joel Latibeaudiere are expected to fill the wing backs slots in a formation that could match Posh up. Joel Piroe, who joined the club from PSV in the summer has top scored so far with 7 goals in 13 games and Jamie Paterson has hit a hot streak, scoring three in his last 5, including the winner against West Brom and the first against Cardiff.
Flynn Downes is expected to miss the match through injury, a player Posh chased in the summer when he was looking to leave Ipswich.
Fergie backs his side to do what West Brom couldn’t
Peterborough United can achieve what hot promotion favourites West Bromwich Albion failed to do and that’s win at Swansea City
Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson insists his team can achieve what hot promotion fancies West Brom failed to do and put a dent in Swansea City’s impressive recent home record when the teams clash in a Championship fixture at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday (October 30, 3pm).
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