Mansfield Town boss believes Peterborough United are safe and he's expecting an expansive and attacking game at London Road

Mind you Clough, whose team are in great form, also believes Posh are safe, a point not shared by many who have watched Luke Williams’ side win just one of their last 13 League One matches.

Two more defeats in their final two matches could leave Posh sweating on the results of Leyton Orient (at home to Burton Albion) and Exeter City (at home to Bradford City). Exeter would need to win and hope for a goal difference swing of seven to overhaul Posh. A win would suffice for Orient if Posh don’t pick any points from the Mansfield game and the final day clash with Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.

Posh won the reverse fixture at Mansfield 2-1, but mainly thanks to an outstanding goal-keeping display from Alex Bass.

But Clough told the Mansfield Chad: “They are safe so I think they will be quite expansive and attacking. I hope we play as well as we did in the home game.

“We want to stay unbeaten. Our last two games are against two teams who can do the double over us and we are conscious of that, but it would be lovely to stay unbeaten until the end of the season.”

Mansfield are 11th having lost one of their last 11 League One matches and come to the Weston Homes Stadium on the back of excellent away wins at Stockport County (1-0) and Huddersfield Town (4-1).

Mansfield goalkeeper Liam Roberts added: “We are going to go for it, absolutely. We want to finish as high up the table as we possibly can. It’s been a great season but there are games we should have got results in. It is an exciting time to be at the club going into next season, we are going to give it a right go.

“They love to go on the attack and we will do the same, it will be a good game for the neutral.”