Mansfield Town vs Peterborough United: Posh looking to reach EFL Cup fourth round

Harrison Burrows in action for Posh against Mansfield. Photo: Joe Dent.Harrison Burrows in action for Posh against Mansfield. Photo: Joe Dent.
Harrison Burrows in action for Posh against Mansfield. Photo: Joe Dent.
Peterborough United travel to the One Call Stadium to face Mansfield in the EFL Cup third round (September 26, 7:45pm).

Victory for Posh against their League Two opponents would send Posh into the fourth round on the competition for just the second time in 30 years.

To do so, however, they will have to see off a Mansfield side who have not lost a match in any competition this season.

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

LIVE: Mansfield vs Posh

Yellow for Flint and EMC.

The Posh man had pushed him over but he gets up and pulls his head protection. The pair then square up.

Keillor-Dunn with the latest effort, well wide though from 25 yards out.

Looks like Posh are readying Katongo.

The pressure is on now.

Boateng volleys an effort over from the edge of the box but that’s after two very dangrous balls flash across the Posh box.

Worrying moment, Burrows makes a great tackle on Lewis as Mansfield break down the left, Bilokapic picks up the loose ball but it;s a weak clearance and it falls right to Macdonald who is encouraged to shoot by the whole ground, but he can’t get it on target as the keeper scrambles back.

Posh have lost control of this after barely getting out of their own half for most of his second period. The long ball causing Posh problems.

682 Posh fans here tonight and making themselves heard

Posh bring on Ajiboye for Ricky.

One of their star men, David Keillor-Dunn on for Mansfield in place of Williams.

Posh relieve the pressure with a corner, ball drops and about four pink shirts swing a leg at it before it;s eventually cleared.

Ball in the net but it’s offside.

Knight gifted the ball away, Bowery slides a ball across the box to Boateng to slide in unopposed under Bilokapic.

Burrows pulls back Lewis on halfway.. Yellow card

Ball into the box lands to an unmarked Gale at the far post. He hits it into the sidenetting but Bilokapic may have saved it as ref gives a corner.

Posh head out the corner but Mansfield recycle it, ball in and Gale is all on his own a yard from goal. I think it’s even going in without a touch.