Oxford United vs Peterborough United: Live blog as Posh travel to Championship side in the EFL Cup

Archie Collins applauds the Peterborough United fans after the opening day vs Huddersfield. Photo: Joe Dent.Archie Collins applauds the Peterborough United fans after the opening day vs Huddersfield. Photo: Joe Dent.
Archie Collins applauds the Peterborough United fans after the opening day vs Huddersfield. Photo: Joe Dent.
Peterborough United travel to the Kassam Stadium to face Oxford United in the EFL Cup first round (7:45pm).

It’s place of unhappy recent memories for Posh but they will once again travel in hope.

Former captain Peter Kioso could well be in the starting line-up for the opposition.

If the game is level after 90 minutes, it will go straight to a penalty shootout.

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

LIVE: Oxford vs Posh

Key Events

  • Straight to penalties if level after 90 minutes

It really was nearly 1-0 that time, Goodrham with a brilliant turn away from Curtis gets to the edge of the box and shoots for the top corner, Bilokapic has to be at full stretch to push it away.

Poor defending from Posh and it;s nearly 1-0 Oxford.

Sparkes sold a dummy by Phillips, he fires in a ball, Bilokapic dithers and doesn’t come out to meet it, El Mizouni throws a foot at it and thankfully misses it, only just though. Warning.

Posh playing well, could do without Collins nearly gifting the ball away with a shocking pass to Wallin, the big Swede manages to mop up the danger and Posh break away.

Odoh with a strong cut in and shot, forces a diving save from Ingram to push the ball wide.

Terrible corner in cleared by the first man.

Posh now send in a corner after good pressure from Randall wins it, Wallin is there again but heads down into the ground and it bounces up nicely for Ingram to catch.

Sparkes takes but its well over, hard to get it up and over in that space from around 20 yards out.

Now Hayes bundled over on the edge of the Posh as Posh look dangerous. A lot more central this.

Deep ball in from Randall to the far post, Wallin gets there through a crowd but can only plant a header well over.

Odoh flattened by Kioso. Free kick of the right edge of the box

Oxford corner, Leigh was a deflected effort that bounces of Bilokapic and away to safety, he didn’t know much about it but was positioned well.

Not good marking from Posh

Bright start for Posh, Collins stings the palms of Ingram, he doesn’t do well at all and doesn’t catch the ball but the ball bounces up awkwardly for Hayes and he can only loop a header up in the air.

Change to the stated line-up, Donay O’Brien-Brady is starting in midfield and not Susoho

Matt Ingram, Sam Long, Jordan Thorniley, Greg Leigh, Peter Kioso, Josh McEachran, Ruben Rodrigues, Idris El Mizouni, Goodrham, Matt Phillips, Louie Sibley

Subs: Simon Eastwood, Ciaron Brown, Will Vaulks, Elliott Moore, Cameron Brannagan, Malcolm Ebiowei, Jack Currie, James Golding, Gatlin O’Donkor

Nicholas Bilokapic, Jack Sparkes, Emmanuel Fernandez, Oscar Wallin, Sam Curtis, Mahamadou Susoho, Archie Collins, Cian Hayes, Joel Randall, Abraham Odoh, Ricky-Jade Jones

Subs: Jed Steer, Romoney Crichlow, James Dornelly, Donay O’Brien-Brady, David Ajiboye, Chris Conn-Clarke, Kwame Poku, Tyler Young, Malik Mothersille

Nobody wanted to be back here so soon but don’t you just love a football sometimes?

It’s a 7:45pm kick-off and you can follow the action right here

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