Peterborough United captain requires injections for knee injury

Peter Kioso of Peterborough United closes down Saikou Janneh of Cambridge United. Photo: Joe Dent.

Kioso missed last Saturday’s FA Cup draw with Salford due to a minor knee injury and Posh has played through the issue both against Wigan on Tuesday night and against Cambridge on Saturday.

He had to be taken off after 69 minutes of Posh’s victory over their rivals after dropping to the floor and requiring treatment to the same knee. He was replaced by Jadel Katongo.

He will now sit out the next two cup games with the aim of being ready to play when Posh return to league action on November 25.

He will have extra recovery time due to the fact that Posh’s previously scheduled game away at Exeter next Saturday has now been called off due to international call-ups.

Speaking after Posh thumped Cambridge 5-0, Ferguson said: “We’ve managed to get him through the last two games. He needs an injection in his knee and he will now get that on Monday. He’ll then get another one the following Monday and be fit for Burton.

“We had to just get him through Wigan and today, he was never going to play at Salford and he obviously won’t play against Colchester the following Tuesday.

“We’ll manage him and we’ve got a plan in place and now we’ve got him through these two games, we can get the injections into him that he needs to take the swelling out and he’ll be fine.”