Peterborough United: Live Blog as Posh host Chelsea in the Papa John's Trophy second round

Ricky-Jade Jones wins the ball ahead of Josh Brooking. Photo: Joe Dent.Ricky-Jade Jones wins the ball ahead of Josh Brooking. Photo: Joe Dent.
Ricky-Jade Jones wins the ball ahead of Josh Brooking. Photo: Joe Dent.
Peterborough United host Chelsea Under 21s in the Papa John’s Trophy at the Weston Homes Stadium (November 22, 7:30pm).

A welcome break from the league and from the long trips on the road.

Victory will move Posh one step closer to a potential Wembley date.

Jack Taylor and Jonson Clarke-Harris should be fully recovered from bouts of illness but Grant McCann must choose whether to select them or not.

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

LIVE: Posh vs Chelsea U21s

Thompson replaces Mensah and Jack Taylor is back in place of Kyprianou.

59 mins 3-1 Chelsea

Joe Taylor flashes a good ball across the box. Joens is right there and doesn’t gamble on it. Incredible.

Had to move about a footstep.

56 mins 3-1 Chelsea

Chelsea seem to have calmed things down. They’re back to dominating the ball and pining it around nicely. Posh chasing shadows.

52 mins 3-2 Chelsea

Corner Posh, they resort to a long ball over the top to Jones. He races past Brooking but the defender still manages to block the cross.

From the corner, it’s sent into a great central area but it appears Jones has his back to it. Very odd.

49 mins 3-1 Chelsea

Marriott shoots from the edge of the box. Fairly tame but still spilled by Beach. Jones can’t react quickly enough to pick it up though.

48 mins 3-1 Chelsea

Chelsea comes straight back though and a ball is flashed across the box. Casadei bets Knight and Watts but just can’t get there on the dive with his head.

46 mins 3-1 Chelsea

Bright start from Posh, Mensah does well on the right. Sends in a low ball, Randall miscontrols but manages to feed it back to Burrows. His shot is blocked though.

Jack Marriott and Joe Taylor on at the break.

JCH and Ajiboye off