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

34 mins 2-1 Chelsea

Posh trying to build from the back and have been working the ball forward well, Chelsea have been required to head a few good crosses out of the danger area.

29 mins 2-1 Chelsea

Posh have been better since the goal and have managed to push Chelsea back. JCH is causing the young centre halves plenty of problems.

Posh hit back straightaway.

JCH in the right place at the right time to turn in a cross from Burrows inside the six-yard box. Great movement.

Sensational strike from Casadei. 40 yards out middle of the pitch, in free space and just smashes it into the top corner, Bergstrom at full-stretch has no chance.

21 mins 1-0 Chelsea

Posh try and hit back and Mensah drives a ball into the box that Beach has to punch away but it only goes as far as Burrows on the edge, his rebound is blocked by a couple of men though.

18 mins 1-0 Chelsea

Straight from that corner, Chelsea bring the ball forward quickly. Mothersille finds himself in acres of space just beyond halfway and in between Watts and Knight. He drives all the way to the edge of the box, beats Watta again, ignores Hutchinson all alone on the right and buries it into the bottom corner.

Well, that might have been a rubbish free-kick from Burrows but as it is dropping straight into the hands of Beach, he drops it out for a corner. Comes to nothing though.