Peterborough United vs Birmingham City: Live blog as Posh host their final pre-season friendly

Peterborough United host Birmingham City at the Weston Homes Stadium in their final pre-season match (July 29, 3pm).
Kwame Poku scores the opening goal for Peterborough United. Photo: Joe Dent.Kwame Poku scores the opening goal for Peterborough United. Photo: Joe Dent.
Kwame Poku scores the opening goal for Peterborough United. Photo: Joe Dent.

Darren Ferguson will get a final chance to look at his side in a match situation before the big kick-off next Saturday.

It will be a chance perhaps to learn more about who may start at Reading as a host of players face Birmingham, while others travel to take part in another fixture against an as yet unnamed club.

Find out how Posh are shaping up on the PT live blog below.

LIVE: Posh vs Birmingham

Key Events

  • Final pre-season friendly
  • Siriki Dembele set to return to London Road

All over, Championship opposition beaten, some hope going into the new campaign.

Crichlow limps off, Posh will end with ten.

Crichlow has been down injured since the goal.

Last minute, big ball down the left, in behind Burrows, finds Anderson and he cuts the ball across goal to Jutkiewicz for a tap-in.

Corner played short, put back in but again a good header out by JCH.

Birmingham free-kcik right on the edge of the corner of the box.

Long heads on, Sanderson tries to put an effort on target but good block from JCH.

Corner.

Corner headed out, Collins buys a foul to stop a promising breakaway as Posh start to just keep the ball. Birmingham seem to have given up.

Plenty of nice football from Posh this half, Randall starts a move, feeds Kyrpainou, who plays a great outside of the foot pass to Poku on the right, he gets there ahead of his man but hie corss it blocked.

Corner.

First effort for a while, poor cross behind Jutkiewicz though, does well to arch his back and actually reach it but can only head well over.