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

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.
Peterborough United host Birmingham City at the Weston Homes Stadium in their final pre-season match (July 29, 3pm).

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

Birmingham, Brandon Khela for Bacuna.

Kioso getting treatment, looks to have fallen awkwardly.

He walks off but has to go off, Alfie Chang on.

Hogan down holding his head, physio rushes on.

Tiredness may start to telll, Posh have only 3 academy players on the bench, the plan is to get 90 minutes for everyone.

The rest of the first team are playing a freindly elsewhere.

Birmingham making plenty of changes.

Dembele goes off, a mixture of cheers and boos from the Posh fans

Lukas Jutkeiciwcz on.

Posh finding it tough under the Birmingham press now but looking they’re not exatly looking threatening when they do win it back off Posh.

Tyler Roberts off, Keshi Anderson on.

Half-harted appeals for a penalty as EMC goes down chashing a ball on the edge of the box.

Sanderson dived in, ref not interested but EMC takes a few minutes to get back up.

Game has slowed down quite a bit, Birmingham lacking quality.