Peterborough United vs Derby County: Posh in search of crucial three points in League One play-off race
Posh will be without Ronnie Edwards, who is away on international duty with England U20s, and will be expected to bring in Josh Knight.
Posh are currently four points behind fifth-placed Derby and can move to within a point of the play-off places with victory.
Find out if they can on the PT live blog below.
LIVE: Posh 2-0 Derby - 90 mins
Key Events
- 3pm kick-off
- Ronnie Edwards away on international duty
- Posh now one point of the play-offs
- Derby have now won 1 of 5
Welcome!
Games in March don’t come much bigger than this, almost season-defining. Posh can take a big boost from victory and close right onto the play-off places.
Find out if they can here.
Carl Brook with the whistle today, he was the man in charge for the 1-0 defeat to Bolton in September. A game that had few controversies.
Remarkably, he has shown just one yellow card in 30 games this season.
The Rams are on a slight wobble, which has allowed Posh to close in with one win in four matches.
Last 6
Derby 0-2 Fleetwood
Oxford 2-3 Derby
Plymouth 2-1 Derby
Derby 2-2 Shrewsbury
Derby 2-0 Cheltenham
Barnsley 4-1 Derby
Team news
Ronnie Edwards is away on international duty with England U20 so Josh Knight is almost certain to come in with both Fernandez and O’Connell heading out on loan to the National League.
Derby are without midfielder Jason Knight, who is away with Ireland. Former Posh man James Chester is also ruled out through injury.
Other fixtures
Charlton vs Wycombe
Exeter vs Accrington
Fleetwood vs Lincoln
MK vs Morecambe
Portsmouth vs Port Vale
Will Norris, Nathanael Ogbeta, Josh Knight, Frankie Kent, Nathan Thompson, Jack Taylor, Oliver Norburn, Harrison Burrows, Joe Ward, Ephron Mason-Clark, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Will Blackmore, Dan Butler, Kwame Poku, Ricky-Jade Jones, Hector Kyprianou, Ben Thompson, Kabongo Tshimanga