Peterborough United vs Shrewsbury Town

Jack Taylor heads over for Peterborough United against Shrewsbury. Photo: David Lowndes.Jack Taylor heads over for Peterborough United against Shrewsbury. Photo: David Lowndes.
Jack Taylor heads over for Peterborough United against Shrewsbury. Photo: David Lowndes.
Peterborough United host Shrewsbury Town in League One on Tuesday night (March 7, 7:45pm).

Posh are running out of time to put together a winning run that will see them gatecrash the play-off places, which are currently nine points away, come the end of the season.

Darren Ferguson has decisions to make with team selection, one of them being whether to start Oliver Norburn for the second time in four days.

Victory tonight will take Posh above Shrewsbury, find out if they can manage it on the PT live blog below.

LIVE: Posh vs Shrewsbury

Key Events

  • 7:45pm kick-off
  • Posh victory sees sides swap places
  • Shrewsbury knocked Posh out of the FA Cup 3-1

Derby are 2-1 down at Plymouth, if it finishes like that, Posh are 7 off the play-offs with a game in hand on Derby.

Brilliant EMC running down the clock, even wins a free kick.

Wow, this is horrible. Ward now with a terrible header back to Noris that nearly gives it right to Bowman.

Ooh Shipley forces Norris to push a shot wide. It’s panic stations before Posh can finally clear.

Wow, Norris booked for time wasting on the free-kick.

Yellow for Norburn, pushes Leahy in the face during a scuffle after a foul on Ward in the Posh half.

Norburn replaces Kyprianou

Ward free-kick swung in, Tshimanga flicks the ball on and Kent buries a header into the bottom right corner.