Peterborough United vs Swindon Town: Can Posh register a rare EFL Cup win?

Ricky-Jade Jones of Peterborough United during the EFL Cup match between Peterborough and Swindon Town at London Road. Photo: Joe Dent.Ricky-Jade Jones of Peterborough United during the EFL Cup match between Peterborough and Swindon Town at London Road. Photo: Joe Dent.
Ricky-Jade Jones of Peterborough United during the EFL Cup match between Peterborough and Swindon Town at London Road. Photo: Joe Dent.
Peterborough United host Swindon Town in the first round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday night (August 8, 7:30pm).

Posh will be looking to make progress in the EFL Cup, a competition that Posh have not fared well in recent years.

Posh have only won one EFL Cup tie since 2016- that came 2-0 away at Plymouth Argyle last season. Posh were then knocked out 1-0 the following round by League Two Stevenage.

Swindon will get their season underway on Tuesday night after their season opener at Colchester was rained off on Saturday.

Follow all of the action on the PT live blog below.

LIVE: Posh vs Swindon

Key Events

  • 7:30pm kick-off
  • Ephron Mason-Clark unlikely to feature
  • Posh expected to make changes from Reading side
  • Posh have won one EFL Cup tie since 2016
  • Swindon’s season opener at Colchester was postponed on Saturday

JCH this time. He’s five yards out. Randall laid it up for him but he can;t find the corner of the net.

Posh the ones making the running in the closing stages but can they find something?

Almost! Fantastic curling 25-yeard effort from Tonlinson after JCH chested it down. Fantastic diving save stops it going in the top corner.

Finally some hold-up play from JCH. Crafts Burrows space in the box to turn ans shoot. Blasts well over though.

Shocking dive from Jones.

He’s got away without a booking and that’s his last act.

On comes JCH.

Dismal showing from Jones second half.

Posh now have 11 men back defending a succession of corners.

Finally Posh clear the ball as 8 minutes go up

Ref turns down another blatant foul, this time on the edge of the box as Kyprianou gets bundled over. Allows a Swindon break and Wakeling spots Bilokapic off his line. The Posh man has to sprint back and tip the ball over.

Big pemalty shout, Ajiboye did look to get an elbow in the back as he drove into the box to knock him over. Ref waves it away, he’s given so many fouls tonight but nothing in dangerous areas to allow for controvesy.

It’s Posh on the front foot now but the quality is lacking. Most of the time not even trying to cross the ball, just losing it in wide areas and not holsing on to it.

There was the opening, Kyprianou takes the ball off Khan in the final third, the pitch is open for him and Ajiboye and Jones either side. Yet, the ref blows the whistle for a foul, terrible decision.

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