Peterborough United's expectant fans will be licking their lips at the club's December games
Peterborough United are now entering a run of League One games which will have expectant fans licking their lips in anticipation.
The next six third tier matches are against teams in the bottom half of the table, starting with Saturday’s trip to Grant McCann’s fading Doncaster Rovers side, a first League One away game for Posh manager Luke Williams.
Doncaster are 19th – they were fifth not that long ago – and will slip below Posh if they are beaten this weekend. Posh are then away at 18thh-placed Reading on December 9, at home to 17th-placed Cobblers on December 13 and away to rock-bottom Port Vale on December 20.
The festive fixtures for Posh are also favourable, on paper at least, as Leyton Orient (14th) come to the Weston Homes Stadium on Boxing Day followed by the return game with Reading on Bank Holiday Monday, December 29.
The New Year’s Day game is at Rotherham (11th) before things get tougher on Sunday January 4 as Posh travel to promotion-chasing Lincoln City. The January 10 League One game is at home to in-form Bolton Wanderers, but if either Posh or ‘The Trotters’ win their upcoming second round FA Cup ties against Barnsley or Swindon Town respectively that game will be postponed as it falls on third round weekend.
Posh expected central defender Sam Hughes return to action in December, but fellow defenders George Nevett, Jacob Mendy and Rio Adebisi are further away from a comeback as is winger Cian Hayes.
Posh are League Two high fliers Swindon Town for a Vertu Trophy tie on Tuesday (December 2, 7.30pm) and the Barnsley FA Cup tie is at London Road on Saturday, December 6.
Posh are currently selling tickets for the Tuesday night trip to Reading at www.theposhtickets.com or the Weston Homes Stadium Box Office.
Upcoming League One games of immediate interest to Posh.
Saturday
Blackpool v Reading
Bradford C v Exeter
Lincoln v Port Vale
Plymouth v Northampton
Wigan v Stevenage.