Shrewsbury Town vs Peterborough United: Posh look to cement League One play-off place

Ephron Mason-Clark of Peterborough United takes on Matthew Pennington of Shrewsbury Town. Photo: Joe Dent.Ephron Mason-Clark of Peterborough United takes on Matthew Pennington of Shrewsbury Town. Photo: Joe Dent.
Ephron Mason-Clark of Peterborough United takes on Matthew Pennington of Shrewsbury Town. Photo: Joe Dent.
Posh travel of face Shrewsbury Town on Good Friday (April 7, 3pm).

Posh head back to the Montgomery Waters Meadow, the scene of their FA Cup Second Round exit hoping for better.

Now Posh are into the play-offs places, it a case of staying there and they will fancy their chances against a side that were beaten 6-0 by Charlton last time out.

Find out in the can get the job done on the PT live blog below.

LIVE: Shrewsbury vs Posh

Key Events

  • 3pm kick-off
  • Posh lost 3-1 here in November
  • Posh sit sixth currently
  • Shrewsbury lost 6-0 last time out
  • Norburn and Ogbeta return to old club

Change of ref, it’s no longer Darren Drysdale.

Carl Boyeson has taken over.

Marko Marosi, Luke Leahy, Matthew Pennington, Taylor Moore, Chey Dunkley, Carl Winchester, Killian Phillips, Ryan Bowman, Tom Bloxham, Christian Saydee, Jordan Shipley

Subs: Harry Burgoyne, Rob Street, Elliott Bennett, Kade Craig, Josh Barlow, Declan Hutchings

Will Norris, Nathanael Ogbeta, Frankie Kent, Ronnie Edwards, Nathan Thompson, Jack Taylor, Oliver Norburn, Ephron Mason-Clark, Kwame Poku, Joe Ward, Jonson Clarke-Harris

Subs: Will Blackmore, Dan Butler, Josh Knight, Harrions Burrows, Ricky-Jade Jones, Hector Kyprianou, Kabongo Tshimanga

Accrington vs Port Vale

Bristol Rovers vs Charlton

Burton vs Barnsley

Cambridge vs Fleetwood

Exeter vs Bolton

Forest Green vs Derby

Ipswich vs Wycombe

Lincoln vs Cheltenham

Mk vs Portsmouth

Morecambe vs Plymouth

Oxford vs Sheff Wed

Kell Watts could well make his return for Posh. He played 60 minutes for the U21s. Otherwise there are no new injury or fitness updates.

Shrewsbury are without defender Tom Flanagan through suspension.

Star striker Tom Bayliss is also ruled out with a serious ankle injury.

Just 2 wins in 8 for the Shrews as their fixture list starts to get tougher.

That includes getting stuffed 6-0 by Charlton on Saturday. They also had Tom Flanagan sent off.

Last 5

Charlton 6-0 Shrewsbury

Ipswich 2-0 Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury 3-1 Morecambe

Posh 2-1 Shrewsbury

Derby 2-2 Shrewsbury

Deep breath, it’s Darren Drysdale with the whistle today. He did the away match at Charlton with few errors though, certainly the less controversial of those two matches!

We’re back at Shrewsbury, different competition, different manager and hopefully different result.

Follow all of the action here.

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