Shrewsbury Town vs Peterborough United: Posh looking to stay second at Christmas

Ricky-Jade Jones will be looking to add to his Peterborough United tally. Photo: Joe Dent.

Peterborough United head to Croud Meadow to face Shrewsbury in their final match before Christmas (December 23, 3pm).

Shrewsbury have a remarkable record of sitting comfortably in mid table (14th) but they have only scored 13 goals in 22 league matches.

Posh are unbeaten in their last five league matches and looking for a win that will keep them in the automatic promotion places for Christmas ahead of tricky festive fixtures against Barnsley and Derby.

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

LIVE: Shrewsbury vs Posh

Key Events

3pm kick-off
Posh unbeaten in five league games
A win and Posh are in the automatic promotion places at Christmas
Shrewsbury have only scored 13 times in 22 league games

Sat, 23 Dec, 2023, 14:03 BST

Shrewsbury

Marko Marosi, Joe Anderson, Chey Dunkley, Aaron Pierre, Carl Winchester, Jordan Shipley, Elliott Bennett, Taylor Perry, Nohan Kenneh, Ryan Bowman, Dan Udoh

Subs: Harry Burgoyne, Morgan Feeney, Mal Benning, Tumnise Sobowale, Jack Loughran, Max Mata, Luca Whitney

Sat, 23 Dec, 2023, 14:00 BST

Posh

Nicholas Bilokapic, Harrison Burrows, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Peter Kioso, Hector Kyprianou, Archie Collins, Kwame Poku, Joel Randall, Ephron Mason-Clark, Ricky-Jade Jones

Subs: Fynn Talley, Jadel Katongo, Romoney Crichlow, Ryan De Havilland, David Ajiboye, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Malik Mothersille

Fri, 22 Dec, 2023, 22:50 BST

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