What To Expect From Peterborough United

Tuesday night will see the terriers travel to London Road to take on struggling Peterborough United. The Posh are sitting in the relegation zone after a dreadful start to the season whereas Huddersfield could go top if they manage to get all three points and other results go their way. We got the low down on what to expect from Peterborough United from Craig Lyons (@mrcraiglyons) who follows The Posh both home & away.

"I 'believe' this is a match that both sets of fans probably looked for 1st or at least second when the fixtures were announced. It is probably fair to say that Terriers fans dislike Posh with a passion, a lot more than we despise Huddersfield.

Both teams have had vastly different starts to this campaign, Huddersfield have started very similar to the way Posh did last season, after our promotion. We were only one win away from going top of the Championship (against dirty Leeds), very similar to the position Huddersfield find themselves in on Tuesday night.

If you look at the history books, when Peterborough play Huddersfield in any game where we really have to win, we usually (well, always!) do. Our record in big games against the Terriers, must fill their fans with dread, the thought of losing to little old Peterborough, the bottom of the table Peterborough, is certainly the thing of nightmares for you lot.

Of late Peterborough have been vastly improved, compared to our 1st 7 games. But at home we are yet to register a win, or even a solitary point. What better time to get our first 3 than on Tuesday. Darren Ferguson has changed the formation recently from his loved diamond, to a 5-3-2 or a 3-5-2 in some Posh fans eyes. And it has improved our possession and goal statistics slightly. Fergie Jnr has also not been afraid to drop his favoured players i.e. Tomlin, Boyd, Frecklington and Huddersfield's most loved player Gabi Zakuani.

We have not been steam rollered by any team this season, that includes Burnley who beat us 5-2, which was a lot closer than the scoreline suggests. We have struggled to have any star players this season, but George Boyd has showed some signs of returning to the form of past seasons, and in Bobby Olejnik, we have at last found a demanding consistent goalkeeper. 2 of our 3 centre halves, Brisley and Knight-Percival are very in-experienced at Championship, or in fact any level, but have not really let us down, and especially of late have both been superb.

The addition of Kane Ferdinand and the return from injury of Tommy Rowe has added much needed energy to our side.
I expect another goal fest between the two sides, a sending off or 2 and the first 3 points for Posh at home. 

Enjoy your trip, but not the journey home!"

So Craig is confident that Peterborough United can get their home form back on track with a win & all three points when the terriers visit London Road on Tuesday night. Thanks for the article Craig & please let us know what you think by commenting in the box below!

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