Peterborough United go dey find way to win again as dem welcome Port Vale to Weston Homes Stadium for Thursday night match. Posh dey sit for 16th position for League One table, just four points above relegation zone, while Port Vale dey inside bottom four.
Posh form no dey good at all. Dem don win only one of their last 10 league games. Last match dem suffer 3-1 defeat to Blackpool. Dale Taylor score two goals for Blackpool, Tom Bloxham add another one, while Brandon Khela get consolation goal for Peterborough.
After that Blackpool match, Posh boss Luke Williams talk say his team play “awful” and their “football was dreadful”. But the man still insist say e no dey fear relegation. Posh get two games wey dem never play compared to Exeter wey dey occupy fourth relegation spot.
Good news for Posh be say dem don beat Port Vale for their last six meetings. Even for December, dem win 1-0 at Vale Park. But current form no dey follow history.
For Port Vale side, dem beat Rotherham United 1-0 last week. That small win give dem small hope say dem fit escape relegation, even though dem still dey 16 points from safety with seven games remain. Manager Jon Brady dey try plan great escape, but e talk say the fact say their last seven games go dey inside just 19 days go make am “very tough”.
For team news, Peterborough dey hope say Tom Lees and Brandon Khela go fit play. Williams talk say both players dey “struggling with fatigue”. Ben Woods dey small doubt too as dem dey manage his return from serious calf injury.
Port Vale dey miss Ben Heneghan and George Byers because of injuries. But Ryan Croasdale dey expected to start for midfield after scoring on his return to action against Rotherham. The man don dey sideline for almost two months because of injury.
Posh welcome Matt Garbett back to squad for that Blackpool defeat, and e fit get more minutes against Vale. But Rio Adebisi, Sam Hughes and Carl Johnston still dey sidelined. Donay O’Brien-Brady play 45 minutes for Under 21s against Brentford on Tuesday as e dey continue recovery from injury.
Port Vale go likely change their XI after Tuesday night game against Barnsley wey end goalless. Ethon Archer and Martin Sherif dey expected to return to team after dem sit on bench for Barnsley match.
Ben Waine, the New Zealand international wey join Vale at end of June on two-year contract, don score eight goals since e come Port Vale. Five of those goals come during their FA Cup run wey make fans give am nickname ‘Mr FA Cup’.
Luke Williams talk about the match say, “Port Vale dey fight for their lives and I sure say dem go dey find way cause us problems, but I dey excited for the game. We dey back under the lights, for our own stadium, and we don dey good for our fans front. We want finish season strong, that na our aim.”
Port Vale fans go dey accommodate for Weston Homes London Road End with just under 200 tickets sold. Posh go wear home kit, and Harry Wager go be match referee.
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