A look ahead to Sunday's Sky Bet League One trip to the Memorial Stadium to face Bristol Rovers (3pm).
Peterborough United will be looking to build on the 1-0 victory over Wigan Athletic on Tuesday night when they travel to the Memorial Stadium to face Bristol Rovers in Sky Bet League One action on Sunday afternoon (3pm).
Mahamadou Susoho scored the only goal of the game against the Latics on his first start since August with Posh keeping a second league clean sheet of the season in the process.
Rovers have lost their last two on the road, but were 3-1 winners over Barnsley in their last home fixture at the Memorial Stadium.
TEAM NEWS
Posh are without the services of Kwame Poku and Rio Adebisi, while defender Emmanuel Fernandez will be assessed as per concussion protocols.
The towering centre back trained on Friday, but without heading the ball as per the rules, so it is unlikely he will come into the XI.
There was good news on the fitness of Jadel Katongo who is in contention for the weekend after recovering quickly from a hamstring injury.
MANAGER QUOTES
"We have to improve our away form, that is for sure, because it will put an enormous amount of pressure on our home results. Bristol Rovers have changed to a more possession-based team under their new manager and they had a good win over Barnsley last time out at home. We have been more solid at home with two clean sheets in four and it should have been three because we defended so well for long periods against Exeter City," Darren Ferguson said.
ONE TO WATCH
RUEL SOTIRIOU
Ruel Sotiriou (pictured below) made the move to Bristol Rovers from Leyton Orient in June 2024, putting pen-to-paper on an three-year deal with the Club, with an option for a further season. Born in Edmonton, England, Sotiriou joined the Leyton Orient Academy as a youngster and made his debut for The O's as a 17-year-old, in an FA Cup fourth qualifying round fixture with Dagenham & Redbridge.
Further appearances followed against Macclesfield Town and Gateshead in late October, and versus Gillingham and Torquay United in November, before a month's loan with Heybridge Swifts in December 2017. Sotiriou scored twice in three outings for the side, including a finish on his debut against Waltham Abbey.
Further short-term loans followed with Leatherhead, Bishop's Stortford and Chelmsford City before a loan to Hampton & Richmond Borough in February 2019 for the remainder of the 2018/19 campaign where Sotiriou would score six goals in nine games.
Following a short loan with Dover at the start of the 2019/20 season, Sotiriou made his league debut for Orient in December 2019. The striker was substituted on in the second half and scored his side's only goal against Colchester United, before also netting on his second league outing too, in a 1-1 draw with Newport County.
With five goals in ten League Two showings in the curtailed 2019/20 season, Sotiriou would continue to show his goalscoring prowess from the 2021/22 season onwards. Nine goals in League Two that campaign helped steer the O's away from the relegation battle, before another nine goals in the 2022/23 season were crucial to Leyton Orient's push for promotion.
In his first season in League One Sotiriou enjoyed his most prolific campaign to date, with the striker scoring 12 goals in all competitions - including eleven in league football - and providing five assists.
Sotiriou made his league debut for Rovers in a 0-0 draw with Rotherham United and scored his first goal in a 2-1 loss away to Barnsley. His fine efforts in domestic football saw Sotiriou make his debut for the senior Cyprus national team in March 2024, featuring from the bench in a draw with Latvia.
TICKET NEWS
Tickets are now off sale for Sunday. Fans can purchase tickets at the Memorial Stadium on the day, however it is card purchases only. A total of 410 tickets were sold in advance of match day.
KIT COLOURS
Posh will be in the third kit for this game.
MATCH OFFICIAL
Ruebyn Ricardo is the match official.