A look ahead to Saturday's Emirates FA Cup second round tie with Notts County at the Weston Homes Stadium (3pm).
Peterborough United are back in action on Saturday as they welcome Sky Bet League Two side Notts County to the Weston Homes Stadium for an Emirates FA Cup second round clash (3pm).
Darren Ferguson's men made it through to this stage of the competition following a 4-2 victory at Newport County, while the Magpies overcame non-league Alfreton Town 5-1 at Meadow Lane.
TEAM NEWS
Defender Jadel Katongo is set to feature for an hour after recovering from a hamstring injury, but goalkeeper Jed Steer, defender Rio Adebisi, midfielder Hector Kyprianou and striker Bradley Ihionvien are on the sidelines.
Boss Darren Ferguson will have to watch from the stands after collecting his third booking of the season last time out against Reading.
Notts County head coach Maynard has made no bones about his side's "terrible" injury situation during their League Two slump, as Jodi Jones, Curtis Edwards, Conor Grant, Scott Robertson and Dan Crowley are all on the treatment table.
With Jones sidelined, two-goal Alfreton heroes Jatta and Brown are certainties in the final third, where Josh Martin and former Premier League striker David McGoldrick should scrap it out to complete the attacking trident.
Key defender Jacob Bedeau was banned for the draw with Newport County last time out, but the 24-year-old is eligible to return on Saturday.
MANAGER QUOTES
"This will be a proper cup-tie, Notts County will bring quite a few fans I am sure and it will be a good atmosphere, so I am looking forward to it. We know they are a good side, they score a lot of goals and they play in a certain way, we will focus on how we can impact the game, but the carrot of reaching round three is there for both teams,” Darren Ferguson said.
ONE TO WATCH
Alassana Jatta
Born in Sukuta, The Gambia, Jatta began playing for Real de Banjul in his home country before moving to Estonian Meistriliiga club Paide Linnameeskond in November 2018. In the first half of the season, Jatta scored 13 goals in 17 league games and was top goalscorer of the Meistriliiga.
On 5 August 2019, Jatta signed a four-year contract with Danish 1st Division club Viborg FF. He made his debut for the club on 21 August, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Emil Scheel and scoring his first goal in injury time. Being part of the Viborg-team winning promotion to the Danish Superliga in the 2020–21 season, Jatta made his debut at the highest level on 18 July 2021, coming on as a substitute for Sofus Berger in a 2–1 away win over Nordsjælland.
In August 2022, Jatta and Viborg teammate Ibrahim Said were unable to travel to England for the club's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off against West Ham United due to English entry rules for non-EU citizens after Brexit. On 1 February 2024, Jatta joined English EFL League Two club Notts County for a fee around 150,000 euros. He signed a deal until June 2026.
TICKET NEWS
Tickets are on sale at www.theposhtickets.com and via the Weston Homes Stadium Ticket Office. Notts County have sold over 1,400 tickets for the game and the Magpies fans will be accommodated in the GH Display Stand.
POSH+
Because of competition rules, there is only audio commentary available worldwide and only to existing subscribers.
KIT COLOURS
Posh will be in the home kit for this game.
MATCH OFFICIAL
The referee is Ruebyn Ricardo.