A look ahead to Tuesday night's trip to Wigan Athletic in Sky Bet League One action (7.45pm).
Peterborough United travel to the Brick Community Stadium on Tuesday night to take on Wigan Athletic in Sky Bet League One action (7.45pm) looking to take the positives from the performance against promotion-favourites Birmingham City at the weekend.
Posh led 2-0 at St. Andrews @ Knighthead Park, but ultimately came away with no points as the Blues fought back to claim a 3-2 victory. Wigan have been hard to break down in recent weeks and drew 0-0 at the weekend - their third goalless draw in a row.
TEAM NEWS
Posh are without the services of attacking midfielder Chris Conn-Clarke, who underwent a successful operation on his collar-bone on Thursday. Bradley Ihionvien is making good progress and could feature on Saturday against Stevenage following calf injury while Rio Adebisi is side-lined with a knee injury that has kept him out of the season so far.
Ricky-Jade Jones is fit after limping out of the game at the weekend, but Jadel Katongo is undergoing a scan on a hamstring injury and won't feature. Ryan De Havilland is nearing full fitness, but is scheduled to feature for the Under 21s at Barnsley.
ONE TO WATCH
Thelo Aasgaard
A former Liverpool youngster, Aasgaard joined Latics as a 14-year-old and has been known for the spectacular when it comes to scoring goals, with a couple of his strikes shared widely on social media.
An attacking midfield player, Aasgaard has developed physically over the last 18 months and now has the platform to kick on and establish himself as a senior player. Aasgaard’s first team debut came in October 2020 as a late substitute in Latics’ 1-0 defeat to Peterborough United. His first goal came within a month as he headed home late on against Oxford United. He was rewarded with his first professional contract in January 2021 after impressing with his technical ability and high work ethic.
Aasgaard went on to make 33 league appearances for Leam Richardson’s side in the 2020/21 campaign, scoring three times as Latics avoided relegation against all of the odds. He continued his exciting progression at the DW Stadium in the 2021/22 season, proudly winning his first cap for Norway U20s in an international friendly against Germany in September.
The popular youngster memorably scored a late winner against Shrewsbury Town in December 2021, before signing a new long-term deal with the Club less than 24 hours later. He continued his trend of popping up with last-gasp goals by scoring a stunning stoppage-time winner against Blackburn Rovers in the Emirates FA Cup, which was later crowned as Goal of the Tournament in an online poll as voted by supporters.
Making a total of 14 appearances as Latics won the Sky Bet League One title, Aasgaard will be hoping to continue to develop as a young and talented footballer.
MANAGER QUOTES
"There were lots of positives to take from the performance against a strong side in Birmingham City at the weekend and we just need to take that into this game. Wigan have been hard to beat, that is clear from their last three games, they are almost the opposite to us, we have been able to score goals, but have struggled to keep them out at the other end, but there are reasons for that and we are definitely due a bit of luck," Darren Ferguson said.
TICKET NEWS
As at 4pm on Monday, 230 tickets had been sold for the game. Tickets will be on sale at www.theposhtickets.com and at the Ticket Office until 12pm on Tuesday.
Posh fans will be accommodated in the North Stand (unreserved seating) behind the goal.
TICKET PRICES
Adults: £23
Seniors 65+: £18
Under 22s: £16
Under 18s: £10
Under 12s: £5
Under 5s: £2
POSH+
Overseas subscribers will still be able to buy match passes to watch the game, but due to the new Sky TV deal, there will be no match passes available in the UK.
KIT COLOURS
Posh will be in the black third kit for the game.
MATCH OFFICIALS
The referee is Andy Davies.