Peterborough United head to Oakwell on Bank Holiday Monday to face Barnsley knowing nothing less than three points will condemn the club to relegation.

Posh need to win and hope other results go for them to stave off the drop for another week, but boss Jim Gannon is just concentrating on another good display.

Against league leaders Newcastle United on Saturday, Posh were excellent and pushed the Geordies all the way in an entertaining encounter at London Road.

TEAM NEWS

Posh are without the services of Liam Dickinson who damaged his hamstring in the final five minutes of the 3-2 defeat to Newcastle. Mark Little, Aaron Mclean, Craig Morgan, Izale McLeod and Chris Whelpdale are out.

Ryan Bennett could start after appearing for 30 minutes at the weekend, while Craig Mackail-Smith is set to replace Dickinson in attack.

Barnsley will again be without suspended central defender Ryan Shotton, while Emil Hallfredsson is doubtful because of an ankle injury.

Striker Daniel Bogdanovic (hamstring), Filipe Teixeira (abdominal strain) and defenders Bobby Hassell and Rob Kozluk are expected to remain sidelined.

MANAGER QUOTES

'Mark Robins has done an excellent job at Barnsley and they will provide stiff opposition. They are likely to be a conventional 4-4-2 formation, but they can adapt and we will need to be ready. There is not a lot of preparation time and we have a few walking wounded, but we will go with what we have,' Gannon said.

STAT ATTACK

Barnsley have won only one of their last eight matches. They have had seven penalties scored against them in Championship games this season. Only Scunthorpe surpass that, with eight.

Goalkeeper Luke Steele, who was a Peterborough trainee, could make his 100th career league appearance.

BETTING

Remember you can bet on the game at www.theposhbet.com and Posh are 4-1 to win the match. Craig Mackail-Smith is 17-2 to score the first goal.