Peterborough United vs Huddersfield Town

Posh welcome Huddersfield Town to the Weston Homes Stadium in Sky Bet League One action on Saturday afternoon (3pm).

Peterborough United are back in action at the Weston Homes Stadium on Saturday as Luke Williams' side welcome high-flying Huddersfield Town to PE2 (3pm) in Sky Bet League One action.

Posh go into the game on the back of a 1-0 defeat at Stevenage on Tuesday night, but know a victory over the Terriers would close the gap on the top six in the division.

Huddersfield have enjoyed an upturn in fortunes since the appointment of Liam Manning as manager as they look to return to the Sky Bet Championship and fulfil the pre-season expectations.

TEAM NEWS

Posh are without the services of Rio Adebisi, Sam Hughes, David Okagbue, Tom O'Connor, Jacob Mendy, Ben Woods and Harley Mills due to injury, but are hopeful that George Nevett and Tom Lees will return from illness.

Huddersfield will be without striker Alfie May, who was shown a straight red card in their win over Luton Town last time out.

ONE TO WATCH

Marcus Harness

Coventry-born Marcus Harness (pictured below) joined the club following the expiry of his contract with Ipswich Town in the summer of 2025. The quick and skilful forward came through the academy ranks at Burton Albion before making his debut in 2013/14. After a couple of loan spells with Aldershot and Port Vale, Marcus secured his place as a starter for the Brewers. A prosperous Sky Bet League One campaign saw him register six goals and five assists in the 2018/19 campaign which earned him a move to the south coast with Portsmouth. After three effective years with Pompey, Marcus made the move to Ipswich for £750,000 and quickly showed what he could do. He has been a key performer for the Terriers in recent weeks.

MANAGER QUOTES

"I felt a bit sorry for Lee Grant losing his job because they were not in a bad position in the league table, but I am pleased for Liam Manning, he is a good guy and a top Championship manager, so Huddersfield are lucky to have him. We have had some battles in the past and his teams have proved to be tough opponents, so let's see how we do on Saturday," Williams said.

Click here to watch the Manager's pre-match interview for FREE on Posh+

TICKET NEWS

Huddersfield Town fans will be accommodated in the away section of the Kings Power Solutions Stand with around 1,200 expected from Yorkshire. Posh fans are able to watch the game in the GH Display Stand.

Tickets are available to purchase right now here

BMW SYCAMORE FAN ZONE

The BMW Sycamore Fan Zone will be open from 12pm with live coverage of a game on the big screen, as well as food and drink options.

KIT COLOURS

Posh will be in the home kit, which can be purchased here

MATCH OFFICIAL

The referee is Lee Swabey.

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Posh suffered a late defeat to Huddersfield Town at the Weston Homes Stadium despite producing a fine fight-back in the second half.

Football can be a cruel mistress. By manager Luke Williams' own admission, his side were second best for an hour against promotion-chasing Huddersfield Town at the Weston Homes Stadium, but goals from Kyrell Lisbie and James Dornelly drew Posh level, only for substitute Cameron Humphreys to fire a fine winner for the Terriers.

The visitors had long spells of control prior to Lisbie's goal, not in terms of chances, but certainly possession with Posh struggling to breakdown a stubborn Terriers back-line.

Goalkeeper Alex Bass produced the first save of the game, beating away a low stinging drive from Marcus Harness while at the other end, Harry Leonard headed over after a good Posh move involving Carl Johnston, James Dornelly and Cian Hayes.

Sorensen fired into the side-netting on 13 minutes after a swift counter-attack before a flurry of Posh bookings.

The deadlock was broken on 26 minutes as SORENSEN fired low across Bass and into the bottom corner. A minute into the second half. the visitors extended their advantage as a corner was met by BALKER and his header found the back of the net.

Dion Charles nearly made it 3-0 before Posh made some changes and those changes made an impact with Posh halving the deficit on 65 minutes as a Hayes cross was flicked onto the woodwork by Leonard and LISBIE snaffled the rebound.

JJ Morgan fired wide after a sharp turn on the edge of the box before Posh drew themselves level as a free-kick from Garbett was met at the back post by DORNELLY.

However, three minutes from time, HUMPHREYS was allowed to cut inside onto his favoured left-foot and he rifled a fine effort into the back of the net from just inside the box.

Posh: Bass, Johnston, Collins, Khela (sub Garbett 54min), Lees, Nevett, Lisbie, Hayes (sub Frith 83min), O’Brien-Brady (sub Morgan 54min), Leonard, Dornelly. Subs: Smith, Morgan, Garbett, Kioso, Mendonca, Aderoju.

Huddersfield: Nicholls, Sorensen (sub Gooch 62min), Wallace, Ledson, Low (sub Feeney 66min), Harness, Balker, Charles (sub Humphries 75min), McGuane, Kasumu (sub Miller 75min), Mumba. Unused subs: Alnwick, Alves, Ashia.

Half-time: Peterborough United 0-1 Huddersfield Town
Full-time: Peterborough United 2-3 Huddersfield Town
Attendance: 9,251 (1,243 Huddersfield fans)
Referee: Lee Swabey