Huddersfield Town vs Peterborough United

Posh head to the John Smith’s Stadium to face Huddersfield Town on Friday evening.

Peterborough United make the trip to the John Smith’s Stadium to face Huddersfield Town in Sky Bet Championship action on Friday (7.45pm) looking to build on the positives from the defeat to Premier League Champions Manchester City on Tuesday night at the Weston Homes Stadium.

The Terriers will provide stern opposition for Grant McCann’s men. They have had an excellent campaign to date and sit third in the table, two points behind AFC Bournemouth, although they have played four matches more than the Cherries.

TEAM NEWS

Posh welcome back midfielder Ollie Norburn from suspension after the former Shrewsbury man missed the clash with Manchester City. Reece Brown is unavailable due to the terms of his loan agreement with the Terriers. Dan Butler (ankle) is out for the rest of the season, but there is good news surrounding Jack Taylor, who is set to play 45 minutes for the under 23s on Friday lunchtime. Joel Randall is currently injured with no timescale stipulated for his return.

The Terriers should be able to welcome back Pipa and Tom Lees over the weekend while Chelsea loanee Tino Anjorin could make his debut after recovering from a broken metatarsal

Chelsea loanee Anjorin is yet to appear for Town after arriving on loan from Chelsea on transfer deadline day with a broken metatarsal, but as of Thursday morning he had spent the week training with his new teammates and go through those sessions without issue.

Corberan has indicated that the attacking midfielder's minutes may need to be carefully managed to begin with and a place in the starting lineup against Peterborough may therefore be unlikely; but Corberan has confirmed Anjorin is an option for the squad, suggesting a place on the bench may be in the offing. Alex Vallejo will miss another month or so with his knee injury, while Rolando Aarons (knee) and Ryan Schofield (shoulder) are both expected to be out for the rest of the season.

FROM THE GAFFER

“Huddersfield have had an excellent season. They have got a nice blend in their team. There is good youth and experience in their squad. We understand the task we are up against on Friday evening, they are a team in good form, I feel they are in the position they are in the division because they have a real togetherness in the group, a real unity and energy and aggression in how they play and they have also got good players. They are a team that I look at and it would be amazing to try and create something like that at Peterborough United in time,” Grant McCann said.

TICKET NEWS

Tickets are on sale at www.theposhtickets.com and via the Weston Homes Stadium Box Office until 12pm on Friday. Just over 250 tickets had been sold by 12pm on Wednesday. Fans are advised to buy their tickets in advance as Huddersfield have not yet confirmed whether tickets will be on sale on the night.

KIT COLOURS

Posh are set to be in their away kit for the game.

POSH PLUS

The game will be live on Posh+ both domestically and internationally with match passes available for £10.

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

The match referee is Darren Bond.

Posh beaten 3-0 by Huddersfield Town in Sky Bet Championship action.

Peterborough United conceded twice inside the opening six minutes in Yorkshire and ended up losing 3-0 in Sky Bet Championship action as in-form Huddersfield Town moved up to second place in the league table with a comfortable victory.

Posh were dealt a blow in the warm-up as goalkeeper Steven Benda was forced to drop out due to illness with Dai Cornell his replacement. The keeper made a smart stop to keep out Lewis O’Brien but he could do nothing moments later as Danel SINANI curled an unstoppable curler into the top corner from 20-yards.

The lead was doubled on seven minutes as an in-swinging corner from the right was headed home at the near post by Tom LEES. Kwame Poku steered a shot inches wide of the near post on 11 minutes after good work from Coulson and Szmodics as Posh tried to get a foot-hold in the game after a very difficult opening to proceedings.

Posh made a tactical change on 26 minutes with Oliver Norburn replacing Poku. The Posh midfielder was cautioned inside two minutes for a foul. The hosts hit the crossbar via a deflected Turton effort moments later after cutting inside onto his left-foot.

Holmes was a whisker away from adding a third on the half hour mark after letting fly from distance, the shot going inches past Cornell’s post. Joe Ward clipped a free-kick over the crossbar on 34 minutes after Szmodics was upended just on the edge of the box.

Grant McCann made a change at the break with Jack Marriott replacing Grant in an attacking substitution. Coulson fired over from long-range on 52 minutes before Thomas fired wide on the volley at the other end.

Cornell was well placed to keep out an effort from Ward as the Terriers carved out another opportunity with some slick football. Szmodics curled a shot over the top from 30-yards on the hour mark before the hosts made a change with Carel Eiting introduced for the first scorer Sinani.

Cornell produced a fine stop to tip over an O’Brien drive before the hosts brought on Chelsea loanee Tino Anjorin. The hosts made it 3-0 on 72 minutes as the referee failed to spot a blatant tug at the back post and LEES was there to take advantage and loop a header over Cornell.

Huddersfield: Nicholls, Toffolo, Pearson, O’Brien (sub Rhodes 75min), Thomas, Holmes (sub Anjorin 70min), Turton, Sinani (sub Eiting 60min), Ward, Lees, Russell. Unused subs: Blackman, Pipa, Hogg, Sarr.

Posh: Cornell, Edwards, Beevers, Szmodics, Grant (sub Marriott 46min), Knight, Poku (sub Norburn 26min), Jones (sub Clarke-Harris 67min), Ward, Fuchs, Coulson. Unused subs: Burrows, Morton, Mumba.

Half-time: Huddersfield Town 2-0 Peterborough United
Full-time: Huddersfield Town 3-0 Peterborough United
Attendance: 16,023 (326 Posh fans)
Referee: Darren Bond

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