Peterborough United vs Burton Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Peterborough United and Burton Albion quadrate disconnected connected Sunday day looking for the triumph that whitethorn beryllium capable to debar relegation to League Two.

These 2 teams beryllium successful 16th and 18th presumption successful the League One table, 4 points wide of the bottommost four.

Match preview

Although Luke Williams worked wonders to determination Peterborough distant from a relegation conflict earlier successful the season, helium faces a conflict to triumph backmost the religion of supporters.

Just 1 triumph - a 5-0 triumph implicit relegated Rotherham United - has been recorded successful the past 11 encounters, Posh lone accumulating 7 points during that period.

A 3rd decision successful 5 was posted connected Thursday arsenic Peterborough suffered a 3-1 decision astatine location to Port Vale, who realistically request to triumph each of their remaining 5 fixtures to debar relegation.

Williams and his Peterborough squad volition beryllium focused connected trying to stay wide of Exeter City, albeit having played a crippled less than the Grecians that could beryllium decisive.

The decision to Port Vale was Peterborough's archetypal astatine the Weston Homes Stadium successful 5 games. Previously, they person earned 8 points from a imaginable 12.

While Burton person lone won 4 of the 21 distant League One fixtures successful 2025-26, adding 8 draws to that tally is yet the existent quality betwixt endurance and relegation.

Across the past 4 distant games, which person each been against relegation rivals, the Brewers person claimed 5 points, including a goalless gully astatine Mansfield Town successful their past specified encounter.

Perhaps astir notably, however, Burton registered a 1-0 triumph implicit 20th-placed AFC Wimbledon past clip out, moving past the Dons successful the process.

With 21st-placed Exeter City inactive to come, Gary Bowyer's broadside tin ill-afford to instrumentality their ft disconnected the state having enactment unneurotic a three-match unbeaten streak.

Like with their opponents, a script could play retired wherever triumph connected Saturday volition pb to guaranteed League One presumption for different 12 months, providing that Exeter suffer astatine location to Stockport County.

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Team News

With 2 sensational Port Vale escaped kicks being the quality connected Thursday, Williams whitethorn not needfully marque large changes to his Peterborough XI.

Cian Hayes appears apt to instrumentality the spot of 17-year-old Bolu Shofowoke connected the close flank, portion Jimmy-Jay Morgan volition beryllium assessed aft missing the Port Vale fixture done what Williams described arsenic "discomfort".

This crippled volition astir apt travel excessively soon for Ben Woods to return, with David Okagbue perchance remaining connected the substitutes' seat aft being dropped for the erstwhile fixture.

Barring immoderate fittingness issues, Bowyer whitethorn beryllium prepared to sanction the aforesaid Burton broadside from the triumph implicit AFC Wimbledon.

Although starring marksman Jake Beesley has gone six games without a goal, helium continues to pb the enactment efficaciously alongside Tyrese Shade.

Dylan Williams and JJ McKiernan are astir apt to travel into the starting lineup if a alteration is made.

Peterborough United imaginable starting lineup:

Bass; Dornelly, Kioso, Lees, Mills; Collins, Khela; Hayes, Garbett, Lisbie; Leonard

Burton Albion imaginable starting lineup:

Collins; Godwin-Malife, Moon, Hartridge; Lofthouse, Chauke, Webster, Armer; Cannon; Beesley, Shade

We say: Peterborough United 1-1 Burton Albion

Although some teams volition beryllium anxious to get 3 points connected the board, we cannot disregard that a stock of the spoils would payment them successful the contiguous circumstances. With that successful mind, a hard-fought gully appears to beryllium the astir apt outcome.

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