Peterborough United vs West Bromwich Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Both concluding their pre-season schedules for the summer, Peterborough United and West Bromwich Albion clash astatine Weston Homes Stadium connected Saturday afternoon.

Posh are gearing up for different play for third-tier football, whilst the Baggies are looking for an betterment connected their dire Championship fortunes of 2025-26.

Match preview

After reaching the playoffs with a fourth-placed decorativeness during the 2023-24 season, Peterborough United person endured back-to-back 18th placements successful League One, avoiding relegation by conscionable 4 points successful aboriginal May.

In fact, Posh were 1 of the worst sides successful the 3rd tier during the backend of the campaign, enduring a nine-game winless tally (D4 L5) stretching from precocious March until the last contention of the term.

Despite that, Luke Williams remains successful the managerial hotseat astatine the Weston Homes Stadium, wherever Peterborough person failed to triumph successful their past 5 matches (D3 L2) of 2025-26, with their astir caller competitory triumph astatine the venue arriving against Rotherham United successful March.

As is often the lawsuit astatine Posh, a sizeable fig of their young stars person moved higher up the English pyramid implicit the people of the summer, including 11-goal attacker Kyrell Lisbie, who secured a power to Millwall.

Peterborough person mislaid conscionable 1 of their 5 pre-season contests truthful far, picking up morale-boosting wins implicit Colchester United (3-2), Peterborough Sports (1-0) and York City (2-1) up of Saturday's conflict with the Baggies.

A impermanent prima astatine the Weston Homes Stadium past term, Jimmy-Jay Morgan has been the standout performer for West Brom during pre-season, with the erstwhile Chelsea antheral progressive successful each 4 goals during Albion's 4-1 affable triumph astatine Shrewsbury Town past weekend.

Finishing conscionable 4 points supra the dreaded driblet successful the Championship past term, determination were points astatine which it felt similar the Baggies were acceptable to go a League One shot club, particularly during the ill-fated reign of Eric Ramsay.

However - aft masterminding a 10-match unbeaten spell (W4 D6) which sealed West Brom's information - erstwhile midfielder James Morrison has been fixed the caput coach's relation connected a imperishable basis, with the Black Country broadside hopeless to amended connected a 21st-placed finish.

The Baggies person enjoyed a flawless grounds successful pre-season truthful far, picking up consecutive wins implicit Sheffield Wednesday (3-0), Bromley (4-1) and Shrewsbury Town (4-1) up of a sixth consecutive twelvemonth successful the Championship.

After a mates of swings and misses successful the January transportation window, West Brom person added some younker and acquisition during the summertime trading constituent truthful far, with Conor Townsend returning from Ipswich Town.

Peterborough United Club friendly  form:

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West Bromwich Albion affable form:

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Team News

Peterborough are apt to beryllium without the services of midfielder Matthew Garbett, who is recovering from a hamstring injury.

Currently successful a proceedings play with Posh, Wanya Marcal could capable the spot of the departed Lisbie successful the hosts' squad this season.

West Brom are highly abbreviated connected options successful wide attacking areas - a occupation worsened by the lack of Mikey Johnston due to the fact that of a breached leg.

Whilst the returning Townsend is apt to upend Callum Styles astatine left-back, caller signing Nolan Galves is apt to travel into the broadside astatine right-back erstwhile his fittingness is up.

Morrison is leaning connected younker somewhat successful the lack of elder options, with Harvey Whitwell uncovering the nett successful the triumph astatine Shrewsbury past weekend.

Peterborough United imaginable starting lineup:

Bass; Johnston, Jones, Khela, Leonard; Edwards, Mills, Mendonca, Shofowoke, Okagbue; Dornelly

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Galves, Campbell, Phillips, Styles, Whitwell, Mowatt, Diakite, Price; Morgan, Heggebo

We say: Peterborough United 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Unbeaten implicit their summertime docket truthful far, West Brom volition beryllium assured of triumph astatine the Weston Homes Stadium connected Saturday.

Peterborough are keenly alert of the information that erstwhile prima Morgan volition pose, and the talents of the 20-year-old could pb to decision for the hosts.

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