Preview: Burton Albion vs. Peterborough United - prediction, team news, lineups

Burton Albion play big to Peterborough United connected New Year's Day progressively hopeless to get 3 points connected the board.

At a clip erstwhile the Brewers beryllium bottommost of the League One table, Peterborough marque the travel to the Pirelli Stadium conscionable 4 points supra the relegation zone.

Match preview

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Although Gary Bowyer is lone successful the aboriginal stages of his reign astatine Burton, determination are already signs that helium could instigate a turnaround successful the 2nd fractional of the season.

Burton lone went down 2-0 astatine leaders Birmingham City courtesy of a punishment and an ain extremity up of making the travel to chap promotion contender Huddersfield Town.

A 13th-minute Charlie Webster extremity enactment the visitors connected the brink of a immense triumph astatine the John Smith's Stadium, lone for the Terriers to nett an 88th-minute leveller.

While Burton would person taken that effect earlier kickoff, it yet felt similar 2 points dropped arsenic they stay 9 points adrift of safety.

The Staffordshire outfit instrumentality to acquainted territory with conscionable 1 triumph and 5 points to their sanction from 11 matches, losing the past four.

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Meanwhile, Darren Ferguson is nary alien to warring to support his occupation astatine Peterborough and helium faces different specified conflict up of the crook of the year.

Posh person mislaid 7 of their astir caller 9 fixtures successful League One to driblet into relegation contention, present possessing the worst antiaircraft grounds successful the division.

Losing 3-1 astatine location to Barnsley past clip retired has near Peterborough having conceded 43 goals from their 22 matches and with nary cleanable expanse each season.

Despite this crippled being viewed arsenic the cleanable accidental to get backmost connected track, Ferguson whitethorn beryllium astatine the constituent of nary instrumentality if Peterborough endure a seventh successive distant defeat.

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Team News

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Burton volition person to marque bash without Terence Vancooten aft helium was sent disconnected for 2 yellowish cards against Huddersfield.

Bowyer indispensable determine whether to regenerate the defender with different centre-back oregon power to a four, allowing for a wide subordinate to travel into the team.

Dylan Williams and Tomas Kalinauskas are some options having been introduced arsenic substitutes past clip out, portion Ciaran Gilligan is an alternate if Bowyer switches to a diamond. Danilo Orsi volition besides anticipation to support his spot successful attack.

Although Peterborough person Harley Mills serving a prohibition for a reddish paper versus Barnsley, helium had antecedently been introduced arsenic a substitute.

George Nevett is besides suspended aft a erstwhile dismissal, but Sam Curtis and Cian Hayes are options astatine right-back and further down the flank.

Abraham Odoh could besides beryllium recalled successful the last third, depending connected what enactment Ferguson goes with.

Burton Albion imaginable starting lineup:
Crocombe; Godwin-Malife, Sweeney, Sraha, Armer; Webster, Gilligan Watt, Chauke; Burrell, Orsi

We say: Burton Albion 1-3 Peterborough United

With some teams retired of form, determination is simply a feeling that thing tin hap successful this contest. Nevertheless, we tin lone backmost the visitors done their other prime successful onslaught astatine a clip erstwhile Burton volition inactive beryllium frustrated with their missed accidental against Huddersfield.

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