Post by Milo (not Mylo!!) on Jan 25, 2020 22:19:27 GMT
Excellent performance by Posh to make it 6 points in a week and move themselves back up to 5th. Depite playing more games than the rest it only takes a bit of a run and it'll all flatten out because it's very tight at the top.
Rotherham were knocked off top spot in League One as their five-match winning run ended with a 2-1 defeat at Peterborough.
Posh moved into the play-off places thanks to goals from Ivan Toney and Sammie Szmodics, despite Michael Ihiekwe pulling a goal back for the visitors in an action-packed first half.
Rotherham's first league defeat since 7 December allowed Ipswich to claim top spot.
It took less than two minutes for Toney to bag his 20th goal in all competitions this season. Siriki Dembele nipped in ahead of Chiedozie Ogbene and charged down the left before picking out the striker at the back post.
The second goal came in the 22nd minute following a superb move which included a one-two between Dan Butler and Jack Taylor. The former then played it down the line to Szmodics, who curled in.
Rotherham pulled one back 10 minutes before the break as an unmarked Ihiekwe volleyed in Daniel Barlaser's left-wing corner.
Toney and Rotherham's Michael Smith both had second-half headers well saved, while there was a seven-minute delay due to an injury to one of the linesmen, with a member of the crowd taking over fourth official duties after an appeal over the tannoy.
Match report supplied by PA Media on the BBC.
Peterborough United
1 Pym (my MoM - caught or got something on every cross and saved one certain goal if not more).
15 Thompson
5 Beevers
6 Kent
23Ward - substituted for Bennett at 90+3'minutes
29 Taylor
12 Brown - substituted for Knight at 68'minutes
3 Butler
9 Szmodics Booked (stupidly) at 64mins
17 Toney
10 Dembélé - substituted for Jade-Jones at 83'minutes
Substitutes
7 Eisa
8 Knight
16 Bennett
21 Boyd
24 Mason
26 Chapman
37 Jade-Jones
Attendance: 7,495
Rotherham were knocked off top spot in League One as their five-match winning run ended with a 2-1 defeat at Peterborough.
Posh moved into the play-off places thanks to goals from Ivan Toney and Sammie Szmodics, despite Michael Ihiekwe pulling a goal back for the visitors in an action-packed first half.
Rotherham's first league defeat since 7 December allowed Ipswich to claim top spot.
It took less than two minutes for Toney to bag his 20th goal in all competitions this season. Siriki Dembele nipped in ahead of Chiedozie Ogbene and charged down the left before picking out the striker at the back post.
The second goal came in the 22nd minute following a superb move which included a one-two between Dan Butler and Jack Taylor. The former then played it down the line to Szmodics, who curled in.
Rotherham pulled one back 10 minutes before the break as an unmarked Ihiekwe volleyed in Daniel Barlaser's left-wing corner.
Toney and Rotherham's Michael Smith both had second-half headers well saved, while there was a seven-minute delay due to an injury to one of the linesmen, with a member of the crowd taking over fourth official duties after an appeal over the tannoy.
Match report supplied by PA Media on the BBC.
Peterborough United
1 Pym (my MoM - caught or got something on every cross and saved one certain goal if not more).
15 Thompson
5 Beevers
6 Kent
23Ward - substituted for Bennett at 90+3'minutes
29 Taylor
12 Brown - substituted for Knight at 68'minutes
3 Butler
9 Szmodics Booked (stupidly) at 64mins
17 Toney
10 Dembélé - substituted for Jade-Jones at 83'minutes
Substitutes
7 Eisa
8 Knight
16 Bennett
21 Boyd
24 Mason
26 Chapman
37 Jade-Jones
Attendance: 7,495