Peterborough United Under 21s make the trip to the Steel City for their penultimate away fixture on Friday afternoon (1pm) with Sheffield United the task at hand.
Peterborough United Under 21s will look to notch a third successive victory when they take on runaway leaders Sheffield United at the Blades’ training ground.
Our development phase will be buoyed by their late form when they travel north, having beaten Watford and Coventry City, with Fabian Claxton among the standout performers, netting in both games to put his side on path to secure their best seeding in recent years.
Ryan Semple’s youngsters have already exceeded their points total from last term by eight points, with four games left on the cards.
United sealed a fifth consecutive Professional Development League north title with the 3-0 success over Colchester United last time out.
TEAM NEWS
Posh have a similar squad selection from the past few weeks, besides a few trialists who are being monitored in preparation for the upcoming campaign.
THE OPPOSITION
Sheffield United have been at the races this term, wrapping up the title with three games to spare. Michael Collins’ young Blades have seen 18 victories, seven draws and three defeats over the course of the campaign, putting them at the reach of the table. United fell to a 2-1 defeat in the reverse fixture back in November, owing to individual strikes from Cian Hayes and Andre Changunda.
FROM THE MANAGEMENT
Head of Recruitment, Analysis and PDP Coach Sam Gaughran said: "It will be a tough game tomorrow against Sheffield United who have just won the league, so we will need to be on our game and full of confidence, looking to build on the momentum from the last couple weeks.”
UPDATES
Updates of the game will be available on The Posh Academy X account.
VENUE
The fixture will take place at the Blades’ training facilities.
