Peterborough United vs Southend United
The red card incident did not prevent Peterborough Utd to hold a goal party last weekend. They returned to stage 31st League One against Southend Utd at ABAX Stadium. The same result was targeted against the lower zone team.
Peterborough Utd appeared to face Oxford Utd last Saturday (8/2) and managed to excel with a score of 4-0. Nathan Thompson received a red card on 63 minutes’, but the last two goals were born after this incident so they are indeed very worthy to come out as winners. The party at home also helped them maintain the top 3 ranking, as well as being their fifth consecutive win since last month.
Turning to the enemy, Southend Utd did not move from rank 22, aka just above the caretaker, because he lost again last weekend. This time they fell 2-1 at Blackpool to swallow an 11th defeat in 16 away games this season. They were also asked to immediately improve the situation because it began to lag behind 12 points from the safe zone.
That wide distance certainly puts any team under great pressure, especially if Southend Utd has lost 0-2 when entertaining Peterborough Utd as hosts in the first half of the season, the same score as last season they traveled to ABAX. This gap is what will be used by Peterborough Utd to move up to runner-up, now by one point from third.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5 goals
Odds: 1.53