WALSALL Vs PETERBOROUGH UNITED - PREVIEW WALSALL Vs PETERBOROUGH UNITED - PREVIEW
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WALSALL Vs PETERBOROUGH UNITED - PREVIEW

Tonight, Walsall Football Club play host to Peterborough United in Sky Bet League One.
Tonight, Walsall Football Club play host to Peterborough United in Sky Bet League One.

The game, originally scheduled for Saturday will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 1, as part of the broadcasters 'FL72' programme.

The Saddlers, once again, boast a fully-fit squad to select from, and aren't expected to make any changes following last weekends 3-0 victory over Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup.

The Saddlers will be hoping to build some momentum from their cup victory, having lost the last two league games, against Milton Keynes Dons and Coventry City respectively.

Peterborough will be boosted by the return of midfielders, Jack Payne, Danny Kearns and Tommy Rowe who all missed the The Poshs' Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory over Dagenham & Redbridge on Tuesday.

Defender Gabriel Zakuani will also come back into the reckoning after suffering a cold midweek. On-loan midfielder Hogan Ephraim will also return following cramp.

Joe Newell pulled a thigh muscle in the warm-up midweek and is unlikely to be fit. Striker Lee Tomlin will complete his four-match suspension against the Saddlers.

In terms of head-to-head, it's all square between the two sides, with eighteen wins a-piece, there have also been nine draws. The Saddlers have lost the last four games against their opponents, including their last meeting, in January 2011, a 4-1 defeat at London Road. Walsall were last victorious over their opponents in January 2007.

The referee for Monday's game will be David Coote. Andy Newbold and Steven Plane will be running the lines whilst Philip Gibbs will be Fourth Official.

Referee Coote has officiated a total of thirteen games this season, where he has issued thirty-four yellow cards and one red card in various competitions including, the Championship, League One and League Two.

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