David Ball (72 mins)
Will Buckley (32 mins)
Will Buckley (88 mins)
npower Championship
, Jan 21, 2012
Ground: London Road Ground
, Kickoff: 15:00 , Att 9,474
Team news
Midfield poser for Posh Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson could see increased competition for midfield places against Brighton.
Skipper Grant McCann is expected to return from a five-week lay-off with knee ligament damage.
The Northern Ireland international was set to train with the rest of the first-team squad this week and, providing he suffers no reaction, he will be included in the squad.
"We'll know more after training but if Grant can come through a couple of sessions he'll go straight into the squad. He may even be able to play 90 minutes," Ferguson said.
Tommy Rowe is also expected to be back after missing the defeat to Hull last weekend with an Achilles problem, while Lee Frecklington is on the cusp of a return to full fitness following groin surgery.
Defender Scott Wootton and striker Paul Taylor will hope for recalls after starting on the bench at the KC Stadium.
Gordon Greer returns to the Brighton side for the trip.
The Seagulls skipper has completed a three-match ban and is set to step straight back in at centre-half.
Adam El-Abd could also return to the back four after he was rested for the FA Cup penalty shootout win at Wrexham on Wednesday night having only recently recovered from a long-term foot injury.
Teenage forward Jake Forster-Caskey (dead leg) will be checked over but wingers Kazenga LuaLua and Craig Noone and full-backs Marcos Painter and Mauricio Taricco are still out with hamstring injuries.
Peterborough vs Brighton
Last modified 17:57 21/01/12
Buckley shines for Seagulls Will Buckley scored for the second successive npower Championship game as Brighton won 2-1 at Peterborough to remain on the coat-tails of the clubs in the play-off spots.
Buckley, who struck Albion's second goal in a 2-0 win against Bristol City last weekend, netted both his team's goals at London Road.
He took the credit for the first one but it came about courtesy of a mistake by Posh goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
The second was a clinical finish from the edge of the box to put Brighton back in front late on, after substitute David Ball had equalised for the hosts.
Tommy Rowe returned from an Achilles injury as one of three changes made by Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson.
Rowe was recalled in midfield along with Scott Wootton as Joe Newell and Daniel Kearns dropped out of the starting XI. Paul Taylor replaced George Boyd in attack.
Posh skipper Grant McCann was included on the bench after a five-week lay-off with knee ligament damage.
Changes were probably inevitable for Brighton after they were taken to extra time and penalties by Wrexham in the FA Cup in midweek, and boss Gus Poyet made four.
Captain Gordon Greer returned after suspension while fellow defender Marcos Painter and forward Jake Forster-Caskey were back after injury. Midweek goalscorer Ashley Barnes was rewarded with a start, replacing Will Hoskins up front.
However, Painter lasted just six minutes on his return before he was forced off injured. Adam El-Abd came on in his place.
El-Abd's first contribution was to foul Lee Tomlin. From the resulting free-kick, Ryan Bennett headed Wootton's cross narrowly wide.
Matt Sparrow tried his luck from outside the area either side of the midway point of the first half but his shots went wide on each occasion, before a third attempt forced Lewis to parry the ball away.
Craig Mackail-Smith curled an effort wide against his former club after half an hour.
Two minutes later Brighton were ahead after Sinclair fouled El-Abd wide on the left. Buckley took the resulting free-kick and his ball into the box floated over Lewis' head and into the net.
Peterborough responded well and Peter Brezovan had to get down to deny Sinclair before Ryan Tunnicliffe sent a shot over the crossbar.
Sparrow threatened again early in the second half but Posh were soon on the offensive again and Taylor tested Brezovan with a 20-yarder.
Ball levelled after 72 minutes, scoring from close range after being teed up by Tunnicliffe.
It looked like that would be enough to earn Ferguson's side a point as the game seemed to peter out afterwards.
However, with two minutes remaining Buckley beat Lewis with a drive from the edge of the box that flew into the roof of the net.
| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Substitution | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Rating |
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| 1 | Joe Lewis | ||||
| 2 | Mark Little | ||||
| 4 | Ryan Bennett | ||||
| 5 | Gabriel Zakuani | ||||
| 27 | Craig Alcock |
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| 16 | Ryan Tunnicliffe | ||||
| 6 | Scott Wootton(sub 45) |
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| 14 | Tommy Rowe(sub 58) |
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| 8 | Lee Tomlin |
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| 26 | Paul Taylor | ||||
| 12 | Emile Sinclair(sub 58) |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 28 | Paul Jones | ||||
| 7 | Nick Ajose | ||||
| 9 | David Ball(sub 58) |
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| 11 | Grant McCann(sub 45) |
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| 17 | Joe Newell(sub 58) |
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| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Substitution | Rating |
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| 1 | Peter Brezovan | ||||
| 14 | Inigo Calderon | ||||
| 3 | Gordon Greer |
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| 5 | Lewis Dunk | ||||
| 22 | Marcos Painter(sub 5) |
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| 35 | Jake Forster-Caskey(sub 82) |
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| 26 | Liam Bridcutt | ||||
| 10 | Matthew Sparrow(sub 82) |
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| 9 | Ashley Barnes | ||||
| 12 | Craig Mackail-Smith | ||||
| 30 | Will Buckley |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 16 | Casper Ankergren | ||||
| 6 | Adam El-Abd(sub 5) |
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| 7 | Will Hoskins | ||||
| 8 | Alan Navarro(sub 82) |
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| 23 | Torbjorn Agdestein(sub 82) |
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| Team | Peterborough | Brighton |
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