Ferguson to stick with XI

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 by PA

Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson is set to name a full-strength side for the Carling Cup tie with Newcastle.

Ferguson saw his side finally claim their first league win of the season against Reading on Saturday and is likely to field the same XI against the Magpies at London Road.

Posh were again indebted to their front three of George Boyd, Aaron Mclean and Craig Mackail-Smith at the weekend and all three will line up on Tuesday night.

The trio all scored against the Royals and have now contributed 133 goals between them since the start of the 2007/08 season.

Utility man Charlie Lee remains sidelined with the ankle injury he picked up in training last week but Ferguson has no other injury problems.

He confirmed all three of the players he replaced during Saturday's win, Chris Whelpdale, Toumani Diagouraga and Tommy Williams, were substituted for tactical reasons and should all start.

Caretaker Newcastle boss Chris Hughton will hand his youngsters a chance.

Hughton intends to rest key men for the third-round trip to London Road ahead of Saturday's Coca-Cola Championship visit to Ipswich and that could mean opportunities for the likes of Nile Ranger, Kazenga LuaLua, Tamas Kadar, Ryan Donaldson and Haris Vuckic.

Loan signing Zurab Khizanishvili is ineligible for the game having already played in the second round of the competition for Blackburn at Gillingham.

Full-back Danny Simpson is a doubt after jarring an ankle in Saturday's 3-1 win over Plymouth, while Shola Ameobi (foot) and Jonas Gutierrez (hamstring) remain on the sidelines.