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Rovers must protect against ‘Potent’ Posh

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Former Wrexham manager Dean Saunders crosses swords with former Racecourse Ground veteran midfielder Darren Ferguson for the second time this season. The Welshman was victorious over the Scot in the sweltering heat of London Road back in October as Rovers prospered 2-1 thanks to a thirty yard wonder strike from Brian Stock and Kyle Bennett’s winner. The only win in the last five games for either team was Peterborough’s 3-0 demolition last weekend of troubled Bristol City which saw the Posh rise to the comfort of 18 th place. Rovers, by contrast, will have to show character if they are to get a maximum for the first time since the start of the year and try and climb out of trouble as they languish in 24th. Rovers will also have to try and avenge last week’s 3-2 defeat suffered at Elland Road without injured quartet James Coppinger (cheekbone), Habib Bamogo (hamstring), George Friend and Martin Woods (both knee). Mamadou Bagayoko, the rangy Malian striker, who had given Rovers a tw...