Our prediction for this Championship match:
Wednesday’s Championship game at Craven Cottage pits together Fulham and Peterborough, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the season finale. The Cottagers are eyeing automatic promotion, while the Posh are desperate to secure the survival. Fulham are ten points clear of third-place Blackburn ahead of Matchday 34, meaning that a win over Peterborough will see them move one step closer to returning to the Premier League.
The Cottagers aim to make amends for a shocking 2-1 loss to Huddersfield, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Peterborough. Winger Neeskens Kebano is widely expected to return to the starting XI. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team. The Posh, on the other hand, have been struggling on the travels this season (1-1-14), and they are unlikely to spoil Fulham’s party in London. Defender Hayden Coulson is banned for the visitors following his sending off in a 1-0 loss at Derby.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
Highlighted Team (Peterborough):
Founded in 1934, Peterborough United are a professional club that competes in the League One. The Posh play their home games at London Road Stadium, the venue with the capacity of 15,314. Peterborough’s home colour is blue, whilst the colour of their away kit is blue. The Posh have the third kit as well where yellow and black are the dominant colours.
Peterborough United’s biggest success came in the 1964/1965 when the club booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Chelsea, though, proved to be a big catch for the Posh, beating them 5-1 in London. It has to be noted that Peterborough United made it to the Football League Cup semis in the 1965/1966 season, with the team losing to WBA in the two-legged tie.
The likes of Cambridge United and Northampton Town are considered the club’s main rivals. The Posh have built a rivalry with Huddersfield Town, with fans seeing MK Dons as rivals as well.