2020–21 Peterborough United F.C. season

The 2020–21 Peterborough United F.C. season is the club's 87th season in their history and the eighth consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Trophy and had ended their EFL Cup campaign.

Peterborough United
2020–21 season
ChairmanDarragh MacAnthony
ManagerDarren Ferguson
StadiumWeston Homes Stadium
League One5th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyQuarter final
Top goalscorerLeague: Jonson Clarke-Harris (12)
All: Jonson Clarke-Harris (14)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Statistics

As of 30 January 2021
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Christy Pym 27024+001+001+001+00
2 DF Ronnie Edwards 501+000+100+003+00
3 DF Dan Butler 23119+210+001+001+00
4 DF Nathan Thompson 21118+011+001+001+00
5 DF Mark Beevers 26024+000+001+001+00
6 DF Frankie Kent 27223+011+001+002+01
7 FW Mohamed Eisa 1832+901+001+003+23
8 MF Jack Taylor 26623+041+011+001+01
9 FW Jonson Clarke-Harris 271424+0130+100+002+01
10 FW Siriki Dembélé 26722+151+011+001+01
11 MF Ryan Broom 1715+1011+001+000+00
12 MF Reece Brown 23115+410+101+002+00
13 GK Dániel Gyollai 400+000+000+004+00
14 MF Louis Reed 1116+301+000+001+01
15 MF Sammie Szmodics 25621+250+000+002+01
16 MF Harrison Burrows 1003+200+000+004+10
17 FW Ricky Jade-Jones 600+500+000+000+10
18 DF Frazer Blake-Tracy 1103+401+000+003+00
19 FW Idris Kanu 1706+500+000+104+10
20 MF Serhat Tasdemir 310+000+000+003+01
21 MF George Boyd 110+000+000+001+01
22 MF Ethan Hamilton 2116+901+000+005+01
23 MF Joe Ward 17213+220+001+001+00
24 DF Niall Mason 2115+1101+000+003+11
25 DF Jason Naismith 200+000+000+002+00
26 MF Flynn Clarke 932+200+000+103+13
27 MF Kyle Barker 200+000+000+001+10
36 DF Benjamin Mensah 100+000+000+000+10

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
     
1 4DFNathan Thompson710000100000810
2 5DFMark Beevers300000000100400
3 3DFDan Butler300000000000300
6DFFrankie Kent300000000000300
8MFJack Taylor300000000000300
10FWSiriki Dembélé300000000000300
12MFReece Brown300000000000300
22MFEthan Hamilton100100000100300
9 1GKChristy Pym200000000000200
15MFSammie Szmodics200000000000200
18DFFrazer Blake-Tracy100000000100200
12 9FWJonson Clarke-Harris100000000000100
14MFLouis Reed000000000100100
16MFHarrison Burrows100000000000100
23MFJoe Ward100000000000100
24DFNiall Mason100000000000100
26MFFlynn Clarke000000000100100
Total35101001005004210

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Pos. Nat. Name From Fee Ref.
30 July 2020GKDániel Gyollai Wigan AthleticFree transfer[1]
10 August 2020CBRonnie Edwards BarnetUndisclosed[2]
13 August 2020CMEthan Hamilton Manchester UnitedFree transfer[3]
24 August 2020RMRyan Broom Cheltenham TownUndisclosed[4]
27 August 2020CFJonson Clarke-Harris Bristol RoversUndisclosed[5]
8 September 2020AMSammie Szmodics Bristol CityUndisclosed[6]

Loans in

Date from Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref.
17 August 2020AMReece Brown Huddersfield Town30 June 2021[7]

Loans out

Date from Pos. Nat. Name From Date until Ref.
21 September 2020CMArchie Jones Bishop's StortfordOctober 2020[8]
24 September 2020CBSam Cartwright Woking[9]
9 October 2020DMKyle Barker King's Lynn TownJanuary 2021[10]
1 February 2021RMRyan Broom Burton AlbionEnd of season[11]
1 February 2021RMSerhat Tasdemir Oldham AthleticEnd of season[12]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Nat. Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020CBRhys Bennett Carlisle UnitedReleased[13][14]
1 July 2020GKAaron Chapman MotherwellReleased[13][15]
1 July 2020AMCallum Cooke Bradford CityReleased[13][16]
1 July 2020AMMarcus Maddison Charlton AthleticReleased[13][17]
1 July 2020DMMark O'Hara MotherwellUndisclosed[18]
1 July 2020GKConor O'MalleyRetiredN/A[13][19]
1 July 2020CMAlex Woodyard AFC WimbledonReleased[13][20]
1 September 2020CFIvan Toney Brentford£5,000,000[21]
2 September 2020LWGeorge Cooper Plymouth ArgyleUndisclosed[22]
3 November 2020LWGeorge Boyd Salford CityReleased[13][23]
7 December 2020RBJason Naismith Ross CountyReleased[24][25]

Pre-season

1 August 2020 Friendly Stamford 0–1 Peterborough United Stamford
15:00 BST Report Rolt  72' Stadium: The Zeeco Stadium
4 August 2020 Friendly Peterborough United 4–2 Peterborough Sports Peterborough
18:30 BST Cartwright  4'
Cooper  19'
Jones  27' (o.g.)
Kanu  45'
Report Macleod  37'
Johnson  80'
Stadium: Mick George Training Academy
8 August 2020 Friendly Peterborough United 8–0 Kettering Town Peterborough
12:00 BST Eisa x2
Rolt x3
Taylor x1
Clarke x1
Cooper x1
Report Stadium: Mick George Training Academy
11 August 2020 Friendly Mansfield Town 0–2 Peterborough United Mansfield
12:00 BST Report Dembélé (pen)
Boyd
Stadium: The John Fretwell Sporting Complex
29 August 2020 Friendly Peterborough United 1–2 Coventry City Peterborough
13:00 BST Broom  72' Report Godden  56'
O'Hare  85'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
29 August 2020 Friendly Peterborough United 2–3 Coventry City Peterborough
15:20 BST Jones  30'
Eisa  73'
Report Bakayoko  22', 64'
Jones  60'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lincoln City 25 16 3 6 38 20 +18 51 Promotion to the EFL Championship
2 Hull City 25 15 3 7 41 22 +19 48
3 Doncaster Rovers 22 14 3 5 38 21 +17 45 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Portsmouth 24 13 5 6 40 21 +19 44
5 Peterborough United 24 13 4 7 36 23 +13 43
6 Sunderland 24 10 10 4 32 19 +13 40
7 Accrington Stanley 22 12 4 6 35 24 +11 40
8 Charlton Athletic 26 11 7 8 39 35 +4 40
9 Crewe Alexandra 27 11 7 9 36 33 +3 40
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[26]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
24 13 4 7 36 23  +13 43 8 2 1 25 9  +16 5 2 6 11 14  −3

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHA
ResultLWLWWWWWDWWLLWLLWDDWWWDL
Position231519854424111223543555334
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[27]

12 September 2020 1 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Peterborough United Accrington
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
19 September 2020 2 Peterborough United 2–1 Fleetwood Town Peterborough
15:00 BST Kent  49'
Thompson  63'
Taylor  90+1'
Szmodics  90+5'
Report Camps  55'
Burns  57'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
26 September 2020 3 Sunderland 1–0 Peterborough United Sunderland
15:00 BST Scowen  6'
O'Brien  62'
Leadbitter  81' (pen.)
Gooch  84'
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
3 October 2020 4 Peterborough United 3–1 Swindon Town Peterborough
15:00 BST Clarke-Harris  48'  69' (pen.)
Broom  78'
Report Payne  6'
Baudry  45'
Caddis  68'
Grounds  90+1'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
10 October 2020 5 Northampton Town 0–2 Peterborough United Northampton
15:00 BST Hoskins  51'
Korboa  73'
Watson  85'
Report Thompson  33'
Brown  80'
Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
17 October 2020 6 Peterborough United 2–0 Oxford United Peterborough
15:00 BST Ward  27'  43'
Dembele  65'  67'
Butler  88'
Report Clare  23'
Henry  58'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
20 October 2020 7 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Peterborough United Wigan
19:00 BST Massey  66' Report Butler  6'
Clarke-Harris  28'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
24 October 2020 8 Hull City 1–2 Peterborough United Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST Elder  19'
Wilks  36'
Smallwood  65'
Honeyman  90+3'
Report Thompson  33'
Clarke-Harris  63'
Dembele  75'
Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
27 October 2020 9 Peterborough United 2–2 Burton Albion Peterborough
19:00 GMT Clarke-Harris  10' 48'
Ward  48'
Mason  89'
Report Hemmings  32',  60'
Gilligan  58'
Akins  62'
O'Toole  71'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
31 October 2020 10 Peterborough United 5–1 Shrewsbury Town Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris  16' (pen)
Dembele  42',  69',  80'
Brown  50'
Taylor  80'
Szmodics  84'
Report Burgoyne  16'
Daniels  17'
Vela  45+2'
Norburn  58'
Ebanks-Landell  77'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
3 November 2020 11 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Peterborough United Bristol
19:00 GMT Ehmer  38'
Hare  77'
Report Taylor  42'
Brown  55'
Butler  64'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lee Swabey
14 November 2020 12 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Peterborough United Crewe
15:00 GMT Pickering  29'
Kirk  41'
Report Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
21 November 2020 13 Peterborough United 1–2 Blackpool Peterborough
15:00 GMT Butler  66'
Clarke-Harris  68'
Dembélé  81'
Kent  84'
Report Yates  19'
Husband  31'
Dougall  44'
Madine  90'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
24 November 2020 14 Peterborough United 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Peterborough
19:00 GMT Dembélé  18'
Clarke-Harris  41'
Report Wootton  26'
Opoku  29'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
2 December 2020 15 AFC Wimbledon 2–1 Peterborough United Wimbledon
18:00 GMT Longman  54'
Pigott  60'
Nightingale  62'
Woodyard  84'
Report Clarke-Harris  71' Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
5 December 2020 16 Portsmouth 2–0 Peterborough United Milton
15:00 GMT Cannon  57'
Whatmough  61'
Naylor  68'  75'
Brown  88'
Report Thompson  50'
Blake-Tracy  61'
Taylor  85'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Wright
12 December 2020 17 Peterborough United 4–1 Rochdale Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris  5' (pen.), 10', 22'
Beevers  36'
Thompson  40'  45+1'
Report Humphrys  9' Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brett Huxtable
15 December 2020 18 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Peterborough United Denbigh
19:45 GMT Sorinola  32'
Lewington  53'
Kasumu  55'
Jerome  78'
Harvie  81'
Report Clarke-Harris  25'
Pym  45+1'
Burrows  68'
Stadium: Stadium:mk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
9 January 2021 19 Lincoln City 1–1 Peterborough United Lincoln
12:30 GMT Jackson  16'
Bridcutt  21'
Scully  49'
Grant 68
Eyoma  80'
Jones  90+1'
Report Eyoma  10' (o.g.)
Thompson  23'  67'
Brown  63'
Kent  89'
Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
16 January 2021 20 Peterborough United 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris  7'
Szmodics  30', 65'
Taylor  61'
Report Davies  90+1' Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
19 January 2021 21 Peterborough United 2–1 Charlton Athletic Peterborough
18:30 GMT Pym  13'
Kent  65'
Szmodics  66', 79'  85'
Report Washington  14' (pen.)
Forster-Caskey  45+1'
Millar  51'
Smyth  63'
Pratley  90+1'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
23 January 2021 22 Ipswich Town 0–1 Peterborough United Ipswich
15:00 GMT Ward  60'
Edwards  71'
Report Clarke-Harris 33
Taylor  45+1'
McGuinness  69' (o.g.)
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
26 January 2021 23 Peterborough United 0–0 Bristol Rovers Peterborough
19:00 GMT Thompson  52'
Beevers  82'
Report Kilgour  83'
Ogogo  84'
Leahy  87'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
30 January 2021 24 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Peterborough United Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Love  42'
Chapman  51', 86'
Report Hamilton  24'
Thompson  52'
Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[28] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 November 2020 First round Oxford United 1–2 Peterborough United Oxford
15:00 GMT Long  12'
Ruffels  45+2'
Shodipo  55'
Report Dembele  23'
Taylor  61'
Hamilton  75'
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
28 November 2020 Second round Peterborough United 1–2 Chorley Peterborough
17:30 GMT Taylor  2'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[30]

5 September 2020 First round Peterborough United 0–1 Cheltenham Town Peterborough
15:00 BST Thompson  38' Report Thomas  26'
Sercombe  59'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[31] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.[32] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.[33]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Cambridge United 3 2 1 0 0 7 3 +4 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Peterborough United 3 1 1 1 0 8 6 +2 6
3 L1 Burton Albion 3 0 1 1 1 6 8 2 3
4 ACA Fulham U21 3 0 0 1 2 3 7 4 1
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Peterborough United 3–3
(5–4 p)
Burton Albion Peterborough
19:00 BST Clarke  3'
Reed  23'  90'
Mason  68'
Hamilton  90+6'
Report Lawless  44'
Powell  52', 55'
Wallace  77'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
Penalties
Burrows
Hamilton
Reed
Eisa
Clarke
Bostwick
Fox
Powell
O'Toole
Gilligan
6 October 2020 Group stage Peterborough United 4–2 Fulham U21's Peterborough
18:00 BST Eisa  24'
Szmodics  48'
Clarke  56'
Boyd  76'
Report Harris  52'
Tiehl  72'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
10 November 2020 Group stage Cambridge United 1–1
(3–1 p)
Peterborough United Cambridge
19:00 GMT Dunk  25'
Worman  86'
Knowles  90+4'
Report Clarke  49'  85'
Blake-Tracy  77'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
Penalties
Dunk
Knowles
Dallas
Burrows
Hamilton
Tasdemir
Eisa
8 December 2020 Second round Peterborough United 3–0 West Ham United U21 Peterborough
19:00 GMT Eisa  56', 83'
Tasdemir  71'
Report Longelo  31'
Chesters  61'
Dawson  68'
Yarmolenko  70'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Referee: Paul Howard
12 January 2021 Third round Peterborough United 5–1 Portsmouth Peterborough
19:00 GMT Taylor  15'
Beevers  20'
Clarke-Harris  29'
Kent  45+1'
Dembele  52'
Hamilton  87'
Report Harrison  90+2' Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
2 February 2021 Quarter Final Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Peterborough United Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Lloyd  38'
Lewis  82'
Report Clarke-Harris  90+1' (pen.) Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott

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