Posh have no chance at Bramall Lane ...if experience is all that matters!

The task facing Posh at Sheffield United on Saturday is illuminated by some staggering appearance-based facts.

The PT has used a likely starting XI for both clubs (the Sheffield Star provided the Blades line-up) to compare the experence of the two sets of players.

In the PT Posh line-up only two players Jonson ClarkeHarris and Sammie Szmodics had played in the Championship before this season with a total of 60 appearances between them - 57 of them from Clarke-Harris, but none since 2017!

This season’s five Championship matches brings the numberofsecondtierappearances by our Posh XI up to 102 in total. There are 140 Championship appearances on the substitutes bench though, 81 from Jack Marriot, 42 from Josh Knight and 17 from Jorge Grant.

Posh don’t have a single Premier League appearance in their playing squad.

On the other hand Sheffield United’s potential starting line-up boasts 476 Premier League appearances and a whopping 1,382 Championship appearances between 11 players.

And those numbers don’t include deadline day signing Conor Hourihane’s 165 appearances for Aston Villa and Swansea (32 in the Premier League) as he is expected to start on the substitutes’ bench.

The absence of Posh skipper Mark Beevers with a hamstring injury affects his club’s experience figures as he has played 170 times in the Championship for Bolton and Millwall.

Five Blades players - Billy

Sharp, David McGoldrick, Ben Davies, Oliver Norwood and ChrisBasham-havemorepersonal Championship appearances than the combined Posh total. Basham (90) has played the most top-flight matches.

The PT has rated the players of both teams out of 10 based on their career experience and form in the top two divisions of English football.