Do be positive and cool, don't panic or change

One outstanding effort and Posh have jumped from 4/1 outsiders to win the play-offs to 5/4 favourites with Sky Bet.

Posh clearly have one foot in the final at Wembley, but cliche alert, it’s only half-time.

Here are some ‘dos and dont’s’ ahead of tonight's second leg at Hillsborough.

DO: Play in the same adventurous way. It would be foolish to invite pressure, especially in the early stages, in front of 33,000 passionate home fans. The best way to quieten the crowd down would be to score early.

DON’T: Assume the tie is over. Wednesday can score goals. They’ve scored five at Hillsborough three times this season. The Owls scored 81 League One goals this term, six more than Posh.

DO: Embrace the pressure of suddenly becoming hot favourites after two weeks of being big underdogs ( just to reach the play-offs and then to topple Wednesday) for a fortnight. Strut that attacking stuff again and chances will be created against a team who have no choice but to bomb forward for 90 minutes.

DON’T: Take your apparent passing superiority for granted and expect it to see you home. Wednesday were well off the pace at London Road and yet forced two excellent saves from Will Norris and had very little luck all game. Ronnie Edwards could easily have been sent off in

the first leg which would have been a disaster given his current form.

DO:

Expect a wounded Wednesday side to hurl themselves at you from kickoff.

Balls will fly into the Posh box from set-pieces and long throws (they surprisingly used Will Vaulks’ missile launchers sparingly at London Road). The Owls won't be giving this tie up, but they

will be fired up. They will have made plans to combat Posh strengths so expect a change of formation to give them more bodies in midfield.

DON’T: Panic, even if the home side start strongly.

They probably won’t have the legs to sustain a 90-minute onslaught. Stay true to your style of play. Unusually for a team with a four-goal lead an open game will still suit you because of the pace

and quality of your counter attacks. Even If Wednesday are a couple of goals in front at the break they will still have to come forward and the more desperate they become the more chances you will get.

Posh goalkeeper Will Norris in action v Sheffield Wednesday. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com

Ephron Mason-Clark in action for Posh v the Owls. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com

First leg goalscorer Joe Ward after the game. Photo: Joe Dent/theposh.com.

Harrison Burrows in first leg action. Photo: David Lowndes.