Sheffield United striker Darius Henderson is again unavailable for the Blades as he sits out the last game of a three-match ban.
Long-term absentees Gary Naysmith and Ryan France (both knee) and Derek Geary (ankle) are still out.
MATCH PREVIEW
Sheffield United's defeat at Crystal Palace on Saturday was their sixth consecutive away loss and another blow to their play-off hopes.
They will expect to end that dire run against a Peterborough side that are bottom of the table and are the only team in the Championship yet to beat a top-half club this season.
Peterborough are 13 points from safety and have lost eight of their last 10 league games, failing to score in all but one of those defeats.
Their loss at home to Coventry on Saturday was their third 1-0 defeat in four matches and led manager Jim Gannon to concede that they are simply not good enough to stay up.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Sheffield United have won all three of the previous league meetings between these clubs.
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• Posh are yet to score a league goal against the Blades and have never beaten them in a competitive match (D1, L6).
Peterborough
• Peterborough have won fewer games this season (five) and lost more (20) than any other team in the Championship.
• They have conceded the first goal in 24 of their matches this season and opened the scoring in only nine.
Sheffield United
• United have scored an unsurpassed 16 goals in the last 15 minutes of Championship matches this season.
• Peterborough could become the fourth club Sheffield United do the league double over this term. The Blades have won home and away against Bristol City, Reading and Plymouth.
• Richard Cresswell is a double shy of 100 career league goals.
MOST RECENT MEETING
Sheff Utd 1-0 Peterborough (21 November 2009)
Sheff Utd scorer: Camara 42.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport