DES Buckingham is expecting a good advert for Sky Bet League One when his Oxford United side welcome free-scoring Peterborough United to Grenoble Road this weekend.

The Posh have scored 80 goals in 41 League One games so far this season, more than anyone else in the third tier.

Darren Ferguson’s side are also celebrating EFL Trophy success, after beating Wycombe Wanderers in the final on Sunday, while Buckingham witnessed first-hand how ruthless the Posh can be when he watched them beat Port Vale 3-0 on Wednesday night.

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Buckingham said: “They create a lot of opportunities and have one of the highest expected goals ratios in the league.

“We saw it at Port Vale. They create numerous chances, but so do we.

“We’ve changed what we do, and we’ve become a far more aggressive team in our press, and the stats back that up.

“We’re at the top in terms of aggressiveness in our press, we turn over the ball higher up, and we get more opportunities on goal.

“I’m expecting a very good game with two good teams that want to play a similar way. It’ll be a very good game.”

Peterborough aren’t just reliant for goals via one source either, and boast a range of threats across the pitch.

In fact, six Posh players have got into double digits across all competitions this season, with Ephron Mason-Clark leading the way on 19 for the campaign.

Wide man Kwame Poku and centre forward Ricky-Jade Jones have notched 12 goals, as has the versatile Harrison Burrows.

Last season’s top scorer in League One, Jonson Clarke-Harris, has had to settle for a more limited role this time around, but has still grabbed 11 goals, while midfielder Joel Randall has hit 10 so far this season.

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Buckingham said: “We have to be really smart in how we set up. We need to be clear on what that looks like, and we need to execute it on the day.

“If we do that, we’ll try and nullify as many of those threats that we can, whilst also not taking attention away from our threat.

“The example I’ll give you is that last week, we knew Burton from set plays, whether it be throw-ins or corners, were very aggressive, but it didn’t take away from our attacking intent. We got two goals from those moments in transition.”

He added: “We’ll set ourselves up as well as we can to try and take on a good Peterborough side. I went to watch them on Wednesday night and they’re a good team.

“They won the final on Sunday, and played very well on Wednesday. We’ll be as prepared and ready as we can be.

“We’ve won four out of the last six, and we’re on a bit of a run ourselves. We focus on that, and we’re starting to see real progression in performances.

“As long as we continue to do that, we’ll put ourselves in the best spot possible to continue doing what we want to do.”