Match ends, Peterborough United 1, Yeovil Town 0.
PeterboroughPeterborough United1YeovilYeovil Town0
Harry Beautyman scored his first goal for Peterborough United to send Yeovil back to the bottom of League One.
The 22-year-old midfielder, who signed from non-league Welling in November, got the last touch to Marcus Maddison's shot to put Posh ahead.
The Glovers were unbeaten in their previous three games, but failed to convert chances in the second half.
Kyle Vassell could have doubled the home side's lead, but put the ball over from two yards out.
Crawley's surprising 2-1 win against Preston meant Yeovil slipped down to 24th, four points from safety.
Posh, meanwhile, moved up to 11th, only two points outside the play-off places.
Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson told BBC Somerset:
"It was a difficult game given the conditions and it was difficult to expect either team to play Barcelona-type football, even if they could.
"Both teams realised it was a long-ball game today.
"The first bit of quality they had going forward, they scored their goal.
"In the second half we gave it a bit of a go without really making their goalkeeper work."
Line-ups
Peterborough
Formation 5-3-2
- 13Loach
- 2Smith
- 6Bostwick
- 4Brisley
- 21Burgess
- 17Newell
- 35Beautyman
- 30MaddisonSubstituted forNtlheat 84'minutes
- 15Anderson
- 12VassellSubstituted forJamesat 68'minutes
- 14WashingtonSubstituted forMcLeanat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Ntlhe
- 8Payne
- 9James
- 10Oztumer
- 20McLean
- 28Anderson
- 32Henry
Yeovil
Formation 4-4-2
- 30Steer
- 32Shephard
- 13MooreSubstituted forRalphat 83'minutes
- 26Arthurworrey
- 3Smith
- 15Ofori-Twumasi
- 4Edwards
- 11Foley
- 28SmithSubstituted forHoskinsat 78'minutes
- 18LozaSubstituted forLeitch-Smithat 46'minutes
- 25Ugwu
Substitutes
- 5Bell
- 8Berrett
- 9Hayter
- 10Leitch-Smith
- 12Krysiak
- 14Hoskins
- 16Ralph
- Referee:
- Mick Russell
- Attendance:
- 5,146
Match Stats
Home TeamPeterboroughAway TeamYeovil
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away2
- Corners
- Home4
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home4
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Peterborough United 1, Yeovil Town 0.
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Attempt blocked. Liam Shephard (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Foul by Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United).
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Nathan Ralph (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Kgosi Ntlhe replaces Marcus Maddison.
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Attempt saved. Aaron McLean (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Nathan Ralph replaces Kieffer Moore because of an injury.
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Hand ball by Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi (Yeovil Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Aaron McLean replaces Conor Washington.
Substitution
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Sam Hoskins replaces Alex Smith.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Liam Shephard.
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Conor Washington (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stephen Arthurworrey (Yeovil Town).
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Jermaine Anderson (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Joe Edwards (Yeovil Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Peterborough United. Luke James replaces Kyle Vassell.
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Attempt missed. Kyle Vassell (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by Michael Bostwick.
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Attempt blocked. Alex Smith (Yeovil Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
