Salford City 0-3 Peterborough United: Jack Marriott double sends Posh into FA Cup second round

Peterborough United swept past League Two side Salford City in their replay at the Peninsula Stadium to move into the second round of the FA Cup.

Kwame Poku's through ball set Ephron Mason-Clark away to rifle a shot past goalkeeper Tom King before the break.

Jack Marriott then met Harrison Burrows' corner with a glancing header into the far corner to double the lead.

Marriott capped the win with a powerful strike from the edge of the box to set up a trip to Shrewsbury on 26 November.

League One Posh, who last lost at this stage of the cup in the 2005-06 season, were led by 20-year-old academy graduate Burrows on his 100th appearance for the club and carved out a host of first-half chances.

King pulled off a fine early save, diving low to his left, to keep out a Burrows strike, while Poku curled a shot inches past the far post before Mason-Clark grabbed his third goal in five games.

Salford, who have now failed to score in five matches, looked toothless before the break, with Lund slicing their best chance wide moments before Peterborough's opener.

Odin Bailey's half-time introduction on the left wing sparked life into the hosts, with Luke Bolton's goalbound half-volley deflected wide and Ryan Watson poking an effort off-target.

But after that early flurry, Posh - who reached round five last season - comfortably kept the hosts at arm's length and Marriott struck twice in five minutes late on to seal their passage.

Salford City manager Neil Wood:

"It definitely didn't feel like a 3-0 game when you look back over the 90 minutes as a whole.

"I thought we built up some good momentum in the second half, but once again it's the same old story - we lack that bit of quality in the final third.

"We've got to stay confident if we're to realise our potential here, and once we click, I'm sure we'll be OK.

"It just seemed that whenever we made a mistake tonight, Peterborough punished us."

Peterborough United boss Grant McCann told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:

"We had to come here and be calm and controlled in our play and I thought we were. I thought defensively we were excellent.

"They're difficult to play against. You can see from the stats in League Two, they keep the ball for 70 or 80% of the play and you've got to be really calm and controlled in what you do.

"You've got to wait and set traps and punish them. The first half we were really good at it and probably should have scored more than the one.

"Second half for a 20-minute spell we were a little bit sloppy. I think it was the fact we tried to score again and kept going to places we probably didn't need to, but to get the second goal was pleasing for us and the third just killed the game."