Jeando Fuchs: Peterborough midfielder out for rest of season with knee injury

Jeando Fuchs joined Peterborough from Scottish club Dundee United in January 2022

Peterborough United midfielder Jeando Fuchs is expected to miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.

The 26-year-old limped off just after the hour-mark in Saturday's 1-0 derby win at Cambridge United.

He has only played 11 games this season following an earlier injury lay-off from mid-August to November.

"It was a bad tackle that caught him on the knee and there's a lot of damage in there," manager Darren Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

"He's such a good kid and he's had a torrid season injury-wise - he was only just coming back, (having) worked so hard to get back.

"He would have played a large part in the last third of the season - he started the last two games - but unfortunately it doesn't look like that's going to be the case."

Fuchs, who is out of contract in the summer, will undergo a second examination of his knee on Friday but Ferguson said he expected it to confirm the initial prognosis.

Peterborough are fifth in League One ahead of Saturday's home game against Exeter City and on course for an appearance in the play-offs for the second season in a row.

Ferguson, however, still believes automatic promotion is within reach, with two games in hand on second-placed Derby County, and eight of the last 13 at home.

"At this stage, the focus is on trying to get the results and not so much the performance," the Scot said.

"Sometimes you have to get to a level of performance to get the result, but we have to find a way of winning games now and however we do it, it doesn't really matter."