Ferguson's side lost just nine matches in League One last season

Peterborough United boss Darren Ferguson has underlined the importance of his men getting off the mark in the Championship as soon as possible.

Posh, who kicked-off the season with defeat at Derby on the opening day, host Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

Ferguson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "It's important to get that first win under our belt.

"We certainly don't want to be known as a good footballing team that gets beaten every week."

Posh lost 2-1 at Pride Park last Saturday, but put in an encouraging second-half performance.

They subsequently thrashed Wycombe 4-0 in the Carling Cup on Tuesday and Ferguson expects to see his men carry that momentum through.

"I'm a big believer that if we get the performances, we'll get the results," he said.

"I'm disappointed we didn't get anything a Derby, but with the Wycombe win it's a better start than last season."

Ferguson has midfielder Paul Coutts fit again after missing the mid-week win.

Dean Keates, Lee Frecklington and Toumani Diagouraga are also in the running for a place in central midfield.

"I always felt the centre of the park would give me the most problems in terms of who to play and when," Ferguson said.

Coutts and Keates were partnered together against Derby and Ferguson admits that could have been a mistake.

"It was a bit of a gamble with Dean on Saturday and maybe I didn't take into account perhaps how much of pre-season he missed," he said.

"In the end it probably didn't pay off, but I know big decisions have to be made and more often than not hopefully I'll make the right ones."

Defender Craig Morgan also returns following international duty and will hope to come back into the side in place of Krystian Pearce.

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