Stevenage boss Steve Evans has admitted he charges Peterborough United as a greater facet than Portsmouth in League One at current.
Evans has masterminded an outstanding begin to the season for Stevenage following their promotion to League One and has them sitting a lofty fourth within the standings.
His group have gone toe-to-toe with many of the huge boys within the league and performed out a 2-2 draw with Peterborough on Tuesday on the Lamex.
Evans admits that Peterborough are the perfect his group have come up in opposition to this time period and ranks them even above Portsmouth, regardless of feeling Pompey are particular.
“These are the best, these are the best we’ve played in terms of the way they play”, Evans explained to Stevenage’s media after the Peterborough sport.
“I’m pleased with that as a result of I’ve managed the membership and I’m extra pleased with that as a result of I dwell within the metropolis.
“When I’ve completed in soccer, that’s the bottom I’ll sit in and watch that group.
“I’m actually pleased with my gamers and I’m proud we’ve gone so many video games and we’re round these within the desk.
“What I learn about my group, Darren [Ferguson] doesn’t learn about his group but – my group will struggle to the dying.
“But they’re, for me, the perfect group within the league and we’ve performed Portsmouth, who had been particular.
“Oxford had been totally different class, we went as much as Bolton, we had been higher on the evening, however they’ve proved they’re a terrific facet.
“But I think Posh, no one would want to play Posh.”
Portsmouth at the moment sit second within the standings and boast a three-point benefit over third positioned Oxford United and fourth positioned Stevenage.
The busy Christmas interval of fixtures seems more likely to be essential because the promotion battle heats up.