PREVIEW: SHEFFIELD v LEICESTER (ROWE MOTOR OIL PREM)
SHEFFIELD will be hoping to keep their recent home run going when they host Leicester at Owlerton on tonight (Thursday).
The Tigers could make it three wins on the spin in the Steel City after some real plus point performances in S6 of late.
A 12-point victory over reigning champions Ipswich was followed up by a 58-32 trouncing of Northampton last Thursday – their biggest win of the season so far.
They face a Lions team who have experienced highs and lows in the last week, with their KO Cup Final victory against Ipswich followed up by a 61-29 thrashing at leaders Belle Vue on Monday.
The Tigers bring in Jason Doyle at No.1 to guest for the injured Jack Holder, whilst the visitors have Will Cairns standing in at reserve for the retired Kyle Howarth.
Sheffield manager Simon Stead said: “We can’t afford to lose or drop points at home – that’s a certainty. We need to be on fire at Owlerton and the guys are aware of that.
“We also know that Leicester are capable of coming to our place and doing a job so we can’t take our foot off the gas.
“We’ve had two solid performances at home in recent weeks – so long may that continue.”
Leicester boss Stewart Dickson said: “It’s going to be a tough night again, but we will certainly be better than we were at Belle Vue, I think that’s an obvious thing to say!
“We have the home match against Sheffield next week, so the target is to get as many points as we can there, and if there’s an opportunity for more then we’ll look to grab it.
“They’re coming into a bit of form, especially at home, and I think we should take it as compliment that they’ve got Jason Doyle racing against us, because they’ve been using rider replacement in their recent home matches.”
SHEFFIELD: Jason Doyle, Anders Rowe, Chris Holder, Leon Flint, Josh Pickering, Jye Etheridge, Luke Killeen.
LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Nick Morris, Dan Thompson, Sam Masters, Will Cairns, Joe Thompson.
SCB Referee: Chris Gay
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