PREVIEW: EDINBURGH v GLASGOW (CAB DIRECT CHAMP)

EDINBURGH and Glasgow both have a major incentive ahead of their Cab Direct Championship derby clash at Armadale tonight (Friday).

The Monarchs need to avoid defeat in their final meeting to move off the bottom of the table, whilst the Tigers require an away win to ensure the race for the play-offs will go down to their last match against Oxford on Sunday.

Edinburgh have called up the Thompson twins Dan and Joe to replace injured duo Justin Sedgmen and Kye Thomson, whilst Glasgow bring in Ben Barker for Leon Flint (SGP2) and Max Perry replaces the injured Jason Garrad at reserve.

Monarchs boss Alex Harkess said: “We will again have two guests, and we will be depending on them doing as well as the riders they are replacing.

“Whether they do or not time will tell, but the rest of the riders in the team, the other five, we need them to win races and score points and keep us in front the whole time. We don’t want to be chasing our tails from Heat 2 onwards.

“We’ve not had very many high points this season. As I’ve said over the years, winning is the same habit as losing and if you get into the wrong habit it is very difficult to change. We need to finish on a high and we must win this match.”

EDINBURGH: Josh Pickering, Joe Thompson, Lasse Fredriksen, Paco Castagna, Dan Thompson, Max James, Connor Coles.
GLASGOW: Chris Harris, Jack Smith, Anders Rowe, James Pearson, Ben Barker, Matic Ivacic, Max Perry.
SCB Referee: Chris Gay

LIVE STREAMING: https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/emtv