PREVIEW: SCUNTHORPE v EDINBURGH (Cab Direct Champ P/O Group A)

SCUNTHORPE bid to continue their good start to the Cab Direct Championship play-offs when they host Edinburgh in their opening home match today (Sunday, 5pm).

The Scorpions picked up a point at Poole on Wednesday with a 45-45 ‘draw’ after 15 races, and although they lost the subsequent Super Heat it puts them in a strong position in Group A.

Meanwhile the Monarchs race for the first time in the group, and they have booked Justin Sedgmen to guest at No.1 with Craig Cook suspended.

Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “As good as the Poole result on Wednesday was from our point of view, we really don’t want to get ahead of ourselves. There is so much work still to be done before we can even begin to think about the possibility of taking part in the Final.

“We’ve got to take it one step at a time and the next step is making sure that we beat Edinburgh around the Eddie Wright Raceway. They kept us honest earlier in the season, before we took a 51-39 victory over them.

“We know we need to take maximum points from the two matches against the Monarchs. Any dropped points in either match would undo the great work done at Poole.

“No match is ever easy at this stage of the season. Edinburgh haven’t the greatest of seasons, but you can bet they’ll be looking to make up for that in the play-offs, while Josh Pickering is one of the best visitors around the Eddie Wright Raceway, and his clashes against Ryan Douglas and the rest of our lads will be epic.”

SCUNTHORPE: Ryan Douglas, Connor Mountain, Simon Lambert, Jake Allen, Michael Palm Toft, Nathan Ablitt, Drew Kemp.
EDINBURGH: Justin Sedgmen, Lasse Fredriksen, Kye Thomson, Paco Castagna, Josh Pickering, Dayle Wood, Bastian Borke.

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