PREVIEW: IPSWICH v BELLE VUE (Prem)

IPSWICH host Belle Vue in a top-of-the-table Premiership clash at Foxhall tonight (Thursday).

The Aces took over at the summit with their big home win over King’s Lynn on Monday but the Witches would overhaul them once again with victory on their own track.

Ipswich are still without Paul Starke and operate the rider replacement facility, whilst Belle Vue have called up Poole’s Zach Cook after Jye Etheridge was injured at Oxford on Wednesday, and Charles Wright misses out after a crash on Monday.

Witches boss Ritchie Hawkins said: “It was a great week on the road last week, so it will be nice to get back home in front of our own fans and it is another top-of-the table-clash.

“We go into it with confidence after last week but fully aware that we have been sneaking meetings at home.

“Belle Vue are also in very good form, we are probably the two most in-form teams at the moment so we will need to up our game to get another win.”

Aces youngster Norick Blodorn said: “As a team, we didn’t do too badly the last time we went to Ipswich.

“But we all knew improvements could be made and I think the form we’re hitting at the moment is the form we really need to be carrying into this meeting.”

IPSWICH: Jason Doyle, Paul Starke R/R, Danny King, Ben Barker, Troy Batchelor, Erik Riss, Danyon Hume.
BELLE VUE: Matej Zagar, Tom Brennan, Brady Kurtz, Charles Wright R/R, Max Fricke, Zach Cook, Norick Blodorn.