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PREVIEW: SHEFFIELD v IPSWICH (Prem)

SHEFFIELD host Ipswich in tonight’s (Monday) televised Premiership clash at Owlerton – where the winners will end the evening on top of the table.

The Witches travel as league leaders, two points clear of the Tigers and Belle Vue, who do not have a meeting.

Sheffield are without recent signing Jake Allen who has suffered suspected fractured wrist bones, and Craig Cook is out after two crashes last week.

The Tigers bring in Justin Sedgmen, who rode for them in the first half of last season, to guest for Allen and will operate rider replacement for Cook. Broc Nicol guests for the Witches in place of the injured Ben Barker.

Sheffield co-promoter Damien Bates said: “It’s never ideal going into any meeting without a full team. But when you’re up against the league leaders with two riders out injured, it makes a difficult task even harder.

“While not having Ben Barker at reserve is a massive blow to Ipswich I think, they’ve got a top, top side this year.

“I see they’ve put Troy (Batchelor) at No.2 with Jason Doyle as well – that’s an interesting move, it certainly gives them a strong opening pair and Troy will want to come back and prove a point to us all here, I’m sure.”

Witches boss Ritchie Hawkins said: “I’ve changed the riding order, we are in a good position at the moment, so I thought it was a good opportunity to try a couple of things and have a look at a couple of things I want to see and see their reactions to being at different numbers.

“It’s a decision I have taken because we are in a good position in the league at the halfway point, and it will be an opportunity to learn a few things about the riders. We will see how it goes.

“It will be a really tough test on Monday. Even though we are top of the league I think Sheffield are probably the best side in the league at the moment and are performing the best.”

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Craig Cook R/R, Tobiasz Musielak, Kyle Howarth, Adam Ellis, Justin Sedgmen, Connor Mountain.
IPSWICH: Jason Doyle, Troy Batchelor, Danny King, Paul Starke, Erik Riss, Broc Nicol, Danyon Hume.