PREVIEW: KING’S LYNN v BELLE VUE (ROWE Motor Oil Prem)

KING’S Lynn stage the first ROWE Motor Oil Premiership fixture of the season tonight (Monday) as they take on defending champions Belle Vue at the Adrian Flux Arena.

Stars boss Rob Lyon has called on his side to keep up the momentum from a positive first week which saw them secure home and away wins against Oxford in the KO Cup.

And Lyon is keen to avoid a repeat of last season, when his side also started their home league campaign against the Aces and went down to a 42-48 defeat.

The home side switch captain Nicolai Klindt to the No.2 berth with Jan Kvech moving to No.3, whilst the visitors are unchanged after an opening week which did not go to plan – culminating in Thursday’s hammering at Ipswich.

Lyon said: “From our point of view we can only ride what’s in front of us, and Monday night will be a good match because I’m sure Belle Vue will come out fighting.

“They’ve got riders who get around our place pretty well and I’m sure it will be a different meeting to what they experienced at Ipswich on Thursday.

“But we take one match as it comes, and we can’t ask for any more than how we’ve started. We go into Monday with a bit of confidence, and hopefully we can keep the run going.

“We probably do owe Belle Vue one early doors. We beat them here at the end of last season, as we did with other top teams, but early on when we’ve met them we’ve faltered, and we need to put that right on Monday.”

KING’S LYNN: Ben Cook, Nicolai Klindt, Jan Kvech, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Richard Lawson, Chris Harris, Ashton Boughen.
BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford.

SCB Referee: Chris Gay