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ROWE Motor Oil Premiership

PREVIEW: LEICESTER v KING’S LYNN (ROWE MOTOR OIL PREM)

LEICESTER can secure their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off place with a home win over King’s Lynn tonight (Thursday).

But it’s also a big meeting for the Stars who are trying to chase down the top four and may need positive results from each of their last three fixtures.

The Lions have three home matches to come as they look to secure their position, and they bring in Justin Sedgmen to guest for the retired Kyle Howarth at No.6.

The Stars are at full strength and are led by former Lions captain Max Fricke, who makes his first UK appearance along with Leicester No.1 Ryan Douglas since they won World Team Cup gold with Australia last weekend.

Leicester manager Stewart Dickson said: “We know a win will get us into the play-offs, and that’s what we are focused on first and foremost, rather than thinking about points to win on aggregate.

“I’m expecting a tough meeting, and I think it may well be much closer than the last time King’s Lynn were here. We would expect Max Fricke to score more points this time, and they have other riders who can improve.

“We need to concentrate on our own jobs as a team and look to get to 46 points on the night.”

Stars boss Rob Lyon said: “They are all tough meetings, and the way it’s worked out both ourselves and Ipswich have to race at both Leicester and Northampton.

“Ipswich may need an away win themselves, but that really depends on what we do. It certainly won’t be easy for either of us at Northampton because they have improved.

“With so many Bank Holiday matches being rained off we’re really in the same situation that we were after we beat Ipswich, and now we need to go to Leicester and perform as we are capable of doing. Then we’ll have a clearer picture of whether we could be in or not.”

LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Sam Masters, Dan Thompson, Nick Morris, Justin Sedgmen, Joe Thompson.

KING’S LYNN: Max Fricke, Ben Cook, Jan Kvech, Cooper Rushen, Chris Harris, Jordan Jenkins, Jody Scott.

SCB Referee: Dave Watters

Live Streaming: https://www.leicesterlionstv.com/

Live Updates: https://live.britishspeedway.co.uk/

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