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

LEICESTER and King’s Lynn wrap up the regular league stage of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership tonight (Thursday) when they meet at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park.

The Lions have qualified for the play-offs but they saw their ten-match unbeaten run ended by the Stars on Monday, with the Norfolk side pulling off a 48-42 win – their fifth victory in succession.

Leicester hand a recall to Joe Thompson in the Rising Star berth as a guest for the injured Sam Hagon, whilst King’s Lynn are unchanged from Monday’s meeting with Chris Harris, Norick Blodorn and Simon Lambert all stepping in.

Lions boss Stewart Dickson said: “It’s good to have the last league match of the season at home, and we’ll be going out to get all three points.

“We need to win by more than six on the night, and that’s something we are more than capable of doing.

“We still have a lot to race for with the play-offs coming up, so it’s going to be good for us to get back to Leicester in front of our own supporters, hopefully get a win, and that will get the confidence levels up again ahead of a very big week for the club.”

Stars manager Rob Lyon said: “Our main focus over the last few weeks has been to win our home meetings, and it’s been a fantastic effort to win all of the last four in quick succession, and against several teams who I’m sure would have expected to come to King’s Lynn and win.

“I guess that probably makes us the in-form team along with Leicester, which seems crazy, and of course it would be great to pull off a shock there. We’ll go there and give it 100 per cent, and see where that takes us.”

LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Craig Cook, Joe Thompson.
KING’S LYNN: Chris Harris, Anders Rowe, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Norick Blodorn, Jan Kvech, Simon Lambert, Lewis Kerr.
SCB Referee: Barbara Horley

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