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

SHEFFIELD and King’s Lynn reach the halfway stage of their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership campaigns when they meet at Owlerton tonight (Thursday).

The Tigers know a home win will take them to the top of the standings, whilst the Stars arrive in great form having won their last four matches in all competitions, three of them in the league.

Skipper Josh Pickering is still sidelined by a shoulder injury for the home side, who operate rider replacement, but Anders Rowe is back after missing the win at Birmingham on Monday.

King’s Lynn operate rider replacement for Ben Cook, who is due back with them next week, whilst Luke Harrison takes over Rising Star duties alongside the free-scoring Jan Kvech at reserve.

Sheffield boss Simon Stead said: “We’re going to need to be at it as a group against King’s Lynn because they’re riding well right now.

 “They’ve had a reshuffle in the team and they now really have got a super strong reserve in Jan Kvech.

 “So we’re going to need to be firing on all cylinders but if we do what we can do, we know we can get another win on the board.”

Stars manager Rob Lyon said: “Sheffield have had a few problems of their own lately, and we need to go there and put on a performance.

“We’ve got an open mind going there now, and we’re looking forward to it.

“Sheffield is a difficult track to go to and they are very good at home, as they’ve proved all year, but you never know in speedway – we might cause a shock!”

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Josh Pickering r/r, Lewis Kerr, Chris Holder, Justin Sedgmen, Leon Flint.
KING’S LYNN: Richard Lawson, Nicolai Klindt, Chris Harris, Ben Cook r/r, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Jan Kvech, Luke Harrison.

SCB Referee: Wayne Jarvis