PREVIEW: KING’S LYNN v LEICESTER (Sports Insure Prem)

KING’S Lynn return to home track action tonight (Thursday) as they face second-placed Leicester in the Sports Insure Premiership for the second time this week.

The Lions completed a Round 1 double over the Stars in the East Midlands on Monday, with the home side looking to end the visitors’ seven-match winning run back at the Adrian Flux Arena.

And Lynn manager David Hoggart insists work is continuing to strengthen the team, who are on a run of four successive defeats. They operate rider replacement for the injured Michael Palm Toft after intended guest Rory Schlein was involved in a crash at Oxford on Wednesday.

Hoggart said: “It’s our home track, and Artem (Laguta) goes well around there so I’d like to think he’ll be back into double figures.

“Everybody knows it’s a tough season for King’s Lynn but we’re not shying away from it, and we’re not doing nothing about it. We are working away in the background to try and come up with some solutions.”

Leicester manager Stewart Dickson said: “I expect this to be a tough meeting. The King’s Lynn riders are used to their track, and there’s a more solid look about them now.

“The win on Monday was pleasing, and will be going there for a win, and that’s not me being blasé, it’s the story of our season so far.

“We’ve been getting a lot of race wins, but we will need to pick up in certain areas compared to Monday if we’re going to get anything.”

KING’S LYNN: Artem Laguta, Kye Thomson, Michael Palm Toft R/R, Thomas Jorgensen, Nicolai Klindt, Simon Lambert, Anders Rowe.
LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Justin Sedgmen, Troy Batchelor, Chris Harris, Richard Lawson, Jake Allen, Drew Kemp.