PREVIEW: LEICESTER v WOLVERHAMPTON (Sports Insure Prem)

MIDLANDS rivals Leicester and Wolverhampton meet at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park tonight (Thursday) as both chase crucial points towards the play-offs.

The sides are third and second respectively in the Sports Insure Premiership table, both on 29 points and now look to take a step towards clinching a top four finish.

They ‘drew’ 45-45 at Monmore Green last week in a Round 1 fixture before Wolves won a Super Heat, whilst tonight’s clash is their first Round 2 meeting.

Lions boss Stewart Dickson said: “We’ve been inconsistent lately and really we should have won at Wolverhampton, and this is now a big home match for us.

“If we win it then I think we can say we’ve got one foot in the play-offs given the fixtures we have to come, and we need to get this one over the line.

“We were convincingly beaten in our last home match against Ipswich so we need to put on a solid display and get the win.”

Wolves skipper Sam Masters said: “Last time we went there it was still pretty early in the season and we hadn’t had too many meetings as a team at that point.

“Not all the boys were firing on that night either and we still only lost by eight.

“So I know they’ve made a few changes but we’re doing good at the moment and we’ll be going there to push them as hard as we can.”

LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Justin Sedgmen, Richie Worrall, Craig Cook, Richard Lawson, Jake Allen, Drew Kemp.
WOLVERHAMPTON: Sam Masters, Steve Worrall, Luke Becker, Rory Schlein, Ryan Douglas, Zach Cook, Leon Flint.

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