PREVIEW: SHEFFIELD v BELLE VUE (Sports Insure Prem)

2022 GRAND Finalists Sheffield and Belle Vue clash at Owlerton tonight (Thursday) with both sides well placed for the play-offs again.

The Aces are ten points clear at the top in a strong defence of their Sports Insure Premiership title so far, whilst the home side currently hold a five-point advantage over fifth-placed Ipswich with three matches in hand.

And the Tigers did get the better of their Roses rivals home and away when the sides met in their Round 1 fixtures at the beginning of the season.

Sheffield Rising Star Dan Gilkes said: “It doesn’t really matter what happened earlier in the season, and it doesn’t matter who is coming to Owlerton, we want to win every match and be dominant at home.

“We had a little slip-up against Leicester last month, but we’ve put that behind us with some really good results since, and that’s what we’re going to be going for again against Belle Vue – but we know it will need a full team performance.”

Aces’ German star Norick Blodorn said: “This will be a tough one for sure. Sheffield are very strong at home but we’re in pretty good form ourselves on the road so anything is possible.

“We won the Premiership at Owlerton last year and we have beaten them there before so who’s to say we can’t go there and get the job done? We’re feeling good about our racing right now.”

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Lewis Kerr R/R, Adam Ellis, Josh Pickering, Tobiasz Musielak, Kyle Howarth, Dan Gilkes.
BELLE VUE: Dan Bewley, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Charles Wright, Brady Kurtz, Tom Brennan, Connor Bailey.