Will Ryan Douglas be back for this one as that was a big off he had in Poland at the weekend?  Can’t see Kyle Howarth being fit to ride either as still suffering with the re-occurrence of his ankle injury form his spill last week, Dickson will be hoping Douglas rides as if not it’ll be R/R for him and a non premiership contracted rider as guest for Howarth (not much depth left in Championship to choose from as per Ipswich having to use MPT) which will put Leicester in a weakened position than him being available or runnIng R/R. 

I agree about Nicholls sadly - even his home form is a shadow of what it was in 2024 guesting for Doyle.  As far a a replacement goes, Nicholls is still on a quite inflated rolling average, and Rew might just fit, I would like to see him back. Not sure about dropping Lawson - he is a solid rider everywhere but recently admitted he's a one-man band. Maybe organising some off track help for him is a better answer.    

I agree about Nicholls sadly - even his home form is a shadow of what it was in 2024 guesting for Doyle.  As far a a replacement goes, Nicholls is still on a quite inflated rolling average, and Rew might just fit, I would like to see him back. Not sure about dropping Lawson - he is a solid rider everywhere but recently admitted he's a one-man band. Maybe organising some off track help for him is a better answer.  

Leicester have a good chance here

Never been a fan of Lawson … he isn’t well liked amongst the riders Ive heard as well and rubs promotions up the wrong way …  im not one of these plastic fans who once a rider signs for you that you have to like … sure I want him to win races for us but I struggle to cheer him just something about his demeanour I’m not a fan of 

Team line ups from Witches website: IPSWICH TRU7 GROUP WITCHES: 1. Tom Brennan, 2. Rider Replacement – Richard Lawson, 3. Michael Palm Toft (guest), 4. Scott Nicholls (captain), 5. Tobiasz Musielak, 6. Kevin Juhl Pedersen, 7. Jason Edwards. LEICESTER LIONS: 1. Ryan Douglas, 2. Kyle Howarth or Rider Replacement, 3. Nick Morris, 4. Dan Thompson, 5. Sam Masters (captain), 6. Drew Kemp, 7. Joe Thompson