The Sheffield Tigers host the Belle Vue Aces tonight (Thursday) in a Premiership KO Cup tie which is fascinatingly poised ahead of the second leg.<\/p>\n
The visitors won 49-41 at the National Speedway Stadium on Easter Monday and will look to defend that advantage and end the Tigers\u2019 run of reaching successive Cup Finals.<\/p>\n
It will also be a first home meeting of the season for Sheffield, who have so far raced on the road three times in 2024.<\/p>\n
Manager Simon Stead said: \u201cThese War of the Roses clashes are always something special. They throw up some real competitive action and it\u2019s always a fixture that\u2019s great to be a part of.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWith just eight points separating us ahead of the second leg, it\u2019s one of those deficits that we know we\u2019re more than capable of overturning at home.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe boys are really itching to get some competitive laps under their belt around Owlerton once again, and with the incentive of a Cup semi-final place on the line in addition, I\u2019m excited to see what the lads can do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Aces star Jaimon Lidsey said: \u201cI don\u2019t believe that Monday\u2019s result was a fluke. Sheffield have a great team, there\u2019s no denying that, but we also have a great team as well.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBen [Cook] and Connor [Mountain] have settled in very quickly and the vibe in the camp is really good, really positive, and I believe that showed on Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe confidence is up having beaten them, and that\u2019s something we need to build on. We know they won\u2019t want to lose at home, and we\u2019ll need to work hard to protect our advantage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes.<\/p>\n BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Ben Cook, Dan Bewley, Connor Mountain, Connor Bailey.<\/p>\n SCB Referee: Seth Perkin<\/p>\n Words by British Speedway – Image by Ian Charles<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sheffield Tigers host the Belle Vue Aces tonight (Thursday) in a Premiership KO Cup tie which is fascinatingly poised ahead of the second leg. The visitors won 49-41 at the National Speedway Stadium on Easter Monday and will look to defend that advantage and end the Tigers\u2019 run of reaching successive Cup Finals. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,5,4,52],"tags":[60,8,16,102,80,104,9],"class_list":["post-2204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belle-vue-speedway","category-british-speedway","category-speedway","category-the-premiership","tag-belle-vue-aces","tag-british-speedway","tag-premiership","tag-premiership-koc","tag-sheffield-speedway","tag-sheffield-tigers","tag-speedway"],"yoast_head":"\n