Scorpions out for nap hand of victories

HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions travel to local rivals Sheffield Tigers tonight (Wednesday, 7.30pm) aiming to win their fifth successive Premier League match.

A victory would also ensure that Scorpions would definitely not finish bottom of the 2016 Premier League.

Having completed their home fixtures, tonight represents the first of four remaining away meetings for Scunthorpe. The others are: Plymouth on Saturday (Sept 17), Rye House next Monday (Sept 19) and Newcastle a week on Sunday (Sept 25).

Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey says: “There is plenty riding on tonight’s result.

“Sheffield are desperate for a win to clinch their place in the play-offs, while there’s also local pride on the line, because we’d like to go into the winter with at least one victory over the Tigers this season.”

WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE: Josh Auty and Michael Palm Toft ruled out by illness, so Scorpions will use Hugh Skidmore as a guest, plus R/R for MPT.

Updated teams for tonight:

Sheffield Tigers: 1. Richard Lawson (guest), 2. Rider replacement for Jason Garrity, 3. Kyle Howarth, 4. Josh Bates, 5. Dimitri Berge, 6. Arthur Sissis, 7. Nathan Stoneman (guest).

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Hugh Skidmore (guest), 2. Rider replacement for Michael Palm Toft, 3. Lewis Kerr (pictured), 4. Fritz Wallner, 5. Ryan Douglas, 6. Carl Wilkinson, 7. Chris Widman (guest).