The Bees are however without Rory Schlein who is unfortunately unwell through illness. The Bees will use rider replacement as cover for Rory, where his rides are taken by other Bees riders, whilst the replacement for the injured Olly Allen will be Belle Vue's Kevin Doolan.
The team line-ups for tonight are:
Coventry Bees: Scott Nicholls, Kevin Doolan, Rory Schlein r/r, Martin Smolinski, Chris Harris, Billy Janniro, Steve Johnston.
Ipswich Witches: Jesper B Jensen r/r, Chris Schramm, Chris Louis, Zibi Suchecki, Robert Miskowiak, Marcin Rempala, Tobias Kroner.
A win tonight along with the bonus point will help to maintain the Bees aim of attaining a top 2 finish in the Elite League with the table currently looking like this....
| M | W | D | L | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | AP | Tot | ||||||
| 1 | Swindon | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1464.5 | 1110.5 | 43 | 9 | 52 | ||||
| 2 | Poole | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1388 | 1156 | 37 | 8 | 45 | ||||
| 3 | Coventry | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1243 | 1030 | 37 | 7 | 44 | ||||
| 4 | Peterborough | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1244 | 1106 | 34 | 5 | 39 |