Coventry Bees travel to Wolverhampton tonight (7.30pm) for their final away Elite League meeting of the season.
Coventry have had the news that Jason Garrity will miss their final two matches of the season, as he is struggling with the hand injury he picked up at Belle Vue recently.
Garrity’s place will be taken by squad member Ben Barker, and the Bees operate rider-replacement for Krzysztof Kasprzak who is at home in Poland for an official reception, attended by major national dignitaries, to commemorate their World Cup success.
Wolves are themselves without two of their regulars as both Fredrik Lindgren and Jacob Thorssell are involved in Swedish play-off matches. The home side bring in Richard Lawson as a guest and also operate the rider-replacement facility.
Bees boss Gary Havelock said: “I spoke to Jason after he’d had to withdraw at Ipswich last Thursday – he simply can’t hold onto the bike, so unfortunately he’s had to say that’s it, he’s done for the season.
“It’s frustrating that we’ve got to go to Wolves without him, and they will probably be somewhat relieved because everyone knows how well he goes there, but the other boys will give it their best and we’ll see what we can do.”
WOLVERHAMPTON (from): Max Clegg, Kyle Howarth, Peter Karlsson, Richard Lawson, Fredrik Lindgren r/r, Sam Masters, Tai Woffinden.
BUILDBASE BEES (from): Ben Barker, Josh Bates, Chris Harris, Krzysztof Kasprzak r/r, Danny King, James Sarjeant, Kacper Woryna.