The Ipswich Witches make the trip to Sheffield in the Premiership tonight.

The Witches were in action at Foxhall on Thursday, beating Wolverhampton after a last-heat decider.

The Suffolk side take a 12-point lead to Owlerton and so will be optimistic of at least claiming the aggregate bonus point.

There is a tweak to the riding order with Keynan Rew moving to number two and Erik Riss now at number four.

Ipswich went down to a 39-51 defeat on their last visit to South Yorkshire, but Emil Sayfutdinov raced to a sublime five-ride paid maximum whilst Jason Doyle hit 13+1.

And, if the top two can be backed up on this occasion, the away side could be looking for more than just the bonus point, knowing that a win would be a huge boost to their play-off hopes.

East Anglian Daily Times: Emil Sayfutdinov has been superb for the Witches this seasonEmil Sayfutdinov has been superb for the Witches this season (Image: Steve Waller)

Team boss Ritchie Hawkins said: "We are in a position where we need to win the meeting. We need to go fully focused on winning as we are playing catch up.

"They are the nearest team to us in the league table at the moment, so it would be a massive win if we could get one there.

"We need to believe in ourselves enough to do it and I think with our full one to seven we are capable of doing it.

"We are going to need to perform better than we have done all season as a unit, it is a massive meeting.

"They have been beaten and we know they can be beaten at home, but we should take positives from the first half of our last meeting there where we put ourselves in a good position.

"We fell away on that occasion and this time we need to step it up when we get in that position. We have got that gear, but we just need to find it on Monday."

SHEFFIELD: 1. Jack Holder 8.58 2. Lewis Kerr 5.70 3. Adam Ellis 6.09 4. Josh Pickering 5.79 5. Tobiasz Musielak 8.17 6. Kyle Howarth 5.50 (c) 7. Dan Gilkes (RS). Team Manager: Simon Stead

IPSWICH: 1. Emil Sayfutdinov 9.80 2. Keynan Rew 4.00 3. Danny King 6.73 (c) 4. Erik Riss 5.93 5. Jason Doyle 9.66 6. Danyon Hume 3.92 7. Dan Thompson (RS). Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins