There were two matches in the Bauhaus Elitserien in Sweden this Thusrday night as Kumla Indianerna and Hallstavik Rospiggarna took part in their first match this week whilst Dackarna and Gislaved Lejonen both took part in thier second match in Målilla.
Both Indianerna and Dackarna used Riders' Replacement as they were missing their Australian Grand Prix riders, Max Fricke and Jason Doyle, who are prepare themselves for the SGP double header in Lublin this weekend.
Indianerna v Rospiggarna #INDROS
Before the match started both teams were on 7 points in sixth and seventh place with Rospiggarna ahead on points scored in this important bottom of the table clash in Kumla. The bonus point was almost certainly going back with the Hallstavik team after their convincing 54:36 win at home earlier this year.
Former World Champion, Chris Holder (pictured) put in an excellent performance for the home team scoring 18+1 from seven heats. But the team missed Fricke and Rospiggarna took advantage when Kumla's Swedish riders were on the startline to collect two 1:5s to be leading by six points at the end of Heat 5.
The visitors manage to increase thier lead by another two points when Kumla's U21 Swedish champion, Gustav Grahn, was excluded from Heat 13 and the final score was 41:49. Rospiggarna took 3 pts in total with the aggregate scores 103:77 and their top scorer, Zielona Gora's Patryk Dudek with 13 pts from five heats.
Full scores from SVEMO.
Dackarna v Lejonen #DACLEJ
Both teams came into this match with a loss on Tuesday with differing pressures on the teams. For the visiting Lejonen, the is need to bounce back and keep up the fight on winning the league table against an impressive Smederna. For the home side, they need to rise above the embarassing defeat at the hands of Masarna and show fans they are still a team to reckon with. The home side also had a cushion in regard to the bonus point having won the match 40:50 in Gislaved.
When Lejonen's Australian rider, Rohan Tungate (13+1) took the chequered flag first with Polish teammates, Jakub Miskowiak (8) and Grzegorz Walasek (10+1) behind in Heats 7 and 11, it looked like the visitors might finally catch up with the home team. But Dackarna were too strong throughout even without their top Australian, Doyle. Just as on Tuesday it was Luke Becker who top scored for the Målilla side this time with an impressive 14+2. He was again well supported by Jacob Thorssell (11+1). But the difference tonight was the whole team were on point. For example, Danish riders Fredrik Jacobsen (10+2) and Rasmus Jensen (12+2) also scoring in double points with the latter making up for a poor show in Avesta with just 2 pts.
It mean that Dackarna won convincingly 51:39 and took the bonus point 101:79 silencing the critics and also putting a question mark on Lejonen's quest for a 2021 championship win.
Full scores from SVEMO.
