The Reading Racers come into the tie on the back of some good form and will be safe in the knowledge that they have three Lynn track specialists in their team, Tom P. Madsen, Ulrich Ostergaard and at the top of the list Chris "Milk it" Mills.

The first leg of the tie was due to be raced at Reading last night with the second leg just 48 hours later at the Norfolk Arena.

Rob Lyon gives us his evaluation of the Stars' chances: "It's going to be tough that much is for sure.

"Personally I feel we can keep it close at Reading but our home form is what is unpredictable at present.

"If I can get all the riders fired up then we stand a chance, but I don't think we can carry any passengers on this one occasion.

"If we do manage to get past this first leg tie then I'm confident we can go all the way once again."

The Money Centre Stars will be riding away at Reading with Shaun Tacey at number 5 and Rusty Harrison at number 4, for the home leg the two will reverse positions. It will be particularly interesting to see what sort of performance Chris Mills puts together against his old team.

Buster Chapman is one man who will be glad to see him at the Norfolk Arena again: "Chris is a great character and I really enjoyed having him in the team for the last couple of years," he said.

"He will always be welcome here and I'm sure the fans will make sure he knows that, he earned a special place in all their hearts."

Buster had some stern words for his team: "This is the most important match for the club so far this season.

"We are out of the Premier Trophy and that's a hard pill to swallow, but this is where all the team need to stand up and show their worth!"

Stars team: 1 Tomas Topinka (c) 7.71, 2 Simon Lambert 5.54, 3 Kevin Doolan 10.53, 4 Shaun Tacey 6.88, 5 Rusty Harrison 5.91, 6 Kozza Smith 3.27, 7 John Oliver 4.64.

Reading: 1 Mark Lemon 7.69, 2 Chris Mills 4.96, 3 Ulrich Ostergaard 11.07, 4 Tomas Suchanek 5.67, 5 Tom P Madsen 6.33, 6 Jamie Smith 3.19, 7 Danny Warwick 3.95.

Mildenhall 46 Lynn 44

Lynn's hopes of retaining their Premier Trophy title crashed in the final heat in Saturday's thrilling derby.

Rusty Harrison and Kozza Smith's maximum 5-1 win in Heat 14 put the Stars in a great position, leading going into the final outing of the night.

But skipper Tomas Topinka lost the toss for gate positions, and the hosts' ex-Lynn rider Robbie Kessler and Kaj Laukannen led off one and three to record a 5-1 over Topinka and Kevin Doolan.

Mildenhall turned out to have a very strong side.

Having rider replacement for Casper Wortmann worked in their favour, the returning Kessler weighed in with a top-scoring 16 points and Matt Wright (guesting for Mark Baseby) got 7.

The lead changed hands many times.