Rafal Dobrucki returns for Oxford Silver Machine as they travel north to Manchester for a Skybet Elite League clash against play-off challengers Belle Vue tonight.

Dobrucki has spent a short spell on the sidelines after being injured in Poland.

He was due to line up for Oxford at Peterborough on Monday, but that meeting was washed out at midday.

With Niels-Kristian Iversen dropping down to the reserve spot, Oxford expect to be strong at the lower end.

With the current weather trend, promoter Nigel Wagstaff will be keeping a close eye on the conditions.

It's bound to prove a tough match for Silver Machine even though they triumphed 46-44 in the A fixture in June.

On that occasion, Greg Hancock, Iversen, Dobrucki and Ryan Fisher all scored well, and as then, Oxford will tonight be using rider replacement for broken collar-bone victim Sebastian Ulamek.

The Aces, led by the mighty Jason Crump and British champion Joe Screen, welcome back American star Ronnie Correy after four years on the retired list through injury.

He was a potent force in his heyday, but I suspect he will need time to settle back into the swing of things.

TONIGHT'S TEAMS

Belle Vue: (from) Bjerre, Schlein, Laukkenen, Screen, Correy, Crump, Robson, Jaros.

Oxford: Rider-replacement, McGowan, Fisher, Dobrucki, Hancock, Davidsson, Iversen.