Oxford Cheetahs are seeking to maintain their 100 per cent home record tonight with their fifth victory of the season at the Oxford Stadium.

They host the Edinburgh Monarchs in their third Cab Direct Championship league fixture of the season on Wednesday (May 29) evening at 7.30pm.

The Cheetahs started their league campaign with an emphatic 53-36 win over Redcar at Cowley a fortnight ago.

Subsequently, they were very close to victory at Workington on Saturday afternoon, before being edged out by 44-46 in Cumbria, with a controversial exclusion for Luke Killeen after he was skittled off his bike by Sam McGurk providing a major talking point.

Cheetahs continue to use rider replacement for Henry Atkins, who is out with a broken index finder.

Teenager Jody Scott is named as number 8, after his exploits this season in the WSRA National League for the Real Mini Company Oxford Chargers powered by SD Timmo Car Sales.

Monarchs have named a full-strength line-up with their number 1 Josh Pickering, who was in terrific form at the start of the season, due to return from a shoulder injury.

Oxford team manager, Peter Schroeck said: “We certainly won’t be under-estimating Edinburgh.

"A lot of the results in the Cab Direct Championship this season have been very tight and not always predictable.

“But we’d like to build up a nice lead to take to Armadale a week on Friday, as aggregate bonus points will again prove very important this season.

“Our previous home meeting for the Cheetahs, against Redcar, saw the boys dig deep and eventually end with a 17-point win, after a night of some terrific racing, and it was particularly satisfying to see both Luke and Ashton, our two young reserves, both being paid for double figures that night.

“I’m sure it will be another great night of action against Edinburgh that the fans don’t want to miss, as Scott, Sam and the boys look to add another two league points to our account.”