: Mon May 04, 2009 4:52 pm
The Joker® wrote:
I have no idea on Speedway but i've just seen Coventry are 1 Point in front of Wolverhampton, I don't know how the scoring or anything works, What's the chances do you think?...
Well it's over 16 races and the maximum a side can get in a race is a 5-1 win (3pts 1st, 2 2nd, 1 3rd 0 for 4th).
Coventry so far this season away have.....
Won 47-43 at Peterborough (Cup)
Won 46-44 at Ipswich
Lost 56-39 at Swindon
Won 63-32 at Poole
Lost 59-35 at Peterborough
In a pre-season friendly they lost 52-41 at Wolves
There is the added complication (but bonus possibly to Coventry is if you fall 10 points behind you can nominate a rider to earn double points so if he wins and his teamate is second you get an 8-1 points score from the race).
I think on a bad day Coventry lose by 20 if they have a good day a narrow win or defeat is possible and without going OTT I think a 17 point start is well worth taking. remeber it is a local derby and live on Sky so even if they drop behind early they will not want an embarrasing defeat and they have quality in Harris, Kennett and Schlein who all average over 9 points a meeting and even Allen averages 8.6 so hopefully those 4 will get nearly enough to win on the handicap.
