Belle Vue are in the mood for a grandstand double date with Wolverhampton which can consolidate their mid-table position.

The One51 Aces go to the Black Country side on Monday, August 25 and ride the return at Kirkmanshulme Lane two nights later which is their next home match.

Wolves are battling to avoid bottom place and the possibility of relegation to the Premier League while the Aces can land their first away win of the season if they get everything right on the night.

They are looking for a bumper night at the return fixture when supporters under 16 will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Aces' chief David Gordon said: "It will be the end of the school holidays so we have decided to admit younger fans free.

"We are doing it as a thank-you to all the families who came along to make our 80th Anniversary meeting such a success.

"We had another good crowd against Ipswich on Monday and want to make the Wolverhampton match another big night as they always bring a good number of supporters with them."

Team manager Chris Morton will have his calculator out this week to check the averages of Billy Forsberg and Patrick Hougaard whose figures are almost too close to call.

Danish youngster Hougaard has made a spectacular impact since joining the Aces in June and Morton will be checking the decimal points to see if he has overtaken Swede Forsberg.

If so, he will rise into the main body of the team with Forsberg dropping to reserve where he would be a potent force.

Morton said: "I am very pleased with the way both of them are progressing. Ipswich were very determined on Monday and took the lead twice but Patrick and Billy played their parts in making sure we won.

"We had some bad luck but the boys stayed calm and never panicked. I always felt we had enough in hand to win the match and we did so."

The Aces, who ride the return at Ipswich this Thursday, won 48-42 on Monday despite Joe Screen having motor problems which meant he won two races in fine style and failed to score in his other three.

It was a blow for the Warrington-based rider who has spent heavily on motors this season and felt he had got a new engine set up just as he wanted it.

A problem with his ignition box was diagnosed as the reason for a flat motor but he came out for his last ride with Jason Crump in heat 13 and they snuffed out Ipswich hopes of snatching victory with maximum points, Screen leading his illustrious Aussie colleague home.

Crump, who was 33 last Wednesday, cracked the track record for the second time in two months when he clocked 56.8 seconds in the first race, a tenth of a second inside his previous mark.

BELLE VUE: J Crump 12, C Gjedde 11, P Hougaard 11, B Forsberg 7, J Screen 6, N Simmons 1

IPSWICH: R Schlein 14, S Johnston 9, J Hampel 8, C Schramm 5, T Kroner 4, R Miskowiak 2.