PETER Schroeck says there will be no complacency from his Oxford Cheetahs side ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final second leg.

Cheetahs won 46-44 away at Scunthorpe Scorpions in the first leg on Friday night, fighting back from being 10 points behind after four races.

The response was superb, with a performance led by Sam Masters (12+1) and Scott Nicholls (11+1), and Cheetahs took the lead in Heat 14, a race in which Luke Killeen passed both Scorpions riders on his way to an 8+1 tally.

The second leg takes place at Sandy Lane on Wednesday evening, and the aggregate winners will take on Poole Pirates in the Championship play-off final to determine the league champions.

Cheetahs and Pirates are already in the Championship Knockout Cup final.

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Schroeck said: “It was a great result at Scunthorpe and puts us in command of the tie.

“When I was speaking to Jamie [Courtney, Oxford promoter] in the lead-up to the meeting, we discussed how strong Scunthorpe are around their own track and that we could have ended the night 10 to 12 points down, and needed to make that up at Oxford. To instead enter the home leg two points ahead is very pleasing.

“For the first few races at Scunthorpe, it did look a bit bleak. But we got the boys together after a few races and had a chat. We realised that this is it and we needed to get going and stay in it.

“The response from the boys was superb. To come back and win the meeting is unbelievable.

“It was a team performance. Ashton [Boughen] didn’t score as many points as he deserved, he rode his heart out and was worthy of more than 4+1.

“The boys all pulled together and gave their all. That includes Jody [Scott]. The score chart doesn’t show it, but he had a strong meeting. But one race was stopped when he was in a good position, and he had a puncture in his last one while he was giving Simon Lambert a race.

“This team doesn’t know when to give up. We went 10 points down and the rules mean we can’t use a tactical substitute in two-legged ties, but we still came back into it because this team just keeps on fighting until the end.

“The riders are all proud of what we’re doing at Oxford, and I think it shows. But there will be no complacency from us. We don’t think we’ve got it in the bag, far from it, because there are still 15 races to go and a job to be done at Oxford on Wednesday.”