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Loughborough Lightning host Surrey Storm in Vitality Netball Superleague live on Sky Sports and on Sky Sports YouTube channel

Coverage from Sir David Wallace Arena gets underway at 6.45pm with centre pass at 7pm

Storm suffered only a second defeat in their last five matches. Photo Credit (Loughborough University)
Image: Loughborough Lightning and Surrey Storm go head-to-head on Monday night

Loughborough Lightning take on Surrey Storm live on the Sky Sports YouTube channel on Monday night looking to maintain their seven-game winning streak.

Since a defeat to Team Bath in round five, a loss that left them with just two wins from their opening five games, Sara Bayman's team have been unstoppable, winning each of their last seven games.

That run has included wins over top four rivals Manchester Thunder, Wasps and Saracens Mavericks as well as 66-50 round seven win at Storm, whose top four hopes have stuttered since then.

Having moved to the brink of the top four, that defeat for Storm was the start of a run that has seen them lose five of their last six and they now sit seventh - 15 points off Loughborough, who occupy the final top four place.

Vitality Netball Superleague - Round 13 Fixtures

Saturday London Pulse 62-59 Saracens Mavericks
Manchester Thunder 73-46 Celtic Dragons
Severn Stars 49-40 Strathclyde Sirens
Wasps Netball 61-46 Team Bath
Monday Loughborough Lightning vs Surrey Storm
Live on Sky Sports Mix & streamed on Sky Sports YouTube channel

This is the second Superleague clash that will be available to more people than ever before as, alongside being live on Sky Sports Mix, this encounter will be streamed on the Sky Sports YouTube channel.

Anybody can access the stream via the Sky Sports website or by downloading the Sky Sports app and you don't have to be a Sky subscriber to watch.

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Saturday's defeat to Wasps for Team Bath means Lightning have the chance to move up to third in the table, but they also can move six points clear of fifth place with five games to go after Mavericks shock defeat to Pulse over the weekend.

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Storm's only win in their last six games came against Sirens and they are desperate to return to winning ways and finish as the best of the rest of the rest with their top four hopes evaporating over the last month.

Surrey Storm against Team Bath
Image: Surrey Storm are looking for a return to winning ways

The story so far...

L'boro Lightning Surrey Storm
L42-72 v Wasps R1 W56-38 v Sirens
W52-44 v Stars R2 L39-59 v Saracens Mavs
L51-64 v Saracens Mavs R3 W56-50 v Bath
W60-49 v Sirens R4 L47-70 v Wasps
L50-75 v Bath R5 W69-49 v Pulse
W65-60 v Thunder R6 W55-46 v Stars
W66-50 v Storm R7 L50-66 v Lightning
W56-51 v Pulse R8 L46-48 v Dragons
W70-57 v Dragons R9 L47-54 v Wasps
W60-59 v Wasps R10 W53-44 v Sirens
W54-53 v Stars R11 L50-58 v Saracens Mavs
W54-49 v Saracens Mavs R12 L48-57 v Bath

In their own words - the coaches

Sara Bayman - Loughborough Lightning

"Storm have got some really good players and they have been really unfortunate with injuries," she told Netball Nation podcast

"But they have some real quality and they produce big performances - their first half against Bath was impressive - so we are going to have to play well.

"Our fate is in our own hands now and that is how we want it we don't want to be relying on other teams getting results for us."

Mikki Austin - Surrey Storm

Directly after their Round 12 match, Storm's director of netball Mikki Austin urged her side to look to 'piece it all together' going forwards.

Tamsin's one to watch

Natalie Panagarry of Loughborough Lightning
Image: Capatain Nat Panagarry of Loughborough Lightning could have a key role to play

A key match-up for me is Yas Parsons against either Jess Shaw or Nat Panagarry [selection depending] in that mid-court battle.

Storm pushed Bath at the weekend and one of the big things is this connection between Yas and Sigi Burger. I think that Yas is playing some of the best netball that I've seen her play and her feeding is exceptional.

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So Lightning are going to want to cut that down and at the other end their really getting that connection into Mary Cholhok now.

All are very short, sharp and nippy centres so it will be a real battle between the centre court.

Watch Loughborough Lightning's meeting with Surrey Storm live on Sky Sports Mix on Monday, April 8 from 6:45pm and the match will be streamed live on the Sky Sports YouTube channel. Also, Sky Sports will be showing every game of the Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 in July.

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