Invicta Dynamos face Streatham Redhawks in NIHL South League Cup semi-final a fortnight after their abandoned encounter – Mos look to improve on performance against Romford Buccaneers last time out

Invicta Dynamos play for a place in the South League Cup final this weekend - and their semi-final opponents are all too familiar.

A fortnight ago Invicta’s Southern Cup match with Streatham Redhawks hit the headlines after being abandoned following a fight at the end of the first period. 10 players picked up bans in the fall-out and the Mos were beaten 8-3 in Gillingham when they met for a league encounter a day later.

More: Invicta feeling hard done by over suspensions

Invicta head coach Karl Lennon felt hard done by with two of the suspensions, which look set to rule out youngsters Matthew Bell and Brandon Chard for this weekend’s cup semi-final. An appeal was lodged but the coach wasn’t holding his breath.

It means a patched-up Invicta - who also picked up injuries during that fiery clash two weeks ago - will need to be at their best to overcome the reigning champions.

Lennon will take what players he has at his disposal and will certainly be looking for a better performance than last weekend when they picked up just a point against Romford Buccaneers, losing the match 7-6 in overtime.

He said: “It’s a big weekend coming up and we are super excited to be part of a cup semi-final again.

“We are a club that self-focus, we are not looking at them and what they’re doing, we have to look at our progression and our development, it means that when you have set-backs you just have to dust yourself down and try to go again.

“We know we can play better than we did last time against them, the Sunday in particular. We were pretty evenly contested in the first period on the Saturday game before it was abandoned and we do owe a performance against them.

“If that and the fact that it’s the semi-final of a cup doesn’t motivate you