Panthers are reliant on Andersen's Coventry side winning or drawing at Belle Vue in a crucial Elite League clash in Manchester to make sure they don't drop back into the danger-zone.

Should Belle Vue emerge victorious, Panthers will be plunged back into the bottom two due to an inferior points difference and face a two-legged relegation play-off against rock-bottom Wolverhampton.

Coventry have already achieved safety but Andersen has promised they will be going all out for a win tonight – although the Italian GP winner admits Panthers' plight won't cross his mind.

He said: "I try to win every meeting I am involved in and the fact that we are already safe doesn't make any difference to me.

"What would be the point of going all the way to Belle Vue to not try to get a result? None at all.

"But I am only concentrating on Coventry because they are my team. I won't be thinking about Peterborough tonight because I am not a Peterborough man now."

Panthers team boss Trevor Swales is banking on Coventry doing his club a favour.

He said: "We don't want to find ourselves in the bottom two and we have to hope Coventry can get a result tonight."