Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars match prediction 45th match

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The 45th match of the Big Bash League 2020 will take place between Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on Wednesday, 20th of January.

In the 42nd match, where the two teams had their first face off this season, Melbourne Stars took over the game by 6 wickets. This solidifies their position at the top of the table, with back to back wins. The Melbourne Stars handed the Renegades the ninth defeat of the season. With the win the Stars have climbed up to the third spot on the table, whereas Renegades who have lost 9 out of 11 have almost lost all the hopes of making it ahead. Having had 18 head-to-head encounters in the past the Melbourne Stars have 13 wins to themselves while the Renegades were left with the rest 5. After accounting for all the recent matches played by these teams, I have assorted three best player bets for the forthcoming Melbourne Derby to bet upon.

Shaun Marsh to score over 25.5 runs

Shaun Marsh is one of the enigmatic Australian batsmen of the modern era.He is the player with the second highest half centuries this season and also the leading run scorer for his team, Melbourne Renegades having played 9 innings and scoring 271 runs at an average of 30.11.The southpaw has complied three half-tons this season. He has contributed in 20 matches for the Melbourne Renegades with a strong average of 394.80 and scored 696 runs. The right-handed batsman has a career total of 6093 runs from 177 domestic T20 matches and a stunning average of 40.35. Shaun Marsh has played 7 matches against Melbourne Stars and has notched up 352 runs from the matches along with an average of 58.67. His BBL record speaks for himself having contributed in 57 BBL matches to with a strong average of 43.49 and 2131 runs. The Australian batsman displayed excellent form in 2019 where he played 12 BBL matches with an average of 37.42 and racking 449 runs and 7 matches in 2020 with an average of 35.29 and has been in the best of form this season. Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.85 for Shaun Marsh to score over 25.5 runs from the forthcoming match.

Sam Harper to score under 29.5 runs

The 24-year-old cricketer is the second highest run getter for Melbourne Renegade this season.The Aussie cricketer has played 42 domestic T20 matches and scored 788 runs from it with an average of 20.59 which is below the asking rate. He has featured in 38 matches for the Melbourne Renegades and only averages 22.55 with 793 runs. Playing against Melbourne Stars he has so far contributed in only 3 matches with a poor average of 9.60 and 48 runs. As observed in the 2019 BBL Sam has played 12 matches and scored 279 runs with an average of 25.36. In the recent season of BBL Sam has played 10 innings and scored 173 runs with an average of 19.22. In the last five matches played against his opponents this season he has scored 15,18,31, 4,7 where he could score over the required target only once! Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.82 for Sam Harper to score under 29.5 runs in the coming match.

Marcus Stoinis to score over 36.5 runs

Given his skill set and high-hitting abilities, he has always been a vital cog in the team. He is the player with the second highest runs this season. He has shown glimpses of his world-class quality in the 10 innings played in the 2020-21 BBL so far securing 333 runs and averages 37.00 from it including 31 boundaries. He is the fourth highest player to hit the most number of sixes this season which accounts to a total of 16. Stoinis has scored the highest run this season playing against the Hurricanes staggering 97 runs (not out) from 55 balls at a strike rate of 176.36. If you look at Stoinis career graph so far, in the 121 domestic T20 matches he has featured in, the Aussie has scored an impressive 2936 runs at an average of 33.73. It gets even better when he turns up for the Stars averaging a cool 38.87 in 67 matches. He has notched up 332 runs playing against the Renegades with an average of 66.40.There is more than enough data to back my claim that he will end up with over 36.5 runs and have already put my money on this bet. Sportsbet.io is offering odds of 1.87 for Marcus Stoinis to score over 36.5 runs and it is one of the safest bets to put your money on.