Melbourne Renegades will face the Melbourne Stars in the second Melbourne Derby to be held at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on Wednesday, January 20.
The Melbourne Stars claimed the bragging rights in the BBL’s first Melbourne Derby of the season, with a six wickets win over the Melbourne Renegades. It was relatively one-way traffic for the majority of the match after Renegades big collapse. After defeating Renegades the Stars have climbed up to the third spot on the points table. Also in the last five encounters between the teams the Stars have taken away 4 wins to themselves leaving the Renegades with one. As the two teams meet again in the coming match, I have collated three best bets from this match to bet upon.
Starting off with a safest bet first. Looking at the current statistics and records Melbourne Stars have solidified their position at the top of their table with back-to-back wins. Having had 18 head-to-head encounters in the past the Melbourne Stars have had the ball in their court 13 times and the rest 5 games were taken over by the Renegades. Also considering the 2019-20 season of BBL when the team faced each other twice, the Stars bagged the award on both the occasions simultaneously. Also considering the last five games between the teams the Renegades managed to outbeat the Stars in only one match. Now let’s take a look at the current match record of the individual teams this season. The Melbourne Stars have played 11 matches out of which they have had a win over 5 matches and lost another 5 while the Renegades having played the same number of matches have lost 9 and won only 2 so far. The Stars are sitting at a total of 1552 runs and the Renegades have a total of 1439 runs to themselves. Doing the maths here, the Stars are at an average of 155.2 runs per match whereas the Renegades are at an average of 143.9 runs per match. Having said that, LeoVegas.com has offered odds of 1.54 for Melbourne Stars to win the forthcoming match.
Hard hitters like Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis who have individually contributed in each 16 sixes this season making them the third and fourth highest batsman with the most number of sixes in the ongoing season. Not to forget Nicholas Pooran alone hitting 8 sixes in an innings against the Sydney Sixers earlier this season. Shaun Marsh and Mohammed Nabi from Renegades have added 10 and 7 individually which being the highest number of sixes hit so far.The Stars have hit a total of 78 sixes from 10 matches while the Renegades have hit a total of 41 sixes from 11 matches which gives an average of 3.72 sixes for match for the Renegades and 7.8 sixes for the Stars from 10 matches played. The Stars have hit sixes 7 times more than their opponents this season,the Renegades on the other hand have managed to do the same only once this season.I have added enough data to back my claim here, to which Bet365 is offering odds of 1.76 for Melbourne Stars to hit the most match sixes in the coming derby.
With Melbourne Stars having been in excellent form this season, the opening partnership of Andre Fletcher and Marcus Stoinis has been satisfactory in comparison to the Renegades. The Stars have had an opening partnership total of 240 (0,41,4,42,17,41,25) from their 10 matches at an average of 24, while the Renegades have 230 (70,14,2,13,75,20,4,0,31,1,0) as their opening partnership total from 11 matches which averages to 20.99. It is fair to say that the Renegades started off the season with a good opening partnership total but with time have had a lapse in the same. As we have seen in the first Melbourne Derby when the team got together the Stars had an opening partnership of 25 while the Renegades were on 0 with Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh as their opening batsmen. The Stars have outdone their opponents in 5 matches while the Renegades have managed only 3 in terms of securing the highest opening partnership. Looking at the records it is safe to say that Melbourne Stars have a better chance of winning this bet and with 10cric.com offering odds of 2.00 for Melbourne Stars to get the highest opening partnership, it seems like a great deal.
My Picks:
Melbourne Stars To Win The Match - @1.54 (LeoVegas.com)
Melbourne Stars To Hit The Most Match 6's - @1.76 (Bet365.com)
Melbourne Stars To Have The Highest Opening Partnership - @2.00 (10cric.com)
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