USA vs PNG 1st ODI match prediction 6 Sep 2021

USA vs PNG 1st ODI Predictions & Betting Tips

Papua New Guinea will renew their rivalry with the United States of America at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2) on Monday, the 6th of September. The fixture will mark the return to cricket for both countries after a long break owing to the pandemic. Here, I have provided the best betting tips from the PNG vs USA match prediction.

Following a forced 18-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 global crisis, the United States of America and Papua New Guinea are set to make their international comebacks with a brief two-match series. The aim of these encounters is to prepare the two teams for an important tri-series coming up later this month along with Nepal, which shall form a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.

While the US will only play two games in their tour of Oman, PNG are also slated to play a two-match series against Nepal. The first game was supposed to take place on Sunday but has now been postponed by two days. All in all, the tour is supposed to now last four days for them, with a game held each day. With heaps of cricketing action to come in the next few days, given below is my USA vs PNG match prediction.

USA vs PNG Team Bet

Considering the series is merely a warm-up ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2’s upcoming round of fixtures, it has severely gone under the radar. Thereby, only limited bets are expected to be available, of which the winner’s bet is the best option available to you from the USA vs PNG head to head encounter.

The United States of America should breeze to victory

Even though the two teams are pretty well matched on paper, recent history shows the clear disparity between the two. Starting with the ICC rankings, USA is ranked 19th as of now, just a spot above PNG. However, they have a massive 18 ranking points more than their opponents owing to the latter’s long period of inactivity.

Moving on to their recent battles, the United States of America have come out on top on both the latest occasions. They last clashed almost two years ago on September 19, 2019, where the USA stomped their way to a commanding 62 run victory. The fixture was a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series and placed in motion contrasting campaigns for both outfits. United States America presently sits in second place in the table, with six wins and as many losses. So far, they have defeated world-class teams such as Scotland and Namibia, and are in a strong position to stake a claim for qualification to the next round. Papua New Guinea, meanwhile, are yet to open their account, having fallen to eight consecutive defeats. They are placed right at the bottom, and are four points off their closest competitors.

Even in the last edition of the ICC World Cricket League Division Two held in 2019, the US had finished a spot higher than their rivals with an additional win in their books. Thus, all factors seem to point towards an easy United States of America victory. Keep an eye out on the betting websites to capitalize on this PNG vs USA match prediction when the odds are released.