Auckland Aces vs Canterbury Kings match prediction 20th match

AUK vs CTB Super Smash Match 20 Predictions & Betting Tips

Auckland Aces will be squaring off against Canterbury Kings in a crucial Super Smash league stage fixture. This forthcoming game will be hosted at the beautiful Eden Park in Auckland, on January 7th, Friday. This is an opportunity for all you punters to make some money and therefore I have brought along three of the best betting tips from the AUK vs CTB head-to-head encounter.

Auckland Aces have a task up their sleeves as they are all set to take on the second best side of the ongoing edition of the Super Smash so far. Canterbury Kings can displace Northern Knights from the top spot on the points table with a win against Auckland Aces. It has been a decent tournament so far for Canterbury Kings. They have won four out of the six matches and have collected 16 points. Auckland Aces, on the other hand, are placed fourth on the points table. They have lost three out of their five matches so far and they really need to get going. However, things might just swing in favour of Auckland Aces as they are on a three-match winning run. While we wait for the action to kickstart let me take you through the top betting tips from the AUK vs CTB head-to-head clash.

AUK vs CTB Team Bet:

The aggregators have shared only one market so far and that is the winning market from the Auckland Aces vs Canterbury Kings game.

Auckland Aces to win

Let’s start with an easy one and in fact, this was the only market available today for this particular fixture. Auckland Aces and Canterbury Kings’ history goes way back and let me tell you that these two teams have played against each other a whopping 30 times. The Aces have managed to win on 20 occasions and Canterbury Kings have won just 10 of them. Two out of which came in the last edition of the Super Smash. However, in the last 10 head-to-head meetings, Auckland Aces have registered 7 victories. They have played two matches at the Eden Park in Auckland, the home side have won on both occasions. Pari Match is offering generous odds of 1.65 for a Auckland Aces victory from the AUK vs CTB match prediction.

AUK vs CTB Player Bets:

Two absolute guns of players from the Auckland Aces Martin Guptill and Mark Chapman have made it to my list from the AUK vs CTB battle.

Mark Chapman to shine with the bat

Mark Chapman is considered to be the next big thing in New Zealand Cricket and it won’t be long before he earns himself that big IPL contract. The young right-handed batsman has already played a total of 102 T20 games in his short career up until now. Chapman has amassed 2082 runs at a batting average of 25.39. He already is the sixth highest run getter in the current season of the Super Smash and is of course the highest scorer for Auckland Aces with 154 runs in 5 matches at an average of 30.80. The 27-year-old has two half-centuries and one century against his name already. He has also scored 172 runs against Canterbury Kings at an average of 28.67. Pari Match should be offering the best of odds for Mark Chapman from the AUK vs CTB match prediction.

Martin Guptill to rack up a decent total upfront

Martin Guptill is one of the most experienced T20 cricketers in the world and quite certainly he plays for Auckland Aces. The dashing right-handed opener has played a whopping 292 T20 matches in his career and has 8321 runs at an average of 32.21. He is also the third highest run scorer in the head-to-head encounters against Canterbury Kings with 411 runs against his name at an incredible average of 58.71. In 22 matches at the Eden Park in Auckland, Guptill has scored 679 at an average of almost 34.00. In 56 matches in the Super Smash, the 35-year-old cricketer has scored 1787 runs at an average of 42.55. Pari Match should offer odds for Martin Guptill to rack up a decent total upfront from the AUK vs CTB match prediction.

My Picks:

Auckland Aces to win - @ 1.65 (Pari Match)

Mark Chapman to shine with the bat

Martin Guptill to rack up a decent total upfront