KKR vs LSG Betting Tips & Predictions

KKR vs LSG Betting Winner Prediction

Recommended Bet: Back LSG to win @ 1.72 with Betway 

The bookies make Lucknow pretty strong favourites here with Betway offering odds of 1.72 on LSG and 2.15 on KKR.

On current for that doesn’t look quite right. KKR were excellent in their last win over SRH while LSG have now lost their last two.

But it’s worth remembering two things.

Firstly, those two losses by LSG were against the two best sides in the competition: the Titans are top, Rajasthan are second.

And secondly, that LSG are two wins better off than KKR after the same number of games, proof they’ve been the more consistent side.

And consistency is perhaps the key word here. KKR can produce excellent performances but really poor ones, LSG don’t fluctuate as much.

The last thing to remember here is that KKR need to not only win but to win very convincingly to improve their net run rate.

That may force them into going for broke and being perhaps a little too aggressive. LSG are therefore the choice, but it’s not an easy one.

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KKR vs LSG Hot Bet

Recommended Bet: Back Andre Russell to be KKR Top Batsman @ 12.28 with 10CRIC

You can read more about Andre Russell below because he’s our KKR Player to Watch.

But in the meanwhile, consider this: Russell is KKR’s second-highest run scorer so far this IPL yet is available at odds of 12.28 to top score for them here. That can’t be right, can it?

The theory is that most of the time it simply won’t be possible for Russell to top score for KKR.

If a couple of KKR batsmen get going with a pair of 50s, then he simply won’t have enough balls to catch up with them given he generally bats at six or seven.

That’s the theory anyway but Russell keeps making a mockery of it.

In 13 games this season he’s top scored for KKR four times.

That’s a win percentage of 30%, yet his current odds of 12.28 suggest he wins this only 1 in 11 times. Like we said, that can’t be right.

There’s another factor at play here. Because KKR need to win convincingly, they may promote Russell to four or five, knowing the impact he can make.

Let’s hope so as it will help our cause.

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Kolkata Knight Riders’ Recent Form

A fine win over SRH last time out means that KKR aren’t out of it yet.

But they’ll need to win this one, preferably by a big margin, and then hope other results go their way.

But it’s not just one win that would have to go their way, it’s several.

For example, if RCB were to win their last match, KKR would be out. If DC win their last two matches, KKR will be out.

Or if DC win one of their two remaining matches and the net run rates of them and KKR stay the same, Kolkata would be out, too. You get the picture.

And even then, if everything all goes their way, the highest they can finish is fourth anyway.

But still. At least it’s all to play for going into their final match rather than not even having a chance.

Last time out it was the Andre Russell show.

The Jamaican hit 49 off 28 against SRH to get KKR from a decent score to a very competitive one where in the end they won by 54 runs.

Russell then took 3/22 with the ball and unsurprisingly got the man-of-the-match award for his excellent all-round effort, not for the first time this season.

Lucknow Super Giants’ Recent Form

Lucknow lost their nerve just when they could least afford to do so.

Last Tuesday they lost a vital game against Gujarat that could have secured them a Top 2 finish and then on Sunday they lost to Rajasthan, allowing RR to leapfrog them into second place.

A Top 2 finish isn’t out of the question. If they win this match and the Royals lose, they’ll finish above them in second.

There’s another way they can finish above the Royals: if they both win but the Super Giants win more convincingly, they could end up with a slightly better net run rate. We’ll have to wait and see.

Against RR, Lucknow were just a tad unlucky.

RR put in an excellent performance with the ball with Trent Boult bowling out of his skin and putting Lucknow under pressure from early on.

But what really killed LSG in chasing 179 was the Royal’s fielding. They took three outstanding catches at crucial times, when even taking one of them would have been impressive.

LSG have been good for most of the season and will see this match as a freebie: win and win convincingly to put RR under pressure.

Lose and they’ll still make the Playoffs but will have to do it the hard way.

Venue & conditions

DC will have good memories of playing here after that important win over the Rajasthan Royals last week.

As we’ve said many times throughout this season, the DY Patil Stadium is the toughest track to bat on of any in this IPL.

The average first innings score is around the 165 mark and if a team gets to that ball-park total, it’s anyone’s game.

Teams have recently decided to bat first and make use of the wicket when it’s at its best and then hope scoreboard pressure does the rest.

Let’s wait and see if the winning skipper sees things that way here.