Lucknow Super Giants v Punjab Kings Prediction, Tips and Bet Builder

Lucknow Super Giants host Punjab Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday and the Kings are desperate to keep alive their play-off hopes.

A defeat at Lucknow would end Punjab's chances of making the top four, while the Super Giants are hoping to sign off a difficult IPL campaign with a home victory.

Lucknow Super Giants v Punjab Kings Tips Summary

Best Bet - Lucknow Super Giants to win @ 13/10
Alternative Bet - Mitchell Marsh most sixes for Lucknow Super Giants @ 11/5
Bet Builder - Lucknow Super Giants most sixes, Priyansh Arya under 24.5 runs & Rishabh Pant over 18.5 runs @ 6/1

Lucknow Super Giants v Punjab Kings Prediction

Best Bet: Lucknow Super Giants @ 13/10

All the pressure is on Punjab Kings when they travel to Lucknow Super Giants for their final league-stage fixture on Saturday.

Punjab, last season's IPL runners-up, won their first six completed matches this term before a shocking sequence of six straight defeats.

Shreyas Iyer's men slipped out of the play-off places after that dire run and they are hard to fancy as favourites at Lucknow.

The Super Giants had a tough start to the 2026 campaign, but they have been playing with greater freedom recently, particularly at home.

Rishabh Pant's side beat defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings in their last two home fixtures and they can complete the hat-trick against Punjab.

LSG struggled to find the right balance at the top of the order, but Australia international Josh Inglis has solved that issue, scoring 85, 36 and 60 in his last three innings.

Punjab have an excellent bowling line-up on paper. However, the wheels have come off their pace attack and they have conceded 200-plus totals in seven of their last eight games.

Alternative Bet: Mitchell Marsh most sixes for Lucknow Super Giants @ 11/5

Mitchell Marsh has been an inspired signing for Lucknow and he poses a massive threat to out-of-sorts Punjab this weekend.

Australia's T20 captain scored 111 and 90 in his last two home games, hitting 16 sixes, and he cleared the ropes five times in Tuesday's knock of 96 against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.

Marsh averages 2.8 sixes per innings since signing for LSG at the start of the 2025 IPL season and he is a worthy favourite to hit the most maximums for the hosts.

Lucknow Super Giants v Punjab Kings Bet Builder Tip

• Lucknow Super Giants most sixes

• Priyansh Arya under 24.5 runs

• Rishabh Pant over 18.5 runs

  Pays 6/1

Super Giants have a power-packed top order featuring Marsh, Inglis and Nicholas Pooran and they should be backed to hit more sixes than the struggling Kings.

Punjab opener Priyansh Arya starred in April's home win over Lucknow, but he has been dismissed for 2, 1, 56, 22 and 0 in his last five innings.

Lucknow captain Pant can clear a modest runs line of 18.5. The India wicketkeeper cracked 43 off 23 balls in last month's reverse fixture and made 42 and 32 not out in his last two innings at home.

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Key Match Stats

• Lucknow Super Giants have lost their last three meetings with Punjab Kings

• Lucknow opener Mitchell Marsh has scored 44, 111, 10, 90 and 96 in his last five IPL innings

• Nicholas Pooran has scored only one half-century in 13 appearances for LSG this season

• Punjab Kings have lost their last six IPL matches

• Punjab opener Prabhsimran Singh was player of the match in two of his last three games against Lucknow

• Marco Jansen has taken only seven wickets in 12 games for Punjab this term

Tactics, Form and Team News

Lucknow Super Giants are expected to be without South Africa international Aiden Markram, who missed Tuesday's defeat to Rajasthan Royals due to personal reasons.

Fast bowler Mohammed Shami could return to the side in place of Mohsin Khan.

Predicted Lucknow Super Giants XI: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Josh Inglis, 3 Nicholas Pooran, 4 Rishabh Pant (c & wk), 5 Abdul Samad, 6 Ayush Badoni, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Mayank Yadav, 10 Akash Singh, 11 Prince Yadav.

Punjab Kings recalled New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson for last weekend's fixture against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar could make his third appearance of the season after dismissing RCB stars Jacob Bethell and Devdutt Padikkal.

Predicted Punjab Kings XI: 1 Priyansh Arya, 2 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Shreyas Iyer (c), 5 Suryansh Sledge, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Shashank Singh, 8 Azmatullah Omarzai, 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal.

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