MI London Men take on Manchester Super Giants Men in The Hundred on Sunday and the hosts are desperate to get back to winning ways at The Oval.
MI London, champions in the last three seasons, suffered a home derby defeat to London Spirit on Wednesday while the Super Giants have lost their last two games.
MI London Men vs Manchester Super Giants Men Tips Summary
Best Bet - MI London Men to have highest opening partnership @ 4/5
Alternative Bet - Jos Buttler to be Manchester Super Giants Men top batter @ 13/5
Bet Builder - MI London, Sherfane Rutherford 1+ six & Richard Gleeson 2+ wickets @ 5/1
MI London Men vs Manchester Super Giants Men Prediction
Best Bet: MI London Men to have highest opening partnership @ 4/5
MI London Men have won two and lost two of their first four matches in The Hundred and Sunday's opponents Manchester Super Giants Men have an identical record.
MI London lost their last game at The Oval by seven wickets despite an excellent half-century from opener Will Jacks against London Spirit.
The England international made 65, dominating a first-wicket stand of 91 with James Vince, and the hosts should be backed to make a stronger start than the Super Giants.
MI London have posted a higher opening partnership than their opponents in their last three matches.
And Super Giants captain Aiden Markram is feeling the heat after comprehensive defeats to Sunrisers Leeds and Trent Rockets in Manchester's last two games.
Markram has made only 67 runs from 66 balls at the top of the order and his bowlers were punished by opposition openers Mitchell Marsh and Finn Allen in their last two outings.
Alternative Bet: Jos Buttler to be Manchester Super Giants Men top batter @ 13/5
Manchester Super Giants number three Jos Buttler shot to the top of The Hundred runscoring chart after cracking 90, 63 not out and 55 not out in his last three games.
Buttler came into the tournament in fine form following last month's T20I innings of 131 off 64 balls for England against India at the Rose Bowl.
He was dismissed for a duck in last summer's away fixture against MI London at The Oval.
However, Buttler's previous Hundred innings at the south-London venue was 82 from 46 deliveries in the 2023 play-off Eliminator against Southern Brave.
MI London Men vs Manchester Super Giants Men Bet Builder Tip
MI London to win
Sherfane Rutherford 1+ six
Richard Gleeson 2+ wickets
Pays 5/1
MI London have won five of their previous six games against Manchester Super Giants, who were well beaten by Sunrisers Leeds and Trent Rockets in their last two matches.
Sherfane Rutherford thumped four sixes from just 19 balls in MI London's clash with London Spirit at The Oval. The middle-order man also struck four maximums in his most recent T20I appearance for the West Indies, against Sri Lanka in June.
Fast bowler Richard Gleeson starred in Northamptonshire's T20 Blast success this summer. He has taken eight wickets in four Hundred matches in 2026, including 4-25 in MI London's home win over Sunrisers Leeds.
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Key Match Stats
MI London have won five of their six meetings with Manchester Super Giants.
Sherfane Rutherford has hit seven sixes from just 49 balls in The Hundred this season.
MI London had a higher opening partnership than their last three opponents.
Jos Buttler scored 90, 63 not out and 55 not out in his last three games for the Super Giants.
The Super Giants conceded 15 sixes from 88 balls in their last away fixture against Sunrisers Leeds.
Aiden Markram has not reached 50 in any of his last 17 T20 innings.
Tactics, Form and Team News
MI London Men should welcome back captain Sam Curran, who missed the defeat to London Spirit due to a minor injury.
Jason Roy and Ollie Pope are competing for a place in the middle-order and spinner Nathan Sowter is pushing for a recall.
Predicted lineup: 1 Will Jacks, 2 James Vince, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Sam Curran (c), 5 Jason Roy, 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Tom Curran, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Olly Stone, 11 Richard Gleeson.
Manchester Super Giants Men have a settled line-up and could name the same 11 who featured in Friday's home defeat to Trent Rockets.
Predicted lineup: 1 Aiden Markram (c), 2 Tim Seifert, 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 Leus du Plooy, 6 Tom Moores, 7 Liam Dawson, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Josh Tongue, 11 Sonny Baker.
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