Sunrisers Leeds Men and Southern Brave Men both lost their opening matches in The Hundred so Saturday's showdown at Headingley is a crucial fixture.
The Sunrisers were blown away by defending champions MI London at The Oval while the Brave suffered a home defeat to Welsh Fire on a tricky batting pitch at the Rose Bowl.
Sunrisers Leeds Men vs Southern Brave Men Tips Summary
Best Bet - Sunrisers Leeds to win @ 4/5
Alternative Bet - Mitchell Marsh to be top Sunrisers Leeds batter @ 3/1
Bet Builder - Sunrisers Leeds to have highest opening partnership, Thomas Rew over 15.5 runs & Sunrisers Leeds to hit most sixes @ 11/2
Sunrisers Leeds Men v Southern Brave Men Prediction
Best Bet: Sunrisers Leeds to win @ 4/5
Sunrisers Leeds have come out on top in their last four clashes with Southern Brave and they should extend that winning streak on Saturday.
The Sunrisers gave a glimpse of their batting quality against MI London on Tuesday, lining up with a formidable top three of Mitchell Marsh, Ryan Rickelton and Harry Brook.
They had MI London in trouble at 4-2 chasing 144 for victory and face a far less intimidating batting unit this weekend.
Southern Brave limped to 135-7 in their home defeat to Welsh Fire on Wednesday.
Worryingly for the Brave, England internationals Jofra Archer, Luke Wood, Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid bowled 68 deliveries without taking a wicket.
Alternative Bet: Mitchell Marsh to be top Sunrisers Leeds batter @ 3/1
Mitchell Marsh scored a brilliant century for Australia in the 2023 Ashes Test at Headingley and he can delight the Leeds crowd on Saturday.
The Sunrisers opener has been the outstanding overseas batter in the last two IPL seasons, scoring nine fifties and two centuries in 26 innings for Lucknow Super Giants.
Marsh cracked 60 off 28 balls against Bangladesh in his most recent T20I, after the Tigers had crawled to 109-8 from 20 overs.
And he marked his Hundred debut by top-scoring for Leeds with 41 against defending champions MI London, hitting three fours and three sixes in a promising knock.
Sunrisers Leeds Men vs Southern Brave Men Bet Builder Tip
- Sunrisers Leeds to have highest opening partnership
- Thomas Rew over 15.5 runs
- Sunrisers Leeds to hit most sixes
Pays 11/2
Sunrisers Leeds have a top-class opening pair of Mitchell Marsh and Ryan Rickelton but Southern Brave's top two Jamie Smith and Ben McKinney were dismissed for three and four against Welsh Fire.
Youngster Thomas Rew rebuilt the Brave innings with 41 off 30 balls against the Fire, having scored 57, 39, 46 and 42 in his last four T20 Blast group games for Somerset.
The Sunrisers hit 11 sixes to MI London's eight on Tuesday and number three Harry Brook struck 15 maximums in four T20Is against India this month. Back Sunrisers Leeds to hit most sixes.
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Key Match Stats
- Sunrisers Leeds have won their last four meetings with Southern Brave
- Leeds opener Mitchell Marsh averaged 48.23 and 43.30 in the last two IPL seasons
- The Sunrisers hit 11 sixes in their opening defeat to MI London
- Southern Brave have lost five of their last seven matches in The Hundred
- Jofra Archer has taken only 17 wickets in 15 matches for the Brave
- Brave batter Tristan Stubbs was dismissed for two, eight, two and four in his last four innings
Tactics, Form and Team News
Sunrisers Leeds Men may stick with the team who lost to MI London, meaning paceman Reece Topley and all-rounders Ed Barnard, Matthew Revis and Tom Lawes miss out.
Zak Crawley is captaining the Sunrisers in this tournament to ease the workload of England's white-ball skipper Harry Brook.
Predicted Sunrisers Leeds lineup: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Harry Brook, 4 Zak Crawley (c), 5 Dan Lawrence, 6 Tom Alsop, 7 Benny Howell, 8 Brydon Carse, 9 Matthew Potts, 10 Nathan Ellis, 11 Abrar Ahmed.
Southern Brave Men will assess the fitness of Marcus Stoinis, who missed Wednesday's opening game due to a sore back.
Stoinis could replace fellow Australian all-rounder Nikhil Choudhary but batters Tom Abell, Michael Pepper and Caleb Falconer are likely to remain on the bench.
Predicted Southern Brave lineup: 1 Jamie Smith (wk), 2 Ben McKinney, 3 Thomas Rew, 4 David Miller, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Chris Jordan (c), 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Luke Wood, 11 Dan Worrall.
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