Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades Preview & Prediction | BBL|14 | League Stage
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Melbourne Stars head into their derby duel with Melbourne Renegades on the back of their first BBL 14 victory at the sixth time of asking.
Date & time: Saturday January 4th 2025: USA PT – 12:15am / USA ET – 3:15am / UK – 8:15am
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Weather: Extremely hot conditions despite the time of day with temperatures comfortably exceeding 30c.
How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Seven Network, Foxtel & Kayo Sports
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Melbourne Stars Preview: Will we see a second-half charge
After five games of frustration, Melbourne Stars finally got themselves on the board and in surprising fashion, overcoming reigning champions Brisbane Heat by five wickets at the Gabba. Such a results could kick start their season and it really needs to, with four points still separating the Stars from the top four.
But things can turn around quickly in these T20 competitions and having tasted that winning feeling, Melbourne Stars now have the opportunity to build some momentum and what better way to do that, than to take down your biggest rivals.
Melbourne Renegades Preview: Inconsistency continues to frustrate
It’s now three defeats and two wins from five BBL 14 games for Melbourne Renegades, who are currently sat with a positive net-run-rate, but two points adrift of the play-off places. Most worrying from their point of view is that their last two matches both ended in losses against Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers respectively.
A star last season for the champion Brisbane Heat, batter Josh Brown gave his new team a good chance of success last time out with his 66 elevating the Renegades to 142/9. But Adelaide Strikers chased it down, sending Will Sutherland’s side back to the drawing board.
Melbourne Stars Betting Analysis
Australian international Marcus Stoinis has had a fantastic BBL 14 campaign so far, despite the Stars having struggled so much. The big-hitting Stoinis has struck 194 runs from six innings and has also racked up the most 4s of any player across the entire tournament with 23 in total. Backing Stoinis to record the highest number of 4s for the Stars over the course of this particular game is worth a stake from bettors, as is the 35-year-old to pick up 30+ runs.
Melbourne Renegades Betting Analysis
Utilising specific boundary markets is something that could prove lucrative for bettors over the course of this contest when taking into account the power-hitting prowess of the players involved. Josh Brown for example, has accumulated nine 6s so far across five innings batted. That makes the Melbourne Renegades star an ideal candidate for investment to clear the ropes over 0.5 times in their inter-city derby.
Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades Expert Prediction
Whilst the Melbourne Renegades are sliding, Melbourne Stars could be rising and that is a reflection on recent results, specifically the hosts gaining that all-important first win and the Renegades losing two in a row. Having been beaten in four of the last five Melbourne derbies, the Stars are overdue a win here and with Stoinis in good form, Dan Lawrence having provided the team with a huge batting boost and Glenn Maxwell capable of magic with bat, ball or in the field, backing Melbourne Stars may well pay off in the latest chapter of this BBL rivalry.
Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades Top Tip: Melbourne Stars to win
