Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom Major League Cricket Predictions - Freedom batters to blast the Knight Riders

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The Knight Riders have lost their last two matches on the bounce.
Washington Freedom’s batters are on fire but their attack is struggling.
Match outcome likely influenced by squad rotations and team injuries.

Andre Fletcher has been scoring consistently in the Major League (Getty Images).

Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom Predictions

The Freedom have suffered two big defeats in their last three matches, winning the other match off the last ball. The Knight Riders secured two big wins in a row, only to be tripped up in their last two matches as their batters have struggled to dominate the opposition bowlers.

Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom Predictions
Head-to-Head
Los Angeles Knight Riders Form
Washington Freedom Form
Team news

Los Angeles Knight Riders’ Andre Fletcher has scored 34, 40, 44 & 23 in 4 knocks.
Los Angeles Knight Riders’ Colin Munro hit 64*, 30, 20 & 33 in his last 4 innings.
Los Angeles Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine has figures of 2/33, 2/18 & 2/17 in 4 matches.
Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen has scored 61, 155, 77 & 39 in his last 5 knocks.
Washington Freedom’s Andries Gous hit 7 sixes in his 50-ball 83* vs the Unicorns.
Washington Freedom’s Marco Jansen took 3/33 against the Orcas.

Head-to-Head

Washington Freedom have won all three of their previous matches against the Los Angeles Knight Riders.

Los Angeles Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders’ batters have struggled all season and, despite winning their first two matches, they lost their next two matches on the bounce.

Their last match saw the Knight Riders bowlers have the Orcas in deep trouble at 72/6, but they recovered to reach 154/7 off their 20 overs. Shadley van Schalkwyk (2/40), Fabian Allen (2/18) and Sunil Narine (2/17) all put in a good shift with the ball.

Colin Munro (33 off 36) and Andre Fletcher (23 off 13) again got the Knight Riders off to a good start, adding 42 for the first wicket before another batting collapse left them reeling at 92/6. Jason Holder (21 off 20) and Matthew Tromp (17 off 12) kept the chase alive but they ended 20 runs short with just two wickets to spare.

Washington Freedom Form

The Freedom have won two and lost two of their last four matches, but went down to the San Francisco Unicorns by eight wickets with 29 balls in hand in their last match.

Mitchell Owen was again in the runs, scoring 39 off 20 balls against the Unicorns, but it as Andries Gous who top-scored with 83* off 50 balls, hitting 11 boundaries. Nikhil Chaudhary hit two sixes and two fours in his 19-ball score of 32.

The Freedom bowlers again struggled to knock over their opposition, with only Marco Jansen (1/40) and Nikhil Chaudhary (1/29) picking up a wicket as the Unicorns raced to the win with eight wickets and 29 balls to spare.

Team news

Both teams have had their struggles and have battled to secure wins. The Knight Riders’ top order is struggling to post competitive scores while the Freedom are scoring big but their bowlers have struggled to close out the match. I’m backing the Freedom to outscore the Knight Riders to give their bowlers enough to defend.

Los Angeles Knight Riders (possible XI): Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher, Unmukt Chand, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder (c), Andre Russell, Saif Badar, Sunil Narine, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Karthik Gattepalli, Carmi le Roux.

Washington Freedom (possible XI): Steven Smith (c), Mitchell Owen, Mark Chapman, Andries Gous, Glenn Maxwell, Jack Edwards, Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Saurabh Netravalkar

Verdict

Los Angeles Knight Riders v Washington Freedom

Los Angeles Knight Riders Washington Freedom is tipped to win, with Andre Fletcher, Sunil Narine and Mitchell Owen backed to star with bat and ball.

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