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Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Major League Cricket Predictions - Freedom to stay on winning track by downing Knight Riders

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 08 Jul 2026

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Simon Lewis 08 Jul 2026

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Washington Freedom are enjoying a great run of form, with three wins in four.
The Knight Riders have lost four of their last five matches.
The top team is separated from the bottom team by just two points so the race for the playoffs is incredibly tight this season.

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Steven Smith is making runs for Washington Freedom )Getty Images).

Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Predictions

The Washington Freedom are enjoying a storming run of form and have overtaken the faltering Knight Riders on the table. They are strong favourites for the win, but this has been a highly unpredictable Major League Cricket season so it’s not easy to back the winner with any confidence.

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

Washington Freedom’s Steven Smith has scored 30, 40* & 56 in his last 4 knocks.
Washington Freedom’s Mark Chapman has scores of 34 & 44 in his last 2innings.
Washington Freedom’s Ian Holland has figures of 2/20, 2/49, 2/25 & 2/16 in 5 matches.
Washington Freedom have never lost to the Knight Riders in a Major League Cricket match.
Los Angeles Knight Riders’s Rovman Powell has scored 30, 73 & 23 in his last 3 matches.
Los Angeles Knight Riders’s Andre Fletcher has scores of 30, 73 & 23 in his last 5 innings.
Los Angeles Knight Riders’s Sunil Narine has taken 2/17, 2/25 & 2/22 in his last 4 matches.

Head-to-Head

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

Washington Freedom Form

The Freedom secured their third win in four matches when they over-powered the high-riding Unicorns by five wickets with 11 balls to spare.

Jack Edwards (4/13) knocked over three of the Unicorns’ top five batters to reduce them to 56/5 in the 9th over. Ian Holland (2/16) was again in superb form with the ball, while Ben Dwarshuis played his part in dismissing dangermen Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Matthew Short in returning figures of 2/27 as the Unicorns were rolled for 126.

The Freedom recovered from 19/3 thanks to a 72-run stand for the third wicket between Steven Smith (56 off 49) and Mark Chapman (44 off 33) as they strolled to a five-wicket win with 11 balls to spare.

Los Angeles Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders come into this match on the back of losing four of their last five matches. They lost their last match to defending champs MI New York by six wickets with one ball in hand.

Andre Fletcher (34 off 26), Matthew Tromp (44 off 36), Rovman Powell (23 off 19) and Jason Holder (43 off 22) all weighed in with the bat as the Knight Riders posted a score of 165/6 off their 20 overs.

Jason Holder (1/47), Carmi le Roux (2/39) and Shadley van Schalkwyk (1/30) all put in a good shift with the ball but couldn’t prevent MI New York stealing home for the win with a ball in hand.

Team news

Both sides will be pushing for a win in what is proving to be a super-tight Major League Cricket season. They will both be hoping for a much strong contribution from their top-orders after a relatively poor showing in their last match.

Washington Freedom squad: Washington Freedom: Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ian Holland, Lahiru Milantha, Amila Aponso, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Asif Mehmood, Ben Dwarshuis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Steve Smith, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jack Edwards, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman.

Los Angeles Knight Riders: Shadley van Schalkwyk, Unmukt Chand, Ali Khan, Saif Badar, Karthik Gattepalli, Matthew Tromp, Carmi le Roux, Jahmar Hamilton, Nitish Kumar, Kristopher Ramsaran, Alex Hales, Andre Fletcher, Colin Munro, Lloyd Pope, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine.

Verdict

Washington Freedom v Los Angeles Knight Riders

Washington Freedom are tipped to win at odds of 1.76, with Steven Smith, Ian Holland, Rovman Powell and Sunil Narine backed to star with bat and ball.

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