Cape Cobras vs Knights Prediction
Dec 07, 2016
21:30 IST / 16:00 GMT
Newlands - Cape town, South Africa
COB
KNG
COB vs KNG Betting Tips
- Cape Cobras have won two of their last three matches and they will be coming as the more confident side.
- The Knights have faced six consecutive defeats and they have not been able to impress with the bat or the ball.
- Cape Cobras will be playing at their home ground while the Knights have not had a game here this season.
COB vs KNG Win Probability
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Our Prediction
Cape Cobras are favourites to win
Cape Cobras Favorites to Outplay the Rusty Knights
Cape Cobras will be taking on the Knights in the 23rd fixture of the ongoing CSA T20 Challenge 2016. The match will be played on December 7 at Newlands, Cape Town and live telecast is scheduled to start at 6 PM local time. The Cobras are currently sitting second to bottom in the standings with 12 points while the bottom-placed Knights have almost no hope left of making it to the top three.
Toss
Majority of the T20 games played at Newlands have been won by the side batting second. Also, since the wicket is expected to remain good for batting throughout the course of the match and determining a good score in the first innings could be a little hard, the team that wins the toss here on Wednesday is more likely to chase.
Read on for team previews, betting tips and match prediction for Cape Cobras vs Knights, CSA T20 Challenge 2016....
Cape Cobras Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No major changes are expected in the side for this match and none of their players have been reported to be injured.
Key Players
Richard Levi and Kieron Pollard are scoring runs rather consistently for the Cape Cobras. Levi struck a fifty in the last game while Pollard hit a fifty at this ground earlier in the season. The pace duo of Rory Kleinveldt and Dane Paterson are likely to create problems for the Knights. Paterson took three wickets in the reverse fixture and we predict him to take the most wickets for his side.
Recent Form
With two wins, three losses and a couple of washout games, Cape Cobras are positioned fifth on the points table with 12 points from seven games. They beat the Dolphins in their most recent match on Sunday which means that they now have two wins in their previous three completed fixtures.
Cobras Predicted XI
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RE Levi, WD Parnell, JL Ontong, DJ Vilas (wk), KA Pollard (c), C Tshiki, RK Kleinveldt, GF Linde, A Mgijima, D Paterson and NM Serame.
Knights Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The team is free from injury concerns and they are likely to go in with the same playing eleven that took the field the last time.
Key Players
Skipper Theunis de Bruyn is doing a good job with the bat. He is averaging close to 48 this season and the Cobras will be wanting to take his wicket early on. We predict him to top-score for the Knights. With the ball, Marchant de Lange and Shadley van Schalkwyk are expected to do well. The Cobras had found de Lange difficult to deal with when the two sides met earlier and it could be a similar story on Wednesday.
Recent Form
Since winning the opening match of the tournament, the Knights have not been able to register a single win thereafter which means that they will be coming into Wednesday's clash having faced defeats in their last six matches. They have not been able to click together as a unit and are looking down and out at the moment.
Knights Predicted XI
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MN Erlank, TB de Bruyn (c), JL du Plooy, PJ van Biljon, M de Lange, AR Swanepoel, TM Bodibe (wk), LL Mnyanda, SC van Schalkwyk, D Olivier and LM Zuma.
Cobras vs Knights Head-to-Head
Out of the 21 matches played between the two teams, Cape Cobras are leading the scoreline 12-7. One of them resulted in a tie while one had to be abandoned.
The Cobras have emerged victorious six times in their previous seven attempts against the Knights. The most recent face-off however was won by the latter earlier this season.
Cobras vs Knights Betting Odds
The Knights have been very sloppy this season and are still struggling to find a way to eke out a win somehow. Despite their 38-run win in their first encounter with the Cobras, the Knights are a distant outsiders for this one at 2.72 with betfair and 2.62 with bet365. Cape Cobras will be coming off the back of a win in their previous match and will be having the advantage of playing at their home ground. Betfair and bet365 both have them as favorites to win this match at 1.50 each.
Cobras vs Knights Prediction
One of the biggest advantages that Cape Cobras will have in this match, aside from the psychological advantage of having a superior head-to-head record, is the advantage of having already played a game at this ground. They played the Warriors here and ended up winning that match by 12 runs. So this will give them an upper hand over the Knights who will be playing their first game of the season at this ground and therefore will take more time to adjust to the conditions.
The only thing from which the Knights could derive some confidence is the fact that they beat the Cobras in the opening match of the tournament. Though they have some good players in the side, they have not performed to their potential and this is what we feel will make it difficult for them to overcome the Cobras on Wednesday.
Final Verdict: We recommend betting on Cape Cobras to win this match.
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