Australia vs Pakistan 2nd Test Prediction

Team News

The Pakistani selectors and captain are likely to go in with an unaltered playing eleven for this match. There are no injuries in the team.

Key Players

Pakistan's skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has played just one test at the MCG in which he scored an unbeaten 65 in one of the innings. He is going to have an important role to play with the bat and a good contribution can also be expected from Asad Shafiq - the centurion of the first test. Mohammad Amir has taken a five-wicket haul in the only game he has played at this ground and he also took a four-for in the last test. We therefore predict him to be the standout bowler for Pakistan in this test.

Recent Form

Monday's loss to Australia was Pakistan's fourth consecutive in test format since last winning against the West Indies at Sharjah. They struggled with both the bat and the ball during the first half of the first test against Australia. They made a good fightback later on but could not prevent a defeat.

Aus vs Pak Head-to-Head in Tests

Australia have now beaten Pakistan in Australia in their last ten test encounters. Overall, they have beaten Pakistan 29 times in the 60 matches while losing 14 of them. The remaining 17 have all resulted in a draw. At the MCG, it is again the hosts who are ahead of the tourists with five wins from nine matches. The latter have two wins and two draws.

Aus vs Pak 2nd Test Betting Odds

After a courageous effort with the bat in the second innings of the first test, Pakistan have shortened up slightly as far as match odds are concerned. They have gone 6.2 from 6.8 with 1xbet and 5.50 from 6.00 with bet365. Australia were given a scare at the end as their bowlers allowed the visitors to come within 39 runs of the target. Nevertheless, they are still going into the second test as firm favorites to win at 1.46 with betfair and 1.40 with bet365.

A draw is up at 6. There has been just the one drawn game at the MCG since 1998 and we don't see much chance for a draw here.

Aus vs Pak 2nd Test Prediction

Australia have an impressive test record at the MCG. They have 62 wins, 30 losses and 16 draws from the 108 matches they have played here. They have won four and drawn one of their previous five matches at this ground which shows that they have been really hard to beat here. Pakistan have failed to defeat the hosts at the MCG in their past four attempts and they last won a test match here way back in 1981. Though they did manage to come close to Australia's target of 490 in the first match, we feel the home team will come more strongly prepared and seal the series at Melbourne.

Final Verdict: We recommend betting on Australia to win this match.