Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have both won two and lost five of their opening seven matches so far in this season's IPL.
One of Mumbai's two victories did come in the reverse fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, however, when Rohit Sharma hit 94 as the hosts posted 213/6 in a 46-run victory.
Virat Kohli's unbeaten 68 in Royal Challengers Bangalore's defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday took past 300 runs for the season - one of three batsmen to have passed the milestone so far.
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Mumbai Indians will be looking to record back-to-back victories for the first time this season when they travel to Bangalore to face a Royal Challengers team they have already beaten comfortably once this season. Scheduled to start on May 1, the live action begins at 20:00 local time.
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Toss Prediction
Every team to have won the toss in Bangalore have elected to field first - Royal Challengers did so in their first three matches, and their opponents have done so in the last two.
Read on for team previews, IPL betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians.
RCB Team News & Playing 11
Team News
AB de Villiers missed the match against Kolkata Knight Riders with a virus, and his absence was keenly felt with the South African having been in blistering form in the previous two matches. With their talismanic batsman out, Brendan McCullum scored 38 from 28 balls, and Virat Kohli - batting at number three - scored 68 not out, but the strike rates were well done on what De Villiers has been hitting. Should he return, McCullum could miss out and Kohli would return to opening the batting.
Manan Vohra was out first ball after being recalled to the side, leaving him with just two runs scored from his two matches so far, and his place could also be under threat. Colin de Grandhomme, batting at number six, has yet to be used for his bowling, however and so McCullum could be retained in place of his international team-mate. Alternatively, Chris Woakes may return if Royal Challengers Bangalore opt to change the balance of the team. Tim Southee played his first game of this year's competition last time out but went wicketless.
Key Players
Virat Kohli's third half-century on this year's competition took him past the 300-run mark for the 2018 IPL, and he trails orange cap leader Ambati Rayadu by just 12 runs after seven matches played each. He also overtook in-form team-mate AB de Villiers in the process, with de Villiers on 280 from his six innings so far. Prior to his virus, he smashed 90 not out from just 39 balls against Delhi Daredevils and followed it up with 68 from 30 against Chennai Super Kings.
Recent Form
Royal Challengers Bangalore's defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders last time out was their second in a row and fifth of the season. Their most recent win came against Delhi Daredevils, when De Villiers 39-ball 90* saw them chase down 175 with two overs to spare. Since then, however, another De Villiers' special was not enough as they failed to defend 205/8 against Chennai Super Kings and they lost their second home game in a row when Kolkata Knight Riders reached their target of 176 with five balls to spare on Saturday.
RCB Predicted Playing 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Pawan Negi, Murugan Ashwin, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB vs MI Match Prediction
MI Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Having been unchanged for three consecutive matches, Mumbai dropped Kieron Pollard and Mustafizur Rahman for their game against Chennai Super Kings for JP Duminy and Ben Cutting. Neither had a big impact as Mumbai won by eight wickets - Cutting bowled one expensive over and neither batted - but changes to the batting order did pay off. Rohit Sharma promoted himself to three, and will likely stay there after hitting an unbeaten 56 from 33 balls. After ending their losing streak, Mumbai Indians will probably stick with the same line-up.
Key Players
Suryakamur Yadav scored 44 at the top of the innings against Chennai Super Kings to take him to 274 runs for the season - comfortably the Mumbai Indians best batsman so far. Captain Rohit Sharma returned to form last time out too, with his unbeaten half-century (56 not out from 33 balls) taking him to 196 for the season. His other half-century came in the reverse fixture against Royal Challengers Bangalore, when he hit 94. With the ball, Mayank Markande went wicketless in the last match, but the leg-spinner has taken ten wickets so far, including 1/25 when they beat Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium.
Recent Form
The win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their fourth game of the season came after three consecutive last-over defeats for Mumbai Indians, against Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils. They did not kick on from that win, however, losing in the last over again to Rajasthan Royals and being bowled out for 87 by Sunrisers Hyderabad before their much-needed win against Chennai Super Kings last time out. Chennai posted 169/5 from their 20 overs, but Mumbai lost just two wickets as Rohit Sharma led them to victory with two balls to spare.
Mumbai have won their last five matches in a row against Royal Challengers Bangalore, including their 46-run victory at the Wankhede Stadium earlier this season. They had fielded first in the previous four matches, and won them all - including a four-wicket win at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium when they faced each other in last season's competition. Kieron Pollard was the star of that game, scoring 70 from 47 balls, after Mitchell McClenaghan had taken 2/20 from their four overs to restrict the hosts to 142/5. Samuel Badree did take a hat-trick for Royal Challengers in response, but Mumbai won with seven balls to spare.
RCB vs MI Betting Odds
Royal Challengers Bangalore are favoured by the bookmakers, with Bet365 and Betfair both offering 1.80 on a home win, but Mumbai Indians have a great record in this fixture and could upset the odds.
Having ended their losing streak last time out, Mumbai Indians are 2.05 to win with Betfair and 2.00 with Bet365.
Rohit Sharma was his side's star man last time out and is 4.50 to top score again with Betfair, while Suryakumar Yadav - their top scorer in the competition so far - is also 4.50 with both Betfair and Bet365.
With AB de Villiers missing out last time with a virus, Virat Kohli led the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting and the captain is a generous 3.25 with Bet365 to be the home team's top batsman again.
Bangalore vs Mumbai Prediction
Royal Challengers Bangalore may be favourites, but Mumbai Indians have beaten them once already this season and roared back into form just in time to face them again. Rohit Sharma can lead his side to another victory.
Final Verdict: Back Mumbai Indians to beat Royal Challenges Bangalore at 2.05 with Betfair or 2.00 with Bet365.
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May 01, 2018
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
M Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bengaluru, India
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