Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades Betting Tips 03/01/2022

January 2, 2022 8:52 pm

Zohaib Ahmed, Senior Author

The 33^rd fixture of the Big Bash League 2021-22 sees Melbourne Stars take on Melbourne Renegades on Jan 3 (Monday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The match is to begin at 1:45 pm IST.

Teams Status

Melbourne Stars

In their last game, Melbourne Stars would have been overmatched against Perth Scorchers even at full strength. The fact then that 10 of their first-choice players and the entire coaching panel were missing in this game due to a Covid outbreak made their job almost impossible.

Batting first, they conceded 180 to the Scorchers. Fan favourite Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf played his first game for the Stars this season and bowled with pace and verve but his 2 for 40 was on the expensive side.

Apart from Afghan leggie Qais Ahmed, few found joy as Perth amassed a big total without even having to work too hard.

The Stars, in reply, had a brilliant start, racing to 78-0 inside 9 overs, with their openers Joe Clark (52) and Thomas Rogers (32) flying. From that point on, they lost their all 10 wickets for an addition of a mere 52 runs. In all, despite the super dramatic collapse, it was a decent effort – all things considered.

Melbourne Renegades

Melbourne Renegades’ last match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain, which netted them 1.5 points.

Considering their poor form, they would probably wish that all their matches get washed out as without the heavens opening up, they would have most likely lost to a powerful Sydney unit. They had lost five straight matches prior to that.

They do have reasons to be optimistic ahead of this Melbourne Derby. While the Stars are severely depleted, there is good news for the Gades, who are getting back veteran batter Shaun Marsh.

James Pattinson is a concern though, with his fate hinging on a clean Covid test. Captain Nic Maddinson is also expected back. Reece Topley is expected to leave by Jan 7 due to international commitments but will be available for this game.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Melbourne Stars	Melbourne Renegades
	1.96	1.78
	1.93	1.88
	2.0	1.81

The Renegades are the favourites in this Big Bash League fixture. Parimatch has the Renegades priced at 1.78 and the Stars at 1.96. Paripesa has the Renegades available for 1.88 and the Stars for 1.93. Lastly, Sportsbet has the Renegades priced at 1.81 and the Stars at 2.0.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Melbourne Renegades to win @ 1.88

One team is depleted, while the other is in horrendous form. It’s basically a choice between a rock and a hard place. That said, the Renegades are getting back a bunch of important players. Therefore, it’s a no-brainer to back them here at near pick’em odds provided by Paripesa.

Tip: Joe Clarke to score more than 20.5 runs @ 1.87

England’s Joe Clark has been in scintillating form for the Stars lately and has scored half-centuries in each of his last three outings. He has quite clearly hit what is proverbially called a purple patch. Thus, backing him to make hay while the sun shines makes a lot of sense to us. The odds have been sourced from Parimatch.

Conclusion

The form is temporary but the loss of players is permanent. The former is for the Renegades and the latter for the Stars. Under these circumstances, the Gades have the edge as well as our blessing.

Zohaib Ahmed

20:52, 2 Jan 2022

Senior Author

Zohaib Ahmed

Senior Author

20:52, 2 Jan 2022

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.