Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Kings Betting Tips 09/09/2021

15:07, 8 Sep 2021

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15:07, 8 Sep 2021

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The 22nd fixture of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 sees Guyana Amazon Warriors take on St Lucia Kings at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts on September 9 (Thursday). The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30 am IST.

Teams Status

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Fouth-placed Guyana face third-place St Lucia in this battle of mid-table sides. While there is little gap between the two, Guyana would want this victory more as they have played a match more (7) and after this one, they’d have just two more left in the round-robin stage. Thus, any more slips could prove to be fatal.

Guyana’s problem over their last five matches has been consistency. They’ve been alternating victories and defeats, never stringing together a run of decent results, which is why they find themselves in this position where they are neither bad, nor good but solidly average.

In their last game, they got bundled out for 140 in pursuit of a steep 186-run target, which is understandable. But what wasn’t understandable was their meek 98-run output a match ago against St Lucia when chasing just 150.

Around those defeats, they won some but as explained, the consistency in effort is just not there.

The main disappointment in batting have been the form of their uber experienced Pakistani veterans Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik – the former of whom has found runs but at a snail’s pace while the latter hasn’t even found his footing, let alone any runs.

St Lucia Kings

If St Lucia win this game and things go their way in the other CPL fixture tonight, they could be the new league leaders tomorrow.

Last year’s losing finalists started this year’s campaign by losing two of their opening three matches but have since put together a run of three straight wins.

Both their bowlers and batters have clicked during this sequence. Roston Chase, in particular, has been incredible over these three games, contributing scores of 85, 64* and 51*.

Faf du Plessis has also found runs, while bowling has been a team effort, although Jeavor Royal has played a prominent role.

In all, things are looking up for the Kings, who can dream of their maiden CPL title, if their form continues to hold up.

What do the Sportsbook Say

Brand	Guyana Amazon Warriors	St Lucia Kings
	1.868	1.82
	1.868	1.82
	1.84	2.02

This is almost a pick’em. Both 22Bet and MelBet have Guyana priced at 1.868 and St Lucia at 1.82. Meanwhile, Dafabet has Guyana available for 1.84 and St Lucia for 2.02.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: St Lucia to win @ 2.02

This is a no-brainer for us. For some odd reason, the better team in our estimation is available at underdog odds. We do not even need to explain why this is a value bet. The bet says that itself. We recommend backing St Lucia at odds of 2.02 with Dafabet.

Tip: Roston Chase Total Runs Over (20.5) @ 1.832

We’re not asking for the world here. We only want the supremely in-form Roston Chase to do a fraction of the demolition job he’s done on his three previous outings. The spread for Chase is of 20.5 runs and we believe he’d hit it. The play can be found on 22Bet.

Conclusion

An inconsistent team versus a team that is streaking on wins. On the basis of their recent records, there is no reason for St Lucia to not come out on top here.