Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Predictions - Heat backed for victory over Melbourne Stars
- Brisbane Heat are the defending BBL champions.
- Melbourne Stars lost their opener and failed to make playoffs recently.
- Key players missing due to international duty; watch out for Stoinis and Munro.
Colin Munro backed to continue his form from last season (Getty Images)
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Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Preview
The Brisbane Heat are the defending champions, so will be looking to make a strong start. The Stars lost their opener and could go zero from two here.
- Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Preview
- Head to Head
- Melbourne Stars Form
- Melbourne Stars Injuries & Team News
- Brisbane Heat Form
- Brisbane Heat Injuries & Team News
- Melbourne Stars lost their last match.
- Melbourne Stars’ Marcus Stoinis scored 36 runs in his last match.
- Brisbane Heat have won their last 3 matches against the Melbourne Stars.
- Brisbane Heat are the defending BBL champions.
- Brisbane Heat’s Colin Munro averaged 37.33 last season.
Head to Head
The Brisbane Heat have won their last three matches against the Melbourne Stars including a double on the Stars last season.
Melbourne Stars Form
The Melbourne Stars have endured a torrid last few seasons, failing to make the playoffs in any of the last four editions of the BBL. They have finished 7th, 6th, 9th and 6th in the last four seasons.
Despite often having a star-studded side, the Stars have far too regularly failed to perform consistently. This season didn’t start off too well either, losing their opener to Perth Scorchers.
Batting first, Marcus Stoinis and Tom Curran top scored with 37 runs in a 146-run total. The Scorchers had little trouble reaching that, winning with 17 balls to spare.
Melbourne Stars Injuries & Team News
The Melbourne Stars are without some top players who are currently playing Test cricket. However, they still have the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Peter Siddle and Glenn Maxwell to count on.
Brisbane Heat Form
The Brisbane Heat will be full of confidence this season after a magnificent BBL victory in the 2023/24 campaign. They were the best side in the competition and deservedly claimed their second BBL title.
The question is now whether they can back it up by defending that title? After ending as runners-up in the 2022/23 season, they went one better last time and will want to maintain that winning momentum in their opener.
Brisbane Heat Injuries & Team News
The Heat, like most others, are missing key players to international cricket. Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja will only be back later in January.
However, the likes of Colin Munro, Max Bryant, Matt Renshaw and Matthew Kuhnemann still have plenty of quality within them.
Verdict
I am backing a Heat win with Marcus Stoinis and Colin Munro tipped to top score for their respective teams.
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