Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers: prediction for the MLB
2022-05-20 00:10
Major League Baseball
2022-05-20 00:10:01
Major League Baseball
Rangers can't win 10 games in a row in Houston. However, the visiting team does not look so bad on the road, having 7 wins and 7 losses. Finally, the Rangers have issued a bottom for the total in 6/7 away matches. Houston is traditionally strong at home. The local Astronauts approach the state derby with an 8-match streak of victories at home.
Houston Astros
Rajasthan Royals will be delighted to have SHimron Hetmyer back in the squad and he could immediately return to the line-up in place of Jimmy Neesham. Hetmyer was the top death overs batsman in IPL 2022 with 230 runs in the last five overs and a batting average of 201. His presence will only add to a batting lineup that fires on all cylinders. Jos Buttler is having the second best IPL batting season ever, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal have improved their games remarkably and Sanju Samson is also in good form. No team has hit more sixes than RR (112 so far) and Sanju Samson’s use of intelligent T20 tactics also deserves a mention. The bowling attack looks very even with Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, R. Ashwin and Prasidha Krishna. The fifth bowler could be Obed McCoy, another excellent T20 bowler who becomes more effective in slow conditions.
Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers, on the other hand, have improved a lot in previous matches, got four victories in a row and already broke into the eighth line in the table. Wards of Chris Woodward defeated the Boston Red Sox (7:1) in the final game of the series and then beat the Los Angeles Angels dry (7:4, 10:5 and 6:5), depriving them of the third position in the American League . In the debut match of the Texas derby, Glenn Otto (1:1), who has not the best statistics of the season, will act as a pitcher for the Rangers.
Prediction
Opponents are in different conditions ahead of the Texas Derby and this may prevent the more famous Astros from succeeding. The "Rangers" have greatly improved the quality of the game and clearly do not intend to give the victory to the enemy so easily. However, the Houstonians will have the support of their own stands and excellent head-to-head statistics on the side of the Houstonians and a series of eight victories on home soil speaks in favor of the hosts. In ten previous matches in Houston, the guests have never been able to win and there is reason to believe that this fight will end the same way. Most likely, the hosts will easily win. Prediction is for a handicap (-1.5) for the Houston Astros. For such an outcome BC 1xBet offers a coefficient of 2.02. Place a bet on the line of 1xBet with odds of 2.02. Promo code for registration - ODDS2WIN.
