With three games already played, Brisbane Heat find themselves languishing at the foot of the log, with only one point to their name. Embarrassingly, this side is yet to secure a single victory in the Big Bash League this season. They must get their act together soon enough to stand a good chance of advancing to the competitions next round. Losing by a measly two wickets to Adelaide Strikers on the last matchday, you bet Brisbane Heat would have been kicking themselves for the narrow defeat. Chasing down 151 runs in that game, BH came ever so close to surpassing the opposition but fell short in the end. The cream of the crop for the Heat on the day, Jimmy Pierson scored a magnificent 69 off 36 balls. The new skipper could be a real thorn in the flesh for HH in this upcoming tie.
Crystal Palace is approaching the next game amid a deafening defeat from Liverpool with a score of 0:7. After conceding 7 goals the Eagles immediately became one of the most skipping clubs in the Premier League. In total, they have conceded 25 goals in 14 rounds (with 19 goals scored). By the way, in their entire history Londoners have conceded only 2 times 7 goals and both times from the same opponent, namely from Liverpool. In the standings Roy Hodgson’s wards are in 13th place. As before they have 18 points. The gap from the relegation zone is 8 points. 10 out of 18 points Crystal Palace earned away. To date, the team has an unbeaten streak of 2 in a row on the road, having a draw with West Ham (1:1) and a victory over West Bromwich (1:5). In total in 7 away games the glaziers have 3 wins with 3 losses and one draw. Until now Mamadou Sako cannot enter the field (muscle injury).
