LAKR vs WF Match Prediction : MLC 2025, 17th Match – Who Will Win Today’s Match Between LAKR vs WF?

Washington Freedom will look to continue with its winning run as it faces Los Angeles Knight Riders for the second time in the ongoing Major League Cricket. The two teams will face off at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday.

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Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom Head-to-Head Record

The two teams have faced each other in 3 matches, with Washington winning each of them.

Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom Live-streaming and Broadcast

The match can be watched live on the Willow TV network (USA), JioCinema (India), and Sky Sports (UK). Live scores, ball-by-ball commentary, and betting odds are available on ocbscores.com.

LAKR vs WF Team Previews

Los Angeles Knight Riders

Los Angeles has lost 4 of its 5 matches and is currently placed in the fifth spot on the points table. It also has the worst NRR among all teams. With half of their scheduled matches already done, they will have to turn things around quickly.

Barring Unmukt Chand, the batting from the Los Angeles Knight Riders has been pretty abysmal. Chand is the leading run-scorer for the Knight Riders and has scored 191 runs, including two half-centuries. However, he has received very little support from his opening partner, Alex Hales.

The middle order has struggled as well. Despite having some quality all-rounders like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sherfane Rutherford, and Jason Holder, they haven’t been able to perform well.

The seamers have performed slightly better with Andre Russell and Shadley van Schalkwyk picking up 8 wickets each. The spinners on the other hand have struggled, with Narine managing to pick only 1 wicket.

Los Angeles Knight Riders Expected Playing 11

Unmukt Chand (WK), Alex Hales, Nitish Kumar, Saif Badar, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Jason Holder (C), Sunil Narine, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan

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Washington Freedom

Washington has been in excellent form over the last week and is on a 4-match winning streak. Their latest win came against the Texas Super Kings on Sunday.

Mitchell Owen has been a brilliant find for Washington. He is the team’s leading run-scorer as well as the leading wicket-taker. In addition to Owen, Washington has the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Andries Gous, Rachin Ravindra, and Glenn Maxwell, all of whom are capable of playing the big shots.

Gous seemed to be in particularly good form during the previous game as he scored 80 from just 45 balls. The two all-rounders, Jack Edwards and Ian Holland also add depth to the batting. They will join Owen in the pace department. However, the spin department does seem a bit understaffed.

Washington Freedom Expected Playing 11

Mitchell Owen, Rachin Ravindra, Andris Gous (WK), Jack Edwards, Glenn Maxwell (C), Glenn Phillips, Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Matthew Forde, Ian Holland, Saurabh Netravalkar

LAKR vs WF Toss Prediction

6 of the last 10 matches played here have been won while chasing. In each of those matches, the captain winning the toss opted to field first and we expect that trend to continue.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

The pitch here has been good to bat on throughout the season. The average first-inning score here is around 200 and that can be considered a par score. In the last couple of games, the surface does seem to slow down a bit and the spinners have got some purchase as well. Nevertheless, the batsmen will have a good time here.

The weather here is expected to remain warm and there may be some drizzling seen during the course of the game.

LAKR vs WF: Who Will Win?

We are backing Washington Freedom to win this match. They have been clinical in their performance over the last few days and have done well in all departments. The team also has some of the best-performing all-rounders in the league, giving them an edge.

Bet on Washington Freedom to win this match.

LAKR vs WF win percentage stands at 56% in favor of WF.

Todays Match Prediction: Washington Freedom to Win.