U Mumba will take the mat against the three-time champions Patna Pirates in the 122nd match of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League 2024 at the Badminton Hall in Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune on Thursday.
When these two teams met earlier in the season, U Mumba registered a 42-40 win against Patna Pirates. We look at the current form, head-to-head, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Patna Pirates: Current position in PKL standings: 2nd, Matches played: 20, Won: 12, Lost: 6, Tied: 1, Points: 73
Current form of Patna Pirates: W W W W L
Patna Pirates have already qualified for the playoffs and they will look to keep their winning impetus after winning their previous four games. They registered a 41-37 win against Telugu Titans with Devank scoring 14 points whereas Deepak and Ankit contributed with six points each.
U Mumba: Current position in PKL standings: 6th, Matches played: 19, Won: 10 Lost: 7, Tied: 2, Points: 61
Current form of U Mumba: L W L T W
U Mumba have managed two wins, as many losses and one tie in their last five games. They suffered a 27-30 loss against UP Yoddhas in their previous match and they need to be at their best to qualify for the playoffs at this crucial stage of the league phase.
Head to Head: Matches: 21, Won by Patna Pirates: 8, Won by U Mumba: 12, Tied: 1.
Match Prediction: Patna Pirates will enter the contest as favorites against U Mumba.
Patna Pirates Full Squad: Ankit, Sandeep Kumar, Ayan, Deepak, Sahil Patil, Navdeep, Abinand Subhash, Kunal Mehta, Sudhakar M, Manish, Shubham Shinde, Gurdeep, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Babu Murugasan, Deepak Rajender Singh, Meetu, Devank, Prashant Kumar Rathi, Sagar, Aman, Pravinder, Jang Kun Lee (F), Hamid Mirzaei Nader (F)
U Mumba Full Squad: Rinku, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (F), Ajit Chouhan, Lokesh Ghosliya, Deepak Kundu, Sunny, Bittu, Gokulakannan M., Mukilan Shanmugam, Sombir, Shivam, Sunil Kumar, Manjeet, Parvesh Bhainswal, Satish Kannan, Vishal Choudhary, Stuwart Singh, Shubham Kumar, Aashish Kumar, M. Dhanasekar, Amin Ghorbani (F)
