Bengaluru Bulls vs U.P. Yoddha, Pro Kabaddi (PKL), Today Match Prediction

bb vs upy Match Prediction & Analysis

Bengaluru Bulls battle out against the UP Yoddhas in the 131st match of Pro Kabaddi Season 11 on Tuesday, 24th December 2024. The match at Bton Hall in Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune. The Bulls who are out of the playoff race look to end their campaign on a positive note, while the Yoddhas look to finish at 3rd place and enter the playoff's with momentum on their side. 

Bengaluru Bulls in their last match suffered a 42-32, 10 point loss against the Tamil Thalaivas, on the other hand, UP Yoddhas are coming on the back of a 23-59, 26 point victory over the Gujarat Giants in their last outing. The Bulls are at the bottom of the points table with 19 points in 21 matches (2 wins, 18 losses & 1 tie), meanwhile UP Yoddhas stand at 4th place with 74 points in 21 matches (12 wins, 6 losses & 3 ties). 

Head to Head Record - Bengaluru Bulls and UP Yoddhas have faced each other in 16 PKL matches, with the Bulls winning 9 and the UP Yoddhas winning 7. UP Yoddhas have won three of their last five head-to-head matches against the Bengaluru Bulls. The average total match points per game in the last two seasons between the Bulls and Yoddhas is 77.6. The last time these two teams clashed earlier in the season, the UP Yoddhas defeated the Bulls 57-36.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Bengaluru Bulls Preview

Bengaluru Bulls' poor run of form continues as they have now lost 12 of their last 13 games, with their recent one being a 42-32, 10-point loss against the Tamil Thalaivas. The game was neck and neck in the first half where the Bulls were just trailing by one point at the end of the first 20 minutes with the scoreline being 14-13. But in the second half, they couldn't show the same fighting spirit as the Bulls conceded two all-outs and allowed the Thalaivas to run away with the game, where they scored 28 points.

Sushil with 15 raid points (13 touch & 2 bonus) was the top scorer of the game for the Bulls, Pardeep Narwal scored 4 raid points. On the defensive end, Nitin Rawal was once again the star of the Bulls defense where he scored 5 tackle points, which is also his 5th High 5 of the season.

The Bulls will be out for one last time this season, a season they will like to forget for the way they have been undone by their own raiders and defense throughout the season, but they will look to come out charging and finish their campaign with a win against an in-form UP Yoddhas side.

This season, the Bulls have averaged 30 points per game and conceded 40.14 points per game. Their raiding unit averages 17.05 raid points per game, and their defense averages 10.52 tackle points per game led by Nitin Rawal with 74 tackle points. Pardeep Narwal with 105 raid points has been their top raider this season. 

Bengaluru Bulls Probable Starting 7 - Pardeep Narwal, Sushil, Jai Bhawan, Sunny Sherawat, Parteek, Saurabh Nandal, Nitin Rawal

U.P. Yoddha Preview

UP Yoddhas enter this contest on the back of an eight-match unbeaten run where they have won six and tied two. Currently, they are on a three-match winning streak, out of which their latest win was against the Gujarat Giants, a game where the Yoddhas absolutely dominated the Giants in facets of the game, outscoring them by 36 points and finishing the game with a scoreline of 23-59.

Once again, as they have done in most of the games, the Yoddhas played a fast-paced game where they scored 29 points in the first half and 30 points in the second half—a consistent attack throughout the game. Gagan Gowda scored his season-high 19 points (14 touch & 5 bonus) in this game, Bhavani Rajput scored 10 raid points and also picked up one tackle point. On the defensive end, Sumit Sangwan (5 points), Mahender Singh (4 points), Ashu Singh (4 points), and Hitesh (3 points) all stepped up, combining for a total of 17 tackle points between four of them.

The Yoddhas will look to once again salvage the out-of-form Bulls and end their league stages in a dominating fashion like the way they have done in the last two matches. If the Yoddhas raiders can get going, then there is no stopping the Yoddhas from ing another win.

The Yoddhas are averaging 35.43 points per game and conceding 31.47 points. Their raiding unit, the fourth-best in the league, averages 20.29 raid points per game, while their defense averages 10.86 tackle points per game. Bhavani Rajput with 135, Gagan Gowda with 130 raid points, Sumit Sangwan with 65 tackle points are the top performer's for the Yoddhas in the season. 

UP Yoddhas Probable Starting 7 - Gagan Gowda, Bharat Hooda, Bhavani Rajput, Sumit Sangwan, Hitesh, Ashu Singh, Mahender Singh