BBL 23-24 Prediction: Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat12/21

Melbourne Renegades will face Brisbane Heat in a thrilling clash on December 21, 2023, at the Marvel Stadium. The Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat match is scheduled to start at 9:15 PM local time.

Heat is currently at the top of BBL points table 20203-24 winning 2 out 3 matches while Renegades is struggling to find some rhythm to get their first win in the ongoing KFC Big Bash League.

This blog will discuss the previous head-to-head record of Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat, statistical analysis of both teams via their performance in recent matches, team preparation for the upcoming season, and our Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat Prediction regarding the winner of this match.

Head to Head Comparison of Renegades vs Heat

Here is an overall past Head-to-head record of the Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat teams. Let us review the different stats that make the upcoming BBL game between these two teams interesting.

Melbourne Renegades	Team	Brisbane Heat
20	Matches	20
13	Win	7
210	Highest score	198
81	Lowest Score	80
Aaron Finch (515)	Most Runs	Chris Lynn (381)
Kane Richardson (8)	Most Wickets	Mark Steketee (12)

Now, we will go through the scorecards and statistics of the previous five encounters between these two teams.

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Winner
Jan 29, 2023	Melbourne Renegades 5/162 (20)	Brisbane Heat 3/164 (18.5)	Marvel Stadium Melbourne, Australia	Brisbane Heat
Dec 21, 2022	Melbourne Renegades 6/139 (19.2)	Brisbane Heat 8/137 (20)	Simonds Stadium Geelong, Australia	Melbourne Renegades
Dec 15, 2022	Brisbane Heat 6/144 (20)	Melbourne Renegades 7/166 (20)	Cazaly's Stadium Cairns, Australia	Melbourne Renegades
6 Jan, 2022	Melbourne Renegades 5/129 (15)	Brisbane Heat 6/128 (20)	Simonds Stadium Geelong, Australia	Melbourne Renegades
13 Dec, 2021	Brisbane Heat 5/141 (16.5)	Melbourne Renegades 6/140 (20)	Carrara Oval Carrara, Australia	Brisbane Heat

This is getting trickier as the Melbourne Renegades have dominated the overall head-to-head record with Brisbane Heat. However, in the last 5 matches between these two sides, Brisbane Heat have won as many as 3 matches out of 5 while Renegades have won 2. Furthermore, the recent performance of the Heat is absolutely amazing as they were last year's runners-up and unbeaten this year's BBL season so far.

While Melbourne Renegades haven't been up to the mark for 3 seasons and looking to get better with each match. So, our Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat prediction will be on the side of the Heat winning this match.

Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat Previous Performances

Here are detailed statistics of both teams in their last 5 matches that relate to their recent performance.

Melbourne Renegades's Last 5 Matches

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Winner
10 Dec, 2023	Melbourne Renegades	Perth Scorchers 2/30 (6.5)	Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia	Match Abonded due to damp pitch
8 Dec, 2023	Melbourne Renegades 7/167 (20)	Sydney Sixers 6/175 (20)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	Sydney Sixers
29 Jan, 2023	Melbourne Renegades 5/162 (20)	Brisbane Heat 3/164 (18.5)	Marvel Stadium Melbourne, Australia	Brisbane Heat
24 Jan, 2023	Melbourne Renegades 4/143 (18.2)	Adelaide Strikers 7/142 (20)	Marvel Stadium Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Renegades
22 Jan, 2023	Perth Scorchers 5/212 (20)	Melbourne Renegades 5/202 (20)	Perth Stadium Perth, Australia	Perth Scorchers

Brisbane Heat’s Last 5 Matches

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Winner
12 Dec, 2023	Brisbane Heat 7/151 (20)	Sydney Thunder 10/131 (19)	Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia	Brisbane Heat
9 Dec, 2023	Adelaide Strikers	Brisbane Heat	Adelaide Oval Adelaide, Australia	Match Abandoned
7 Dec, 2023	Brisbane Heat 3/214 (20)	Melbourne Stars 111 (15.1)	The Gabba Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Heat
4 Jan, 2023	Perth Scorchers 5/178 (19.2)	Brisbane Heat 7/175 (20)	Perth Stadium, Perth, Australia	Perth Scorchers
2 Jan, 2023	Sydney Sixers 9/116 (20)	Brisbane Heat 6/117 (18.2)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	Brisbane Heat

Teams Analysis Before the Match

Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat before match.

Melbourne Renegades

However, they started the season with a loss against Sydney Sixers where they nearly chased the target of 175 but fell short by just 8 runs.

Will Sutherland unleashed his all-round abilities hitting 51* and picking up 2 crucial wickets. But his performance couldn't win the match for his team. Fraser-McGurko played a good innings. However, Quinton De Cock could not manage to score.

Overall, the team has a great team combination with one of the best bowling attacks of this year's KFC Big Bash League. The team's batting lineup needs to show some responsibility and play with an aggressive approach to become a force in the ongoing BBL season. However, with such a performance, our Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat prediction is definitely with Heat winning this clash comfortably.

Brisbane Heat

Brisbane Heat is unstoppable this season winning 2 matches out of 3 where the rain washed out 1 match. The team is currently sitting at the top of the BBL points table with 5 points. They had amazing outings winning the first match against Stars by a margin of 103 and the second match was abandoned.

In their last match against Sydney Thunder, Heat won the match comfortably with 20 runs. Colin Munro who is the leading run-scorer of BBL sedans 2023-24 again showed his class smacking 46 runs in just 33 balls and other batters showed some support to take the team to a respectable total. Later the bowlers were on fire with Xavier Bartlett picking up 4 wickets and Kuhnemann getting 2 wickets to restrict Thunder to 131.

Brisbane Heat is on a roll and a tough challenge for any team in this year's KFC Big Bash League 2023-24.

Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat prediction of the Upcoming Match:

Going through the recent Performances of both teams in their recent matches and their recent head-to-head record, Brisbane Heat is definitely the favorite to win the match in our Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat prediction.

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