Bengaluru Bulls vs Telugu Titans, Pro Kabaddi (PKL), Today Match Prediction

bb vs telt Match Prediction & Analysis

Bengaluru Bulls and Telugu Titans face off in the mini qualifier of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 12 on Sunday, 26th October. The venue for this match is Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in Delhi and the scheduled start time is 9:00 PM IST. 

Two of the most dominating teams cross paths for the first time in the playoff's since season 2. Season 6 champions, Bengaluru Bulls bulldozed their way past their opponents in the backend of the season to advance to the playoff's, while a different looking Telugu Titans with a bit of aggression sneaked into the top four. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Bengaluru Bulls Preview

The Bengaluru Bulls have been top-notch in the last couple of games, scoring 54 points each against the Bengal Warriors and the Gujarat Giants. The Bulls have been relentless on both offense and defense, and they head into this contest on the back of four wins in their last five matches.

The Bulls have a solid and reliable raiding trio led by Alireza Mirzaian, who has scored 180 raid points in 18 matches, averaging 10 raid points per game. He is well supported by Akash Shinde and Ashish Malik. The Bulls averaged 19.78 raid points per game this season, and that rate has gone up in the last two matches where they scored a total of 58 raid points, averaging 29 raid points per game.

Their defense has also been equally lethal, scoring 11.39 tackle points per game. In the last two games, the tackle rate has also gone up, with them making a total of 29 tackle points, averaging 14.5 tackle points per game. Yogesh Dahiya and Deepak Sankar, the two corners, will have to perform well against the smart raiding unit of Bharat and Vijay Malik.

Telugu Titans Preview

The Telugu Titans lost a bit of form in the backend of the league stages, where they won two and lost three of their last five matches, all by close margins. But bygones are bygones, and they have a huge task at hand after making it to the playoffs only for the third time in 12 seasons.

Bharat Hooda is the Titans' go-to match winner in raiding, having scored 172 raid points in 18 matches. He can single-handedly turn the momentum of the game with his raiding, but he has been caught napping on the defensive end. 

Their skipper, Vijay Malik, has also been good throughout, scoring 142 raid points in 18 matches, but he has been out of form in the last three matches. The Titans averaged 20.56 raid points per game in the league stages, the fourth best by a team.

On the defensive end, the Titans have improved their tackle efficiency as the season has progressed. They are expected to continue the same trend, and the Titans are averaging 11 tackle points per game this season. The Titans' corner defenders will be key in this fixture to stop the Bulls' raiding unit.

BB vs TELT
Winning Prediction

The odds are heavily in favour of the Bengaluru Bulls to win this match, while the Telugu Titans enter this contest as the ultimate underdogs. Although the Titans have little playoff experience, given that Bharat Hooda and their coach are known to pull off some miraculous wins in such big games, we are backing the Telugu Titans to pull off a win against the odds.

Telugu Titans to Win!

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