LSG vs DC Match Prediction IPL 2025: Match 40 Preview, Pitch Report and Who will win Today’s Match?

Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Match 40 Preview

LSG vs DC Match Prediction 2025: Both Team’s Recent Form

LSG vs DC Head-to-Head Records in IPL

Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Team Previews

Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants are at 5th position with 5 wins and 3 losses in 8 matches. In the first match of the season Lucknow Super Giants lost to their present opponent, Delhi Capitals by just 1 wickets. After that they took the learnings from the first match to achieve a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, beating them by 5 wickets. However they could only win against SRH and lost the next match to Punjab Kings. 
 

But then Lucknow went on a great winning run. They started this run against Mumbai Indians, defeating them by 12 runs and closed it with a win over Gujarat Titans by 6 wickets. They are coming off a great win against Rajasthan Royals in the last match after losing a match to Chennai Super Kings in between.

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals are at 2nd position with 5 wins and 2 losses from 7 matches. They won the first match in a thrilling style against Lucknow Super Giants and took a long ride of wins after that first match. Delhi continued their winning form with a big 7-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad and a 25-run win against Chennai Super Kings. 

Their winnings streak of four matches came to an end when they lost to Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in the final half of the game. This stoppage in the winning streak pushed Delhi back a bit and they then lost two games out of their last three. Delhi Capitals are coming off a loss in their last match against Gujarat titans. They will be eager to get back on the winning track.

LSG vs DC, BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Pitch Report and Weather Report

The weather in Lucknow will be hot and clear. There is no chance of rain as well giving signs of a full match. There will be temperature ranging between 32 to 38°C and low humidity ranging between 12 to 22%. The pitch has hosted 20 matches, with 11 wins for teams batting second and 9 wins for teams batting first. The average first innings score here is around 169 runs.

LSG vs DC Session Score Based on Scenario

• If Delhi Capitals win the toss and they choose to bowl first which is favourable on this ground, then Lucknow will score 60-70 runs in powerplay and 210-220 in 20 overs. In this case the par score of 200 will give advantage to Lucknow Super Giants to win the match.
   

• But if Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and choose to bowl first, Delhi Capitals might score around 45–55 runs in the powerplay and reach a total of 190–200 runs. This score was not a hard total against Lucknow Super Giants’ power hitters to chase.

So, in both situations, the Lucknow Super Giants is predicted to win the match.

LSG vs DC Match Prediction Today Match Predicted Playing11

Lucknow Super Giants Predicted Playing XI

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan

Impact Players: Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh
 

Injury Update: None
 

Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI

Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Players: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Darshan Nalkande, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, Dushmantha Chameera
 

Injury Updates: None

LSG vs DC Match Prediction Key Performers

Top Batter: KL Rahul

KL Rahul has been a reliable player for Delhi Capitals this season and has shown good intent in this batting approach. He is playing impactful innings so far this season. KL Rahul has not scored a single digit score in his last ten innings, including sis in this IPL. His lowest score is 15 runs in his last 10 innings. His unbeaten 93 against RCB was one of the best knocks of the tournament and he followed that up with a 77 against CSK. Rahul is the backbone of DC’s batting and the best batter to watch out in this game.

Top Bowler: Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav has been in top form for DC this season. He is delivering more than good for his team. He remains economical with his variations. Kuldeep has also supported his team in the batting department. He has picked up at least one wicket in every match recently. Kuldeep Yadav’s best of 3/22 came against SRH. While his second best was against RCB, picking up two for just 17 runs. Kuldeep did well in the first match against LSG this season picking up 2 wickets with conceding just 20 runs in a match where both teams scored 200+ runs.

LSG vs DC Today Match Prediction

This will be a tough game between two of the top sides in the league. Delhi are standing at the second spot in the points table and Lucknow are at the fifth spot with five wins in eight games. Lucknow Super Giants are in a better current form than Delhi Capitals and playing at home will give them more confidence to defeat Delhi Capitals. With keeping all things and stats in mind, Lucknow Super Giants are expected to win this match against Delhi Capitals.

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