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This selection has landed in each of the last six head to head meetings between the sides, including each of the two clashes last year which OB won 2-1 and 3-1.

The sides only finished six points apart in the Superligaen last season, so should be evenly matched coming into the first game of this new campaign. 

Viborg saw 42 goals across their 11 home games last season (3.81 per game), only two sides conceded more goals at home than Viborg in the Superligaen last season (19), one of those sides being OB.

OB only managed to win three of their 11 away games last term with these games producing 38 goals (3.45 per game). 

Only four sides conceded more goals on the road than OB in the Superligaen last term, and they also saw BTTS & Over 2.5 goals in their final friendly game before the season against Midtyjjland. 

Both of these players will bat in the top three for Trent Rockets, and have a chance to start the competition with a bang against a weak-looking Birmingham Phoenix side.

Rockets are as short as 1.57 to win with some bookies, after Phoenix captain and crucial player, Jacob Bethell, was ruled out of the tournament through injury.

At the time of writing, his likely replacement in the squad, Joe Weatherley, comes in off the back of an excellent T20 Blast Finals day, but is not near the same level of player.

Phoenix already looked a fairly flawed side, apart from their overseas bowling, but are now significantly weakened further and Rockets should take advantage.

Duckett had a poor Hundred in 2025 and Banton has a point to prove after a low-scoring run for England has jeopardised his position in the T20 side. Both may start carefully, and cover this line, in looking to get their eye in before looking for big runs, in what could be a one-sided affair in their favour.

There's a world where Matt Henry rips through the Birmingham Phoenix top order.

The Kiwi has done it all over the world with the new ball, and the Phoenix batting line-up is filled with players who want to secure more franchise gigs.

Strike rate is a very important metric for securing those, many of them may care more about how quickly they score runs rather than how many runs they score, which, of course, creates chances to get them out.

There's been something in the surface for the bowlers so far this tournament, with lower-scoring matches than many were expecting and Henry is the high class bowler on the display in this match.

Ross Smith was given a free pass to the quarter-finals of the World Matchplay after Cameron Menzies had to withdraw from their Round of 16 clash due to illness.

Smith had already hit 3+ 180s in three legs of that game and is one of the most consistent maximum hitters in the sport at the moment.

Smith hit 7+ 180s in 16 legs of darts against Kevin Doets in the opening round and should be able to cover the slightly higher line here given that this is now a longer format game.

James Wade saw off Ryan Searle with relative ease in the last round.

He stayed ahead of Heavy Metal for the majority of the contest and eventually managed to pull away to come out an 11-8 winner with a 99.85 average.

It was a typical James Wade performance with the Machine also coming out with 50% on his doubles.

This format clearly suits Wade; he reached the final of the World Matchplay last year and can make any game a real scrap.

He’ll be optimistic of his chances of keeping within touching distance of Gian van Veen, who has had to scrap to get to this point so far, seeing off Wessel Nijman in the last round.

These two actually met at this exact stage of the World Matchplay last year, with Wade coming away as a 16-13 winner on that occasion.

Harry Brook was livid after holing out for 8 in the tournament opener at MI London. With no other franchise cricket gigs, the England white-ball captain may be more careful in ensuring he knuckles down and contributes in Sunrisers Leeds' second game.

He'll most likely come in at no. 3, after the Mitch Marsh-Ryan Rickelton opening partnership, which could see him avoid facing Jofra Archer early on.

This is a really low runs line for a batter of Brook's ability, he's the highest-paid player at the tournament as well. Southern Brave looked weak with the ball in their opening round defeat to Welsh Fire.

Brydon Carse looked like a caged lion released in Sunrisers' first game, having missed out on the IPL and the New Zealand test series due to injury, and he's a genuine wicket-taker.

Carse goes for runs but has the knack for picking up wickets, he'll likely get a chance to attack a vulnerable Southern Brave top order and produced standout figures of 2-18 from his 20 balls against Hundred favourites MI London in the tournament opener.

Nashville have been the best side in the MLS so far this season, losing just one of their 16 matches. 

We backed them to win in our last MLS acca and they edged out a 1-0 victory over Montreal, in what was a pretty dominant performance overall when looking at the underlying numbers - notably winning the xG battle (1.89-0.76). 

Only Inter Miami (22) have picked up more points than Nashville (14) on the road in the Eastern Conference this season with Nashville only conceding two goals across these matches which is the best defensive record of any away side in the division. 

These sides faced off back in March in a contest which produced six goals as the game ended 3-3.

Both sides registered an xG in excess of 2.0 on that occasion (2.71-2.04) and not much has changed from the approach of both sides since that encounter.

San Diego have seen 3+ goals in seven of their last 10 matches and have scored 23 goals across their nine home matches in the MLS (2.55 per game) with these matches seeing 38 goals overall (4.22 per game). 

Dallas have seen 3+ goals in each of their last five matches and are in better form coming into this one than their opponents. 

Only San Jose (19) have picked up more points than Dallas (13) on the road in the Western Conference this season with these games seeing 3.14 goals per game. 

Each of the last two head to head meetings between these sides, both taking place last year, produced 3+ goals with Cincinnati coming away 2-1 winners in the most recent clash.

Cincinnati’s games have been mental recently, each of their last six matches has produced 3+ goals with all of these fixtures seeing at least four goals.

Cincinnati have only managed to win one of their eight away matches in the MLS this season, with these games producing a crazy 39 goals (4.8 per game). 

Columbus have won three of their eight home games so far this term with these matches producing 18 goals (2.25 per game).

St Louis are enjoying a strong season after underwhelming last year. 

They’ve avoided defeat across their last seven matches but have seen BTTS in five of these games. 

St Louis were fortunate to keep a clean sheet when these sides last met with Colorado racking up an xG of 1.33 from 10 shots and dropping down to 10 men halfway through the contest. 

Colorado have scored 10 goals across their nine away games in the MLS this term while St Louis have shipped nine goals across their seven home games. 

7.50 looks generous for this bet and is the best price on the market.

The same bet is 5.50 on bet365. Rickelton looked a class above in a 40-run opening stand with Mitch Marsh against MI London, before uncharacteristically missing a straight one from Sam Curran and departing for 25 off 16 balls.

The South Africa international hit three sixes in that knock and should relish the chance to introduce himself to the Headingley faithful.

His countryman, Tristan Stubbs, is the same price in this market, yet he'll come in during the middle overs for the Brave, where Rickelton will open with a chance to get his eye in and go big.

Understandably Harry Brook is the favourite in this market, with Marsh second having struck 41 in the opener, but there was no question that Rickelton looked the class act of the two in their 40-run partnership.

7.50 is eye-catching on a player who should be at the top end of the run-scoring charts come the end of the competition.

This is another very important clash at the bottom of the Irish Premier Division as bottom placed Sligo Rovers take on a Drogheda side who could move eight points clear of their relegation rivals with a win here.

Sligo Rovers have seen 2+ goals in each of their last nine matches across all competitions, notably conceding 2+ goals themselves in seven of these matches - suggesting that Drogheda may be able to cover this line on their own.

Sligo have the worst home record of any side in the Irish top flight, winning just three of their 12 matches with these games producing 2.66 goals per game.

This is an important game at the bottom of the Irish Premier Division with Waterford currently sitting four points from safety, and six points behind their opponents here.

There’s still plenty of time for Waterford to climb out of the drop zone but they’ll be eager to avoid being cut off from the other candidates for the drop.

Galway United have seen 3+ goals in each of their last five matches across all competitions, most recently running out 4-0 winners in the FAI Cup following an important 3-2 win over Sligo Rovers - who sit bottom of the table.

Waterford have the joint worst away record of any side in the Irish top flight, winning just two of their 12 games on the road. 

These games have produced 50 goals (4.16 per game) and Waterford have also conceded more goals than any other side on the road this term (32).

This bet won in Welsh Fire's opener.

Salt is the elite short-form batter in this match, he's in-demand all over the world.

He's won three consecutive IPLs, he's the all-time leading run-scorer in the Hundred.

This is the best price on the market, it's 6.0 on bet365.

MI London looked a strong collective, but were without excellent individual contributions until the back end of both innings in their opening round win over Sunrisers Leeds. Therefore, I'm more confident backing Welsh Fire's two best players to contribute in this one.

Salt has seen recent success for England and now the Fire by giving himself a bit of time at the start of his innings, rather than playing high risk strokes early on. That suits this bet, as does his responsibility in an underwhelming batting line-up for 100-ball cricket.

His 47 was the highest score in the match as the Fire beat Southern Brave in their first game, making this 10+ runs line look very achievable.

6ft 8in left armer, Marco Jansen, showed his class against Southern Brave, dismissing the Brave's no. 2 and 3, to post figures of 2-17 from his 20 balls. He created immense pressure with 10 dots in that spell, and though he wasn't called upon in the death overs in that encounter, he could well be if this one goes close.

He should get a crack at an MI London top order that looked way off it in their opener, with their top three scoring 2, 17 and 0.

Admittedly, the main event is a mismatch.

Prenga is nowhere near world level, and one glance at his highlights will tell you that. Although what he does bring is the unknown, and with a lucrative affair against Fury on the line, it would be foolish of ‘AJ’ to disregard and overlook Prenga by attempting to blast him away inside of a round.

Adding to that, this is Joshua’s second bout since a devastating September 2024 defeat to Daniel Dubois - the other being a gimmick fight with Jake Paul - and also his second under the tutelage of new trainer, Iegor Golub, of Team Usyk.

Therefore, expect Joshua to take a look at Prenga and what he brings to the table, whilst the two-time heavyweight world champion banks a few rounds and then dispatches of the underdog, who offers a similar level of threat to Paul, at a time of his choosing.

That being said, anything beyond the sixth round will be a bad look for ‘AJ’ ahead of a career-defining clash with Fury, so I believe that rounds 4 and 5 should be the sweet spot for a solid performance that builds hype for the Fury showdown and simultaneously shakes off some ring rust.