MATCH PREDICTION: Delhi likely to continue struggling over the strong Chennai Smashers squad

CHENNAI SMASHERS take on Delhi Acers in Bengaluru tonight. The Smashers are placed fourth in the points table with 8 points and will look to get the best of a struggling Acers.

Delhi are placed at the bottom of the table and are out of the title race. This tie, they would play for pride as they are yet win in the league this season.

The Trump match still continues to be there. Each team strategically selects one of the 5 matches that they play in a Tie as their Trump match. In a Trump match, a victory gives the team a bonus point and a loss gives it a negative point.

The difference is in the point system, from 15 points it is now 11 points game which will make it tricky and challenging for the teams.

TFG analyses and predicts the winner of the match based on a possible line-up of players, as the teams have to announce their team and Trump match only an hour before the game.

DELHI ACERS vs CHENNAI SMASHERS

The following shuttlers are likely to play against each other in their respective categories; men's singles: Jan O Jorgensen (Delhi) vs Tommy Sugiarto (Chennai); women's singles: Jindapol (Delhi) vs PV Sindhu (Chennai); men's doubles: Vladimir Ivanov/Akshay Dewalkar (Delhi) vs Mads Kolding/Sumeeth Reddy (Chennai); mixed doubles: Ivanov/Jwala Gutta (Delhi) vs Chris/Gabrielle Adcock (Chennai); men's singles: Son Wan Ho (Delhi) vs Parupalli Kashyap (Chennai).

It remains to be seen which matches each team will nominate as their Trump match.

Acers likely to continue their struggle over the stronger Smashers.