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London Spirit vs Welsh Fire — The Hundred 2026 Prediction
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Chasing costs more at Lord's than at Sophia Gardens — 21.9 runs against 2.0
Across the T20 cricket we hold ball-by-ball data for at these two grounds, sides batting first at
Lord's average 157.6 and sides chasing average
135.7 — a 21.9-run gap, one of the hardest grounds on this list to chase at. At
Sophia Gardens the same gap is 2.0 runs
(144.3 batting first, 142.3 chasing), one of the few grounds where chasing costs a side almost nothing.
Lord's scores at 7.361 an over overall against
7.164 at Sophia Gardens. The chase at Lord's is at its worst through
overs 5-8, where it manages just 6.028 an over and loses
0.667 wickets; a first innings there peaks at
8.975 in overs 17-20.
What that means for this fixture: the toss is worth more at Lord's than at
Sophia Gardens, and a chase there that loses an early wicket is in more trouble than the scoreboard
suggests. At Sophia Gardens a side batting second has more room to absorb one.
Small samples — 10 matches at
Lord's, 7 at Sophia Gardens — and drawn from T20 fixtures at
those grounds rather than from The Hundred, whose innings is 20 balls shorter. Read them as ground character,
not as a forecast. The live model does not use these averages at all: once a ball is bowled it works from the
actual over-by-over run and wicket pattern.
Team analysis
London Spirit
Lord's, London · 10 T20s on record
Batting first: 157.6 avg · Chasing: 135.7 avg
Scoring rate: 7.361 an over
Chase low point: overs 5-8 at 6.028 an over, 0.667 wickets
Welsh Fire
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff · 7 T20s on record
Batting first: 144.3 avg · Chasing: 142.3 avg
Scoring rate: 7.164 an over
Chase low point: overs 5-8 at 6.571 an over, 0.714 wickets
How we predict
Live data — ball-by-ball updates feed the model throughout the match.
Venue intelligence — 335 tracked venues, each with its own scoring profile.
Measured accuracy — 81.5% win-probability accuracy on a true holdout: trained on 2017-2024 data
only, then tested against 2,546 matches from 2025-2026 the model had never seen.
LON SPR vs WEL FIR — FAQs
Who will win London Spirit vs Welsh Fire?
We do not publish a pre-match favourite, because we have nothing to base one on that you could check. Our model is a live model: it produces nothing useful until a ball is bowled, and then recalculates after every one from the score, wickets in hand, required rate and how the pitch is actually playing. What the ground record does say is that the toss matters more at Lord's, where sides batting first average 157.6 and chasing sides 135.7 across 10 recorded T20s — a 21.9-run gap, against 2.0 at Sophia Gardens.
Is it harder to chase at Lord's or Sophia Gardens?
Lord's, on this data. The gap between batting first and chasing there is 21.9 runs against 2.0 at Sophia Gardens. A chase at Lord's is at its worst through overs 5-8, scoring 6.028 an over and losing 0.667 wickets.
Where is London Spirit vs Welsh Fire played?
London Spirit play home matches at Lord's, London; Welsh Fire play at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Lord's scores at 7.361 an over and Sophia Gardens at 7.164. Both figures come from T20 fixtures at those grounds — 10 and 7 matches respectively — not from The Hundred, whose innings is 20 balls shorter.
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