Both Lucknow and Hyderabad are coming after losing their previous encounters and would therefore look to reverse the momentum when they lock horns with each other on April 6 in Lucknow.
This venue has not been one of the highest scoring pitches in the IPL over recent seasons. We expect turn from the surface and a par score of 165-170.
Clear skies in the evening. The temperature is forecast to drop from 31 degrees to 29 degrees during the game.
Lucknow's Kyle Mayers is likely to emerge at the top of the batting ranks as the Caribbean hard hitter is in red-hot form, having smashed two consecutive fifties in the first two matches of the tournament. Hyderabad on Friday.
The Englishman has so far picked up eight wickets in two matches of the tournament and the last time he played in Lucknow, he managed to add a fifer to his name.