Three-time champions Patna Pirates will take the mat against U Mumba in the second eliminator of the ongoing Pro Kabaddi League 2024 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune on Thursday. When these teams met earlier in the league stage, U Mumba won both of the matches against Patna Pirates.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

U Mumba: Current position in PKL standings: 5th, Matches played: 22, Won: 12 Lost: 8, Tied: 2, Points: 71

Current form of U Mumba: W L W L W

U Mumba have managed three wins and two losses in their last five matches and they finished the league stage in fifth place. They registered a 36-27 win against Bengal Warriorz in their previous match and they will look to keep the winning impetus.

Patna Pirates: Current position in PKL standings: 4th, Matches played: 22, Won: 13, Lost: 7, Tied: 2, Points: 77

Current form of Patna Pirates: T L W W W

Patna Pirates have won three out of their last five games and they will look to come up with a collective effort. They played a 40-40 tie in their previous match against Gujarat Giants with Devank scoring 10 points.

Head to Head: Matches: 22, Won by Patna Pirates: 8, Won by U Mumba: 13, Tied: 1.

Match Prediction: Patna Pirates might enter the contest as favorites against U Mumba.

Patna Pirates Full Squad: Ankit, Sandeep Kumar, Ayan, Deepak, Sahil Patil, Navdeep, Abinand Subhash, Kunal Mehta, Sudhakar M, Manish, Shubham Shinde, Gurdeep, Thiyagarajan Yuvaraj, Babu Murugasan, Deepak Rajender Singh, Meetu, Devank, Prashant Kumar Rathi, Sagar, Aman, Pravinder, Jang Kun Lee (F), Hamid Mirzaei Nader (F)

U Mumba Full Squad: Rinku, Amirmohammad Zafardanesh (F), Ajit Chouhan, Lokesh Ghosliya, Deepak Kundu, Sunny, Bittu, Gokulakannan M., Mukilan Shanmugam, Sombir, Shivam, Sunil Kumar, Manjeet, Parvesh Bhainswal, Satish Kannan, Vishal Choudhary, Stuwart Singh, Shubham Kumar, Aashish Kumar, M. Dhanasekar, Amin Ghorbani (F)