Mumbai have the edge in all respects

Mumbai Indians have won ten out of 14 games in IPL 2010 compared to Bangalore's seven, and not surprisingly, they have the better stats in almost every aspect. Mumbai have been extremely consistent throughout the league stage, but Bangalore made it only after a considerable wobble. On the two occasions the teams met during the league stage, though, honours were even.

The table below shows the performance of both the teams in the batting and bowling departments. The higher difference between the batting run-rate and bowling economy rate for Mumbai suggests that it has been a very balanced outfit while Bangalore's stats are not very impressive.

Both Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have been quite successful during the Powerplays. While Mumbai have scored at a better rate and average slightly better, Bangalore have a better economy rate in the Powerplay overs. The performance of the two teams during Powerplay overs is summarised below.

Both Mumbai and Bangalore have scored heavily in the last five overs of their league matches, though Mumbai have a better scoring rate and average of the two.

These two teams met twice during the league stage and in each case the home team met with a heavy defeat. In the games played between these two teams, Mumbai have scored at 8.55 runs per over and averaged 26.30 while Bangalore have scored at a less impressive 7.37 runs per over and average 24.08.

After the explosions in Bangalore, the venue for both semi-finals was shifted to the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, which will also host the third-place playoff and the final. Only two games have been played at this venue so far, and both resulted in victories to the teams batting first.

Spinners have been extremely successful in this edition of the IPL and have managed to restrict the run flow while also picking up wickets regularly. At the DY Patil stadium as well, the economy rate of the spinners has been much better than the pace bowlers.

Both teams are quite evenly matched and the performance of the bowlers on semi-final day could make a huge difference. The performance of the fast bowlers and spinners for both Mumbai and Bangalore is summarised in the tables below. Again, in both departments, Mumbai hold a slight edge over their opponents.

Mumbai have batted first 10 times, winning seven and losing three. While chasing too, they have been impressive winning three times in four games. Bangalore on the other hand have preferred to chase, and their performance when batting second is six wins and four losses, while their record batting first is quite poor with just a single win and three losses.