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Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Tips - Stars stay perfect

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: Fri 02 Jan 2026 06:08

Jeremy Darke 02 Jan 2026

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Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars tips
Match start is 7:15 PM AEDT on Friday, January 2nd at The Gabba
Melbourne Stars aim for a fifth consecutive win in BBL15.
Stars leverage strong bowling and batting form, including Sam Harper and Tom Curran.

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Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Tips

Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Expert Tips

The Melbourne Stars will stay perfect getting their fifth win of the BBL15 series this time against the Brisbane Heat, at the Gabba on Friday night.

Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League Expert Tips
Brisbane Heat Form
Melbourne Stars Form
Head to Head Stats
Last 5 Matches
Last 5 Averages
Brisbane Heat Home Stats
Melbourne Stars Away Stats

The Heat will have played 3 games in 7 days come Friday with an unsuccessful trip to Adelaide on New Year’s Eve, while the Melbourne Stars have had a much calmer period in their schedule having 5 days off prior to the match in Brisbane.

Even if the tides were turned I would still be backing the Stars to get the victory over the Heat with Melbourne looking like the team to beat in BBL15, dominating their opponents in the opening 4 matches of their undefeated campaign.

A bowling attack led by Tom Curran (9 wickets), Haris Rauf (9 wickets) and Peter Siddle (8 wickets) have set modest totals for the likes of Joe Cook, Sam Harper and Marcus Stoinis to chase down in all 4 of their matches. Coming up against a worn out Heat the Stars will get another victory on Friday.

Back what’s working with Sam Harper to score over his batting total and at least one Melbourne Star to score a 50 on what has been a good wicket for batsmen this summer. Tom Curran has three 2+ wicket matches in a row and will make 4 against the Heat.

Melbourne have won all 4 matches in BBL15
A Stars batsmen has scored a 50 in each of their 4 matches
Sam Harper has scored 29 runs or more in each of his 3 innings at bat.
Tom Curran has 2+ wickets in his last 3 matches

Brisbane Heat Form

The Heat’s away woes have continued with thumping at the hands of the Adelaide Strikers who bowled them out for just 121 runs at the Adelaide Oval on New Year’s Eve.

Brisbane’s opening 5 batsmen were bowled for 18 runs TOTAL, before the middle-order, led by Hugh Weigben’s 28 runs and Matt Kuhnemann’s 31 runs, put up a very small resistance. The Heat then needed some quick wickets, which didn’t come, claiming their first with 51 runs on the board and the much was already lost.

The Heat have now lost all three matches away from the Gabba this season, unable to hit the same form with bat or ball outside of Brisbane.

Melbourne Stars Form

The Stars have gone from the favourites for the wooden spoon to the shortest odds to win it all after their 4-0 start to the BBL15 season.

As much as it is their undefeated status it is how they are doing it that has them as the favourites, winning all of their matches by 6 or more wickets and at least 11 balls to spare.

The depth in their batting squad is to be feared with Sam Harper scoring 194 runs in 3 innings, Joe Clarke 103 runs in 4 innings and Marcus Stoinis 94 runs in 2 innings, all of that and Glenn Maxwell still hasn’t done his annual runs explosion yet.

Head to Head Stats

Last 5 Matches

01-Jan-2025: Stars won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

18-Dec-2024: Heat won by 8 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

07-Dec-2023: Heat won by 103 runs

22-Jan-2023: Heat won by 4 runs

16-Jan-2023: Heat won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Last 5 Averages

BBL Last 5 Betting Trends

Brisbane Heat	Stats	Melbourne Stars
2-3	W-L	4-1
374.8	Avg Match Total	286.2
3-2	Bat Flip	5-0
1-1	Bat First W-L	0-0

BBL Last 5 Stats

Heat Batting	Stats	Stars Fielding
11	Fours	11.2
9.4	Sixes	2.8

Heat Fielding	Stats	Stars Batting
14.8	Fours	14.8
9.2	Sixes	3.8

Brisbane Heat Home Stats

Heat Batting	Stats	Heat Fielding
12	Fours	15
13	Sixes	12

Melbourne Stars Away Stats

Stars Batting	Stats	Stars Fielding
14.3	Fours	11
4.3	Sixes	2.7

Verdict

Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars

A Melbourne batsmen will score a 50 and Sam Harper will score over his run total, while Tom Curran takes 2+ wickets in another Stars victory.

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