Tom Sykes vs Darius Labanauskas Prediction: Sykes will dominate again

Tom Sykes and Darius Labanauskas will face each other in the Modus Super Series on Friday morning. The last meetings between these players ended in Sykes’ favour. Can Labanauskas change the narrative this time?

Tom Sykes has consecutive victories heading into this game and will hope to extend it. In those games, the Englishman defeated Andreas Harrysson and Darius Labanauskas. However, he had also suffered defeats against Jim Long and Romeo Grbavac prior to those wins, being his only defeats in nine consecutive games. Tom Sykes picked up wins in other games over Jim Long, Scott Taylor, Romeo Grbavac, and Darius Labanauskas. While he comes into this game as the favourite, the Englishman will hope things go his way as he eyes another victory. 

Darius Labanauskas has not had an easy run of games, but his matches yesterday were good, with him winning three. In his wins, Darius Labanauskas defeated Andreas Harrysson, Romeo Grbavac and Scott Taylor. However, those wins were the Liuthanian’s wins in eight consecutive games. In other encounters, Darius Labanauskas lost to Jim Long, Andreas Harrysson, Tom Sykes, and Jimmy Long. While he is the underdog again, the 48-year-old professional will hope to get things right and defeat his tough opponent this time.

You can argue that Darius Labanauskas could get things right now, but I do not see Tom Sykes losing. Tom Sykes has been a bit reliable lately, and coming in as a considerable favourite is a good one. While I expect a better performance from Darius Labanauskas in this one, looking at how poor he was the last time he faced Sykes, a 4-2 win for the Englishman is still a perfect expected scoreline.