Somerset vs Essex – Match 89 Prediction & Tips

Match Summary

Venue	County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Essex won the toss and opt to bowl
Somerset	225/6
Essex	130/10
🏅 Result	Somerset Won by 95 Runs

Somerset will square off against Essex in the 89th match of the Vitality T20 Blast 2025 on Tuesday, 8th July. The match is slated to be played at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton and the start time is 11:00 PM IST. Catch all the live updates of this match including playing XI, match winner prediction, head to head record, tips & betting odds of the Somerset vs Essex match.

Somerset vs Essex Tips & Odds

Somerset to Win

1.42

Paul Walter Total Runs Over 17.5

1.85

Will Smeed Total Runs Over 22.5

1.85

Somerset 1st 6 Overs Score Over 55.5

1.80

Recent Form

Last five matches

Somerset▼

W

W

L

Wvs Kent — Somerset won by 5 wkts

Wvs Essex — Somerset Won by 95 Runs

Lvs Glamorgan — Glamorgan Won by 2 Runs

Essex▼

W

L

L

Wvs Sussex — Essex won by 6 wkts

Lvs Somerset — Somerset Won by 95 Runs

Lvs Gloucestershire — Gloucestershire Won by 13 Runs

Stats

County Ground, Taunton Pitch Report

The pitch at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton favours the batters and is a high scoring venue where the ball comes onto the bat nicely. Teams batting first won three of the five T20 Blast matches played at Taunton this season.

Scores of over 200 have been recorded five times in 10 innings and only twice scores of under 150 have been scored. The average 1st innings score is 198 runs and 2nd innings is 194.4. Which clearly shows the games at Taunton have gone down the wire in almost every game this season.

Somerset vs Essex Head to Head Record

Somerset and Essex faced off in 20 matches in the Vitality T20 Blast and the home team Somerset has the upperhand with 14 wins (5 batting 1st, 9 batting 2nd). While Essex managed to win six matches (3 batting 1st, 3 batting 2nd). The last time these two teams met earlier in the season, Somerset compressively defeated Essex by 8 wickets at Chelmsford.

Head to Head Record at County Ground, Taunton

At The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton Somerset and Essex played 9 matches against one another. Somerset won six matches, while Essex managed to win three matches. Here as well teams bowling first have always had the upperhand.

Somerset vs Essex Squads

Somerset Squad: Tom Banton (wk), Will Smeed, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (c), Tom Abell, Sean Dickson, Tom Lammonby, Ben Green, Craig Overton, Lewis Goldsworthy, Matt Henry, Riley Meredith, Josh Davey, Jake Ball, Lewis Gregory

Essex Squad: Michael-Kyle Pepper, Paul Walter, Jordan Cox (wk), Charlie Allison, Matthew Critchley, Luc Benkenstein, Robin Das, Noah Thain, Simon Harmer (c), Sam James Cook, Mohammad Amir, Dean Elgar, Shane Snater, Jamal Richards, Mackenzie Jones, Simon Fernandes.

Somerset vs Essex Match Winner Prediction

The home team Somerset enter this contest as favourites. They are in pole position in the South Group with 32 points in 10 matches (8 wins & 2 losses). While Essex have managed to sneak in a solitary win 10 matches standing dead last in the group.

While Somerset did have some lapses in their recent fixtures where they managed to win three of their last five. But Essex’s recent form is even worse as they won just one of their last five matches. When you look at the recent record between these teams Somerset has never lost at home since the 2023 season against Essex. We are once again backing them to continue their good run of form and win this match.

Our Prediction: Somerset to Win!