England vs West Indies predictions: Three Lions can roar against hosts
- England are the reigning T20 world champions
- West Indies won all four of their group-stage matches
- Recommended bet: England to win
Two nations who have shared four T20 World Cup titles meet in Saint Lucia with both feeling confident about making a winning start to their Super 8s campaign.
England, on the back foot after losing to Australia, showed Oman and Namibia no mercy in must-win games to qualify.
West Indies, meanwhile, signed off their triumphant group schedule with a thumping 104-run win over Afghanistan.
Team news
Liam Livingstone is a doubt with a side strain so Will Jacks stands by. Even if Livinsgstone is fit, Jacks could still come back at the expense of Sam Curran.
Jofra Archer and Mark Wood are set to spearhead the attack with Chris Jordan making way.
West Indies are expected to be unchanged with Johnson Charles' 27-ball 43 against Afghanistan probably cementing his place.
The stats
England have lost 3-2 in five-match series on each of their last two trips to play West Indies in the Caribbean.
Nicholas Pooran has hit 13 sixes in the tournament, the joint most by a single player in the tournament so far.
England have four players with strike-rates above 175 headed by Moeen Ali (195.23).
West Indies' 92-1 in the powerplay against Afghanistan is the highest first six-over score in the history of the T20 World Cup.
England's successful chase of 47 in 3.1 overs to beat Oman is the quickest victory by a Test-playing nation in this format.
Prediction
England have failed in their one and only test against a top-class batting line-up so far but they can make amends when they come across another one in Saint Lucia.
West Indies produced the highest powerplay score of 91 in their final group game against Afghanistan on their way to the highest score of the tournament so far, 218-5.
With Nicholas Pooran stapling down a huge-hitting top order, questions will be asked of England's pace aces Jofra Archer and Mark Wood.
That is where the control of Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali comes in handy and the fact is, whether West Indies score 150 or 250, Jos Buttler's men will fancy they can chase it down.
They have batted first once in these finals, posting 122 in 10 overs against Namibia and we know Jos Buttler's rope-clearing top six has bags of runs in it.
West Indies have home advantage but England look supremely drilled for this challenge and can get their Super 8s campaign off to a flier.
