Keita Nakajima vs Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra Prediction: A battle for the leaderboard

This weekend, the DP World Tour presented the 2025 season Hero Indian Open round 3 fixture. In this fixture, Keita Nakajima and Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra are to face each other. Both players are at the top of the leaderboard. Who will slip down or retain first position?

Keita Nakajima

Keita Nakajima is the 120th current OWGR rank, 75th Best OWGR and averaged 1.0914 points. He has taken part in 50 events. In 2025, he competed at Hero Dubai Desert Classic (finishing T21), Ras Al Khaimah Championship (MC), Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship (MC), Commercial Bank Qatar Masters (finishing T42), and Porsche Singapore Classic (finishing second). So far in the Hero Indian Open competition, Keita Nakajima has recorded a score of 66 against the average field score of 76.38 gaining - 10.36 strokes. He shot a front-nine of 29 against the 37.83 average field front-nine. This is 8.83 strokes better than the field.

Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra

Last Thursday at the Hero Indian open, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra started to make an impression on the 10th tee. He then hit a level higher, recording three straight birdies on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. With a 4-under, he was able to cover up his lackness from a bougie at the 4th and 5th. He took the lead with four strokes. His shot moved over 220 yards in distance. Chacarra carded a 4 under at the 2.25 million India Hero event to tie the top spot with Japanese Nakajima. They both finished two strokes ahead of the three others tied to them in a group.

Expert Betting Tips

This match is critical for both sides as they both are in pole position heading to the weekend. In this match I am taking the side of the 24-year-old Keita Nakajima. He just got back from an injury to his back. He is the defending champion and knows how to win tournaments. His performance last Thursday was top notch as he drove a two-over score as an opener.

Our first prediction is Keita Nakajima to win - 1.80 odds for 1xbet

Our second prediction is Keita Nakajima to win 1st Hole - 3.40 odds for Bet365

Our third prediction is Keita Nakajima to take the lead first - 1.80 odds for Betway