Former Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch expects England to win a Test but says it is “hard to see” how they can bowl Australia out twice on a regular basis to win the series.
England are 2-0 down after successive eight-wicket defeats and need to win the remaining three games to regain the Ashes.
There are questions over the personnel in their side for the third Test which starts on Wednesday (23:30 GMT, Tuesday) but they are definitely without pace bowler Mark Wood, who has been ruled out of the series with a knee injury.
Australia, however, are set to welcome back captain Pat Cummins from a back injury, while spinner Nathan Lyon is set to be included after being left out of the day-night Test.
“It’s hard to see how England can bowl Australia out a couple of times,” said Finch on BBC Sounds’ No Balls: The Cricket Podcast.
“Marnus Labuschagne looks in really good touch, Steve Smith has got the bit between the teeth at the moment and [Jake] Weatherald’s starting to shape up really nicely.
“I’m going to go 4-1 [as the final result]. The way that England play, when they get it right, they win.
“If Harry Brook gets it right for two sessions that buys you so much time at the back end of the game to bowl teams out.”