Gold Coast Titans vs Wests Tigers
7th June 0930hrs
Rugby League – Australia – NRL
Pick Tigers -12 Handicap
Bookmaker Bet365
Odds: 11/8 odds taken 21:17 GMT, Friday 5th June
There isn’t too much in the head to head since 1998 between the Wests Tigers and the Titans. The former just shade it. While the Tigers will be happy enough with their start, the Titans are rooted to the foot of the ladder looking for their first win.
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Tigers to make their mark against the Titans
The Tigers will be feeling that this is not a game that they can fail to win. It is a W2 L1 record that the Wests Tigers have produced so far in the ladder.
There is only a 4 point positive margin in the for/against, that they have produced, however. The two wins that the Tigers took were against the Dragons and the Sharks.
Sandwiched between that was a hammering that they took against the Knights, shipping over 40 points in the fixture. So that is where most of their defensive damage was done this season.
But to their credit, the Titans bounced straight back to winning ways after that defeat (and after the lockdown), to breeze past the Sharks.
Their 76 points scored this season in total heavily outweighs the tally of this weekend’s opponents.
The Titans, in contrast, have scored just 18, so this is a big chance for the Tigers to secure 2 points on the road at the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.
Can the Titans pull off an upset
No two ways about it, the Titans need this one. They desperately need to kick start their season. That’s going to be tough, but in the head to head, the Titans have won five of their last seven against the Wests Tigers.
So that’s something positive for them to take forward. There is little positive elsewhere after three straight defeats this season and only 18 points scored.
In defence, the Titans have conceded 106 points in their three fixtures, which were tough ones to be fair against the Raiders, Eels and Cowboys. But still, they have been outclassed.
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If you extend the look back to the close of last season as well, that is a five-match losing streak that the Titans are on in the NRL. Desperation has led to them making some wholesale changes to their starting line up.
So they are going to have to deal with little continuity between players as well. In contrast, the Wests Tigers are unchanged from their last fixture.
Gold Coast Titans vs Wests Tigers Betting Advice
There is little to warrant leaning towards the Titans in this Brisbane Clash. Because of the coronavirus, they don’t even have home ground familiarity on their side as they are sharing the Suncorp Stadium with the Broncos.
Key Facts – Gold Coast Titans vs Wests Tigers Betting Tip
- Gold Coast Titans have won 5 of their last 7 against the Tigers
- Gold Coast Titans have yet to pick up a win in this campaign
- Wests Tigers are W2 L1 this season
The Wests Tigers should rip through their opponents and we would swing out to a bold -12 Handicap on them to do so as well at 11/8* (betting odds taken from Bet365 at 18:06 GMT on Friday, 6th June 2020)
The scoring that they have done this season cannot be ignored and they even put up 24 in that loss against the Knights.
The recent head to head form may not be on their side, but the visitors can score a win in this one against a team who have made a lot of desperate personnel changes.
The best betting odds for Gold Coast Titans vs Wests Tigers
Gold Coast Titans to win: 11/5 at Bet365
Draw: 22/1 at Bet365
Wests Tigers: 9/25 at Bet365
