St George Illawarra v Canterbury

Submitted by betonfooty on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 - 8:37am

NRL Round 15, 2012 -

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St George host Canterbury in NRL Round 15 Friday Night action. In the current NRL head to head odds market the Dragons are trading between $2.15 up to $2.27 while for the Bulldogs to get the win the odds range between $1.65 up to $1.72. The line handicap is St George +3.5 Canterbury -3.5 with lines of +/-2 and +/-3 also available.

St George Illawarra: The Dragons are coming off the bye with their previous 3 games seeing them lose to Manly (8-20), defeat Sydney (30-12) and lose to Souths (18-19). The Dragons attacking woes has them averaging only 14.62 points per game while allowing 17.23 for a -2.61 points differential. Sitting in 10th spot on the ladder the Dragons have a 6-7 record. Against the NRL line handicap bet St George are the worst performers in the league with a 4-9 (-$520) record and against the head to head odds they are -$235. Despite a mediocre season to date the Dragons do hold a strong record at home where they are 5-1.

Canterbury: Des Hasler's Bulldogs are also coming off the bye and will be looking to replicate their round two 26 point win over the Dragons (30-4). Comfortably sitting in 3rd spot on the ladder Canterbury have won 8 and lost 5. They have averaged 21.92 points per game while conceding 14.85 for a differential of +7.07. The Bulldogs last 3 games have resulted in wins over Souths (23-18), Parramatta (14-12) and Cronulla (26-60. In NRL betting this season the Bulldogs have been profitable against both the head to head odds and line handicap. They are 9-3-1 (+$555) against the line and +$221.20 against the money line as per the BetonFooty.com.au NRL Odds Results Statistics Section.

NRL Betting History St. George Illawarra v Canterbury Round 15, 2012
Date Odds Line Home Score V Score Away Line Odds
28/07/07 2.22 4 St. George Illawarra 24 V 28 Canterbury -4 1.75
19/04/08 1.65 -4.5 Canterbury 30 V 18 St. George Illawarra 4.5 2.4
28/07/08 1.51 -6.5 St. George Illawarra 30 V 0 Canterbury 6.5 2.79
15/05/09 1.65 -4 St. George Illawarra 20 V 18 Canterbury 4 2.39
19/03/10 1.54 -5 St. George Illawarra 26 V 6 Canterbury 5 2.67
14/05/10 2.71 6 Canterbury 6 V 19 St. George Illawarra -6 1.53
10/04/11 1.56 -5 St. George Illawarra 25 V 6 Canterbury 5 2.62
13/05/11 2.76 5.5 Canterbury 10 V 15 St. George Illawarra -5.5 1.51
10/03/12 2.43 4.5 Canterbury 30 V 4 St. George Illawarra -4.5 1.63

St George v Canterbury History: The Dragons have the better winning stats over the last 9 regular season games between these two teams. The home team has won 6 lost 2 and drawn 1. The starting favourite v underdog record is 7-1-1 and the team who has won outright has also managed to cover the line handicap bet 6-2-1. The last time they met was in round 2 this season where the Bulldogs started as $2.43 (+4.5) underdogs winning easily and covering the line by 30.50 points.

The Prediction - Our numbers here at BetonFooty.com.au show a little value on the Dragons at their current odds but not quite enough for us to make a play. We will keep an eye on the over under total once the bookies release their lines.