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