R18: Roosters Vs Dragons – Our Betting Insights & Bets

2 years ago - Sportingbase

The Roosters have won their last four games against the Dragons by an average of 20.3 points and we like their chances of doing that again.

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Interesting Betting Insights

The Sydney Roosters have won three of their last four NRL matches against the St George Illawarra Dragons, scoring an average of 40.8 points per game during this span; both teams have also scored an average aggregate of 64.3 points in those games.
The Sydney Roosters have won their last three NRL matches against St George Illawarra Dragons at Allianz Stadium by an average margin of 20.3 points per game.
The Sydney Roosters have won their last three NRL matches in a row by an average margin of 20.7 points per game; they have conceded an average of 3.3 points per game in the first half of those games.
The St George Illawarra Dragons have won three of their last four NRL matches, including a 26-6 win in their most recent match against the Dolphins (30 June 2024); it was the first time they had conceded less than 10 points in a game since Round 1 this year (a 28-4 win against the Gold Coast Titans).
Each of the St George Illawarra Dragons’ last five NRL games have been won by the side trailing at half-time on the day, with the Dragons picking up three wins and two defeats across that stretch.
The Sydney Roosters have led at half-time on 12 occasions in the 2024 NRL season, the most of any team in the competition and four more times than the St George Illawarra Dragons (8); in fact, the Roosters have gone on to win 10 of those 12 games when they’ve led at the break.
Dominic Young (Sydney Roosters) has scored 10 tries in his last eight NRL matches, and he has only failed to find the tryline in only one of those games; he has scored three tries in his two matches against the St George Illawarra Dragons.
Zac Lomax (St George Illawarra Dragons) has scored five tries in his last four NRL matches, including a hat-trick against the Wests Tigers (Rd 14, 2024); he hasn’t scored a try in his last three matches against the Sydney Roosters but did record an assist in his most recent meeting earlier this year (Rd 8, 2024).
Daniel Tupou (Sydney Roosters) has scored four tries in his last three NRL matches; he has failed to score against the St George Illawarra Dragons in his last three matches after scoring a hat-trick in Round 23, 2021.
Ben Hunt (St George Illawarra Dragons) has been directly involved in 22 tries in his last 12 NRL matches (3 tries, 19 try assists); he has been directly involved in six tries in his last five NRL matches against the Sydney Roosters (2 tries, 3 try assists).