R2: Dolphins Vs Dragons – Our Bets

2 years ago - Sportingbase

We have taken a look over the stats & insights and have placed the two bets for today’s game below.

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The Dolphins Vs St George Illawarra Dragons – Sunday 6:15pm AEDT

What can be said about these two teams?

Both look like they lack the ability and depth to make the eight this year but the Dragons did put on a good performance against an understrength Titans outfit last week.

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Interesting Betting Insights

The Dolphins and St George Illawarra Dragons traded home wins in their two meetings in the 2023 NRL season, each game won by the team leading at half-time on the day.
Each of The Dolphins’ last three NRL games have been decided by margins of 24 points or more on the day with the Dolphins picking up one win and two defeats in that stretch.
The Dolphins have won two of their three previous NRL games at Kayo Stadium; though, none of those three games saw more than 38 points scored in total between the two teams on the day.
St George Illawarra Dragons won 28-4 to the Gold Coast Titans in Round 1, 2024, their first away win since Round 24, 2022; they had lost 12 consecutive away games between those wins despite leading at half-time twice in that period.
St George Illawarra Dragons will be looking to begin an NRL season with back-to-back wins for the first time since the 2018 campaign when they won their first six games of the season.
The Dolphins had an average play-the-ball speed of 3.24 seconds in the opening round of the 2024 NRL season, the quickest of any team in the competition.
Kyle Flanagan (St George Illawarra Dragons) has scored one try in each of his last two NRL games when he has started in the halves on the day, making a total of 40 carries across those fixtures.
Tyrell Sloan (St George Illawarra Dragons) has scored nine tries across his last 10 games in the NRL including a hat-trick against Gold Coast Titans in Round 1 of the 2024 season; he also scored one try when he first faced The Dolphins in Round 5, 2023.
St George Illawarra Dragons are the only team against whom Herbie Farnworth (The Dolphins) is yet to score an NRL try; this will be his fourth game against them in the competition.