R5: Raiders Vs Eels – Our Bets

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The Eels had a tough loss last week and this game is set to be another test as the Raiders are playing good footy at home.

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Raiders Vs Eels – Sunday 6:05pm

The Raiders are always tough to beat at home and the Eels will have to lift their game if they’re going to hit back from a tough loss to the Tigers at home last week.

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Interesting Betting Insights

The Canberra Raiders have won two of their last three regular season NRL games against the Parramatta Eels with each of those three games decided by a margin of eight points or fewer on the day.
The Parramatta Eels have won two of their last three NRL games against the Canberra Raiders at GIO Stadium after losing their previous nine meetings against them at the venue.
The Canberra Raiders have lost five of their last seven NRL games including their last two in a row; though, they’ve trailed at half-time only once in that span.
The Canberra Raiders have won three of their last four NRL games at GIO Stadium after winning only one of their previous four games at the venue.
The Parramatta Eels have lost four of their last five NRL games when playing as the away team on the day, scoring more than 18 points in a game only once in that time.
The Parramatta Eels (53.2%) and Canberra Raiders (52.6%) have the highest possession rates of any teams in the 2024 NRL season; though, the Eels (53.9%) have had a significantly higher territory rate than the Raiders (49%).
The Canberra Raiders (84%) and Parramatta Eels (84%) have the highest set completion rates of any teams in the 2024 NRL season.
This will be the third time that Bailey Simonsson (Parramatta Eels) has faced the Canberra Raiders, his former club, and he has scored three tries across his two previous games against them.
James Schiller (Canberra Raiders) has scored two tries in each of his last two games in the NRL; no Raiders player in the last decade has scored multiple tries in three consecutive games.
Xavier Savage (Canberra Raiders) has scored one try in five of his last six NRL games including one in his last game against the Parramatta Eels (Round 27, 2022).