AFL Tips - North Melbourne v Sydney

Sydney head to Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon as heavy favourites against North Melbourne and with a match-up that strongly favours the visitors.

Best Bet

Sydney -22.5

Line

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This is a bad match-up for the Roos and the Swans are the right side to be backing.

North have made genuine progress this year but they continue to struggle against teams that move the ball well. They gave up six goals from their defensive half last week and ten the week prior against GWS. No team moves the ball better than Sydney, who average 26.6 points more from the defensive half this year than their opposition, a remarkable 15 points more than the next best team in the competition.

Sydney have dominated this match-up for years, winning ten straight. Even without Curnow they have plenty of weapons and have been the punters’ pal all season, covering in seven of eight games.

Back them to make it eight of nine.

Same Game Multi

Sydney -22.5, N.Blakey 20+ Disposals, C.Mills 20+ Disposals, N.Larkey 2+ Goals

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Sydney are missing Tom McCartin so Nick Larkey should be well placed for a couple of goals against a weakened key defensive setup.

Nick Blakey is averaging 27.3 disposals over the last month while Callum Mills has averaged 23.5 over the same period.

Value Bet

C.Warner 3+ Goals

Player Goals

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Chad Warner has kicked 1.3, 2.0, 2.3, 1.0 and 3.2 in his last five games against North and bagged three two weeks ago against the Bulldogs. Looks a big price.

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