The NRL gets handed a rare ‘Spoon Bowl’ in the last week of the season with the loser of the Tigers and Eels set to claim the ignominious honour of the 2024 wooden spoon.
Best Bet
The Spoon Bowl is on and it is set to attract a sell-out crowd and a record TV audience for the timeslot.
Both teams are well accustomed to the spoon. The Tigers have won the last two spoons. The Eels have won three spoons since 2012.
Parramatta have a nice record against the Wests Tigers with nine wins in the last 11. The Tigers have covered the last four and won 17-16 in Round 4.
The Tigers have covered six of nine off scoring 30-plus and they have covered their last two at Campbelltown.
The Eels are, of course, coached by Trent Barrett. He is 15-54 across his last four seasons as a coach.
Parramatta are 5-17 ATS at night, 2-6 ATS off a win and 4-8 ATS off scoring 24 or more.
Barrett for the spoon.
Insights
🔥 Parramatta Away: Parramatta’s away games have consistently gone over the total in 26 of their last 30 matches. 🌧️
💪 Parramatta as Favourites: When favoured, Parramatta games have hit the over in 16 of the last 20 instances. 🌟
🎯 Wests Tigers at Campbelltown: Games at Campbelltown have trended under, with 8 of the last 9 going under the total. ❄️
Same Game Multi
Maika Sivo has had an indifferent year but still has 15 tries in 11 matches.
Charlie Staines has five tries in his last eight games.
Heath Mason has electric speed and looks like he will emerge as a tryscoring force for the Tigers.
Value Bet
Tigers forward Isaiah Papalii has not had his best tryscoring season in 2024 but he has been a noted tryscoring forward throughout patches of his career. He does has four tries in 15 games this season. Across the last four years he has 23 tries in 92 games.
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