Essendon Bombers vs Hawthorn Hawks Tips, Odds and Free Bonus Bets – AFL 2021

Two famous old rivals now face a similar fate in 2021, and both the Bombers and Hawks would love nothing better than to start the season with a win as you can predict, there may be few and far between for both these sides.

Despite the Bombers’ attempts to move the game to the MCG to allow more to attend, it’s stuck at Marvel Stadium, however it’s an improvement on when these two met at 4:30 pm on a Thursday afternoon at Adelaide Oval last season.

In that game, Joe Daniher played a major role in helping the Bombers come back from six goals down to record a famous 16-point win over the Hawks.

That clearly won’t be happening this time.

Hawthorn will open as the betting favourites, and they looked impressive in their AAMI series match over North with forward duo Jacob Koschitzke and Tyler Brockman starring and you’d expect both to be in the side for the first game.

The Dons took it up to the Cats, only to fall short in their pre-season hit-out, but these are very hard to judge and get a read off for Round 1.

I’d expect both Hawthorn and Essendon to finish in a similar part of the ladder this season, but that ain’t the top 8.

There’s just something about having a big win in Round 1 that suits Essendon, and at the $2.15 head to head price I reckon it’s worth backing the Bombers for an on-brand win.