Marvel Stadium will play host to Saturday's Round 3 AFL game between Essendon Bombers and St Kilda Saints. The game kicks off at 4:35 pm with St Kilda Saints heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Essendon Bombers vs. St Kilda Saints game and give you our free tips and bets.
When: Saturday April 3, 2021 at 4:35 pm
Where: Marvel Stadium
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Essendon Bombers vs St Kilda Saints Odds
Essendon Bombers vs St Kilda Saints Preview
The Saints will look to make up for a very disappointing 18-point loss to Melbourne last week as they face Essendon under the lid at Marvel this Saturday.
St Kilda allowed the Demons to score five consecutive goals during the third and second quarters last week, giving their opponents the edge, despite co-captain Jack Steele’s best efforts to get his team back in the game.
The Bombers are 0-2 and all roads point to a long season and that buzzword “re-build”.
They were thrashed by Port Adelaide last week by 54 points, and not only on the scoreboard but the entire stat sheet made for grim reading.
St Kilda opens the betting clear $1.30 favourites with the Bombers the $3.60 outsider.
The line has been set at -21.5 in favour of the Saints and if they are going to have another run to the finals as they did last season, these are the games St.Kilda need to bank.
They should cover it.
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Head To Head Bet
We're tipping St Kilda Saints to win at $1.26 odds.
First Goal Scorer
First Goal Scorer: Max King at $9.00.
Essendon Bombers vs St Kilda Saints Teams
BOMBERS
B: J.Laverde, C.Hooker, M.Redman
HB: N.Hind, J.Ridley, D.Heppell
C: M.Gleeson, Z.Merrett, D.Parish
HF: J.Stringer, H.Jones, W.Snelling
F: B.Ham, P.Wright, A.McDonald-Tipungwuti
FOLL: N.Bryan, A.Perkins, K.Langford
I/C: A.McGrath, D.Smith, N.Cox, A.Francis
SAINTS
B: N.Coffield, D.Howard, C.Wilkie
HB: B.Long, T.Highmore, J.Sinclair
C: J.Billings, S.Ross, H.Clark
HF: D.Butler, B.Hill, J.Lonie
F: T.Membrey, S.McKernan, M.King
FOLL: P.Ryder, J.Steele, J.Gresham
I/C: J.Higgins, Z.Jones, B.Crouch, N.Coffield
