Marvel Stadium will play host to Thursday's Round 5 AFL game between St Kilda Saints and Richmond Tigers. The game kicks off at 7:20 pm with Richmond Tigers heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the St Kilda Saints vs. Richmond Tigers game and give you our free tips and bets.
When: Thursday April 15, 2021 at 7:20 pm
Where: Marvel Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
St Kilda Saints vs Richmond Tigers Odds
St Kilda Saints vs Richmond Tigers Preview
An absolutely cracking match will kick off Round 5 with the Saints hosting the Tigers under the lid at Marvel Stadium.
St Kilda will take plenty of confidence going into this match, after achieving a comeback for the ages to record a 20 point win over the Eagles last week.
The Saints were able to overcome a 33-point deficit late in the third quarter – kicking 8-6 to the Eagles 0-1 in that period of time to post one of their best wins in recent seasons.
Richmond have lost their past two matches, but no one is writing off the Tigers, they fought out an epic battle against Port only to go down by two points.
Yet again we saw more brilliance from Sir Dustin Martin in the game, to get the Tigers within a kick early in the last quarter but a few missteps and some controversial calls from the umps saw them fall short.
The Tigers ($1.42) will go into this game the clear favourite in the head to head betting with the Saints good value as the underdogs ($2.9)
These two sides last met in the Semi-Final last season, when the Tigers simply outclassed the Saints by 31 points, however, some will recall the earlier match at Marvel in 2020 when St Kilda led by Dan Butler eager to impress against his old side getting the job done by 26 points.
St Kilda does do very well at Marvel Stadium, while the Tigers are subjected to a rare trip to the other side of the Melbourne CBD and it should be a pretty close encounter.
In what will be a similar result to what was witnessed when they played in the semi-final last year, Richmond on the rebound should be too good for a spirited Saints outfit.
Tigers 1-24 points is some outstanding value.
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Head To Head Bet
We're tipping Richmond Tigers to win at $1.42 odds.
First Goal Scorer
First Goal Scorer: Jack Riewoldt at $8.50.
St Kilda Saints vs Richmond Tigers Teams
SAINTS
B: D.Howard, J.Carlisle, J.Webster
HB: N.Coffield, C.Wilkie, J.Sinclair
C: J.Billings, S.Ross, B.Hill
HF: J.Lonie, J.Battle, J.Higgins
F: T.Membrey, M.King, D.Butler
FOLL: R.Marshall, J.Steele, B.Crouch
I/C: H.Clark, D.McKenzie, Z.Jones, J.Bytel
EMG: B.Long, P.Hunter, D.Joyce, L.Dunstan
IN: N/A
OUT: B.Long (omitted)
TIGERS
B: D.Astbury, N.Balta, D.Grimes
HB: R.Mansell, B.Houli, J.Short
C: K.McIntosh, T.Cotchin, M.Pickett
HF: J.Aarts, K.Lambert, J.Castagna
F: T.Lynch, D.Martin, J.Riewoldt
FOLL: T.Nankervis, S.Edwards, J.Graham
I/C: N.Broad, S.Bolton, D.Rioli, L.Baker
EMG: H.Ralphsmith, J.Ross, C.Coleman-Jones, M.Rioli
IN: K.McIntosh, D.Rioli
OUT: J.Ross, W.Martyn (both omitted)