Raiders vs Storm NRL Saturday betting tips & odds | Round 5, 2022

Match one for Super Saturday sees the Canberra Raiders travel to their country home ground McDonalds Park in Wagga Wagga to take on their Melbourne Storm. The Raiders have had a ‘stop-start’ begin to the 2022 season, trading wins and losses. On the other side, Melbourne have fallen victim only to their bogey side, the Parramatta Eels. History shows this contest is largely one way traffic, with the Storm winning 35 times in 49 NRL matches. This has seen the Storm backed heavily in early head-to-head markets, moving from $1.87 to $1.26 with Bet 365.

Melbourne have won four of their last five matches against the Raiders, with all five matches falling under the total match points. Superstar fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen scoring 28 points on his own, compared to the six points scored by Canberra last week. The ability of the Melbourne Storm to score so many points is equally met by Canberra’s inability to defend, leaking 92 points already this season. This should see the total match points currently set at 40.5 exceeded.

These defensive deficiencies at Canberra Raiders are largely found in the young centre pairing of Semi Valemei and Matthew Timoko, who have missed 11 tackles between them this year, compared to the combined totals of wingers Rapana and Cotric who have missed two. Expect the Storm to run block plays to the inside shoulders of the young Raiders centres and create space on the wings. This will set up perfectly for new recruit Xavier Coates to score the first try of the match, paying $7.

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Ryan Papenhuyzen was on fire scoring four tries last week against the Canterbury Bulldogs, scoring 4 tries on his own. One Melbourne playmaker was incredibly quiet compared to his lofty standards, where Cameron Munster failed to record a try assist, line break or line break assist. It’s hard to imagine this trend continuing, and should Munster get involved more and engage the line, he will score a try at any time. Munster represents great value at $3.50 to do so.

KEY MATCH UP: JACK WIGHTON V CAMERON MUNSTER

While there is a vast difference between the quality of these two sides comparatively this season, these two five-eighths have shown incredible form to start the season. Both have scored tries, recorded try assists and line break assists, proving they can be pivotal in their team’s success. While there is more attacking upside for this Melbourne side, the addition of Brad Schneider to the Raiders halves has been pivotal in Jack Wighton’s improved form. Should Jack Wighton continue and improve his form this season, he will go a long way to stopping this Melbourne juggernaut.

Raiders v Storm Match Prediction

Melbourne Storm will look to continue their incredible form and are expected to win this clash with the Raiders by 13+ points. The Storm will also continue to score points at will, pushing the total match points over 40.5 points. Xavier Coates should go over the strip to score first in the match, with Cameron Munster scoring at any time as well. This multi will net you a mighty fine price of $56.32 with Ladbrokes.

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