Optus Stadium will play host to Saturday's Round 12 AFL game between West Coast Eagles and St Kilda Saints. The game kicks off at 4:35 pm with West Coast Eagles heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda Saints game and give you our free tips and bets.
When: Saturday June 1, 2024 at 4:35 pm
Where: Optus Stadium
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West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda Saints Preview
Its hard to decide which team is heading up or down in the direction of their season, but it feels like the Saints are falling off a never-ending cliff.
Whilst the Saints fell into a heap against the Demons last week, the Eagles were no better against the Crows, suffering a 99-point loss.
Back home in the West, its a whole new ball game, and with a recent win over the Demons at Optus Stadium, theyll be heading into this one full of confidence.
The lack of defensive application was evident for the Saints yet again, and with a lack of dominance through the midfield, theres no area standing up.
The Eagles do have the midfield dominance in this contest and on a fast Optus deck, theyll look to pepper the Saints defence with quick inside 50 entries.
A common trend within bottom sides is the uncontested game, not backing their skills to work it up efficiently, a slower approach has seemed the way, which might be the best technique for the Saints.
Theyve got the tall, leaping marking targets up forward, but theres been a lack of versatility with their entries and if it wasnt for their smaller options inside 50, Max King would be left to do it all.
The Saints are second in the league for turnovers per game, and if they look to play fast through the corridor, the Eagles will cause them all sorts of issues.
Too many things going wrong for the Saints, and even when they were superior last year in this match, they were down at one point by five goals against an Eagles side who had their Sydney smashing the week prior.
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West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda Saints Tip
We're tipping West Coast Eagles to win at $2.02 odds.
West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda Saints Teams
EAGLES
B: H.Edwards, T.Barrass, T.Cole
HB: B.Hough, J.McGovern, L.Duggan – C
C: C.Chesser, E.Yeo, R.Ginbey
HF: J.Jones, J.Waterman, L.Ryan
F: J.Cripps, J.Darling, B.Williams
FOLL: M.Flynn, H.Reid, T.Kelly
I/C: A.Gaff, D.Sheed, J.Petruccelle, A.Witherden, R.Maric
EMG: Z.Trew, J.Williams, J.Culley
IN: H.Edwards, M.Flynn, A.Gaff, J.Petruccelle
OUT: J.Rotham (Illness), J.Hunt (Injured), T.Dewar (Omitted), J.Williams (Omitted)
SAINTS
B: J.Battle, D.Howard, C.Wilkie
HB: J.Webster, N.Wanganeen-Milera, R.Bonner
C: S.Ross, J.Sinclair, M.Wood
HF: D.Wilson, B.Hill, M.Owens
F: T.Membrey, M.King, A.Caminiti
FOLL: R.Marshall, J.Steele – C, P.Dow
I/C: J.Higgins, M.Windhager, H.Clark, D.Butler, L.Henry
EMG: Z.Jones, B.Paton, T.Campbell
IN: T.Membrey, H.Clark, D.Butler
OUT: L.Stocker (Injured), C.Sharman (Omitted), L.Collard (Omitted)