AFL Pro Previews - Essendon v Collingwood, Round 8 2024

Should be a great ANZAC Day game from the MCG.

Essendon v Collingwood
Thursday 3:20pm, MCG

Essendon 2.75
Collingwood 1.45
Essendon +13.5 / Collingwood -13.5

Bet Right Markets

Changes:

📈 The Bombers get Peter Wright back after his suspension, making way is Elijah Tsatas. Positive.

📈 The Pies bring in Harvey Harrison while dropping Reef McInnes. Small-ish Positive.

Head to Head:

Collingwood won this one by 13 points last season and then went on to beat the Bombers by 70 points in R24. That's a big margin to turnaround in 10 weeks of footy but stranger things have happened (like any time West Coast play at the moment). 

Last week:

The Bombers somehow beat the Crows in Adelaide. They led for at every change but lost the lead twice before holding on in a thriller, possibly with the help of late umpiring calamity. They won all the key stats - Disposals 376-362, Inside 50s 62-43, small margins in Clearances and Contested Possessions, but won the Tackle count easily 80-63. 

The Magpies were huge against Port, eventually winning by 7 goals, after trailing by 5 goals in Q1 and midway through Q2. Like the Bombers, they won most of the key stats - Disposals 369-319, Inside 50s 66-47, Clearances 39-33 and a small deficit in Tackles 62-66. It was an excellent team performance, best in a while.

What we can expect this week:

As we said in the intro, the 70-point win by the Pies in R24 will be hard to turn around for the Bombers. The reigning Premiers have some mojo back and can absolutely cover the -13.5 line with Bet Right just here 

Collingwood -13.5

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