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FormPicksWednesday 2 September
Round 27CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Panthers
17-6
vSun, 6 Sept, 4:05 pm AEST
Wests Tigers
8-15
Our PickStrong Lean
Panthers to win comfortably
Margin18+Total45 pts
🗳Do You Agree?
54 votesWinner
Panthers
46% agree
Line
By 18+
50% more
Total
45 pts
44% over
💬 FormPicks Commentary
Panthers start fast and finish faster, which is exactly what you want when you're playing at home against a side that leaks 28.7 a game. Wests Tigers are desperately fighting for finals footy and that'll sharpen them up, but they're 3-8 on the road and concede over 5 points more in the second half than the first. Fine conditions mean no excuses. Panthers should run away with it, though a desperate Tigers outfit playing for their season is the one thing that could make this closer than the stats suggest.
↻ Since we tipped it
Still backing the Panthers, but the margin's tightened slightly. Kenny and Garner's returns help their cause, though Fainu coming back for the Tigers makes them a bit less porous up front.
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Public Opinion
We are reading the room. Check back Saturday morning, ahead of kick-off, for what people are saying and how it stacks up against our call.
What's driving the pick
Panthers
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Fast starters - average a 10.2-point first-half lead (16.3 pts a half).
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Strong finishers - outscore opponents by 3.2 points after half-time on average.
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Miserly defence - conceding just 14.7 points a game.
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Fortress at home - 9-2 on their own deck this season.
Wests Tigers
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Tend to fade - conceding 5.9 more points than they score in second halves.
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Slow out of the blocks - outscored by 3.9 points a half before the break.
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Poor travellers - only 3-8 away from home.
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Leaky at the back - shipping 28.7 points a game.
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Team Stats · Head to Head
How each side is actually playing, and the meters behind it - season form, the last 5, and their most recent game.
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Momentum
Panthers
Season23 games
Last 55 games
Last gamemost recent
Wests Tigers
Season23 games
Last 55 games
Last gamemost recent
Last Game Key Callouts
v
Bulldogsv
CowboysMissed tackles Down 13 on their last 5 average
Completion Up 11% on their last 5 average
Errors Down 5 on their last 5 average
Penalties Up 5 on their last 5 average
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The Meters Behind It
SeasonLast 5Last game
Run metres
Panthers1,8161,6911,695Wests Tigers1,6491,5731,449
Post-contact metres
Panthers578521475Wests Tigers547521544
Line breaks
Panthers5.85.24Wests Tigers3.93.61
Tackle breaks
Panthers35.434.831Wests Tigers33.128.424
Offloads
Panthers10.59.416Wests Tigers11.26.85
Kick metres
Panthers640734942Wests Tigers588618606
Completion
Panthers80%82%93%Wests Tigers80%82%82%
Set distance
Panthers413939Wests Tigers414037
Errors
Panthers11.19.65Wests Tigers11.39.66
Missed tackles
Panthers32.037.424Wests Tigers33.634.034
Effective tackle %
Panthers89%88%90%Wests Tigers88%88%87%
Penalties conceded
Panthers4.05.87Wests Tigers4.55.611
Full-game team stats harvested after each round. Blue marks the stronger side in each column - fewer errors, missed tackles and penalties count as better.
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Half-Time Watch
Angles to have ready at the break - bets that come into play if the first half unfolds like this.
If the first half turns into a shootout → the points usually keep coming - the 2nd-half over is the value.
After high-scoring first halves, these sides have averaged 27.8 points after the break, up on the 21.7 their games usually produce.
If Wests Tigers are still hanging around at the break → stick with Panthers - the second half is where they win games, and their 2nd-half line is the value.
Panthers win second halves by 3.2 points a game on average, while Wests Tigers get outscored by 5.9. At home their second halves step up again - +4.4 after the break on their own deck. Wests Tigers have let slip 3 of 5 narrow half-time leads.
In-play prompts from season scoring patterns - not live odds. Always your call at the break.
Team news & line-ups
Panthers
- 1Dylan Edwards
- 2Thomas Jenkins
- 3Luke Garner
- 4Casey McLean
- 5Brian To'o
- 6Jack Cole
- 7Nathan Cleary (c)
- 8Moses Leota
- 9Mitch Kenny
- 10Liam Henry
- 11Isaiah Papali'i
- 12Liam Martin
- 13Lindsay Smith
Interchange
- 14Freddy Lussick
- 15Scott Sorensen
- 16Luron Patea
- 17Billy Phillips
Wests Tigers
- 1Jahream Bula
- 2Junior Tupou
- 3Solomone Saukuru
- 4Patrick Herbert
- 5Jeral Skelton
- 6Jarome Luai (c)
- 7Jock Madden
- 8Terrell May
- 9Apisai Koroisau (c)
- 10Fonua Pole
- 11Samuela Fainu
- 12Sione Fainu
- 13Alex Seyfarth
Interchange
- 14Latu Fainu
- 15Vaka Aho
- 16Ethan Roberts
- 17Bunty Afoa
Named squads from the official team lists. “Out” compares the named side to each team's recent first-choice; the figure is the projected points swing.
Season form guide
PanthersvsWests Tigers
2Ladder14
17-6Win–Loss8-15
28.0Pts for /game18.9
14.7Pts against /game28.7
3 - 2Last 51 - 3
2WStreak1L
9 - 2Home / Away3 - 8
Predictions are statistical estimates built from public NRL match data for information only - not betting advice, and not derived from bookmaker odds. Past performance is not indicative of future results.