AFL Betting Preview: ANZAC Day

The ANZAC Day break provides a cracking midweek AFL double-header.

Melbourne, struggling like few expected, take on a Richmond side still trying to cover injuries to key players, but coming off two straight wins and keen to stay in touch with the top 8.

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Essendon and Collingwood come into their game reasonably evenly matched on paper – both on three wins – but with the bookies favouring Collingwood heavily.

To help you with your betting on the footy, we’ve put together a betting guide that outlines all four teams’ current form, recent head-to-head record, recent first goal-kickers and high possession winners.

Click here to access it.

Melbourne and Richmond teams have been announced and are below – they’ll be out later tonight for Essendon and Collingwood.

Richmond

B: N Broad – D Astbury – D Grimes

HB: N Vlastuin – S Edwards – B Houli

C: B Ellis – D Prestia – K McIntosh

HF: D Rioli – J Ross – J Castagna

F: J Riewoldt – T Lynch – D Martin

R: T Nankervis – J Caddy – K Lambert

I: N Balta – L Baker – J Higgins – S Stack

E: C Menadue – J Graham – I Soldo – S Bolton

IN: J Riewoldt

OUT: S Bolton (Omitted)

Key absentees: T Cotchin – S Grigg – A Rance – J Short

Melbourne

B: M Hore – S Frost – J Lewis

HB: B Fritsch – M Hibberd – C Salem

C: N Jones – J Viney – J Hunt

HF: J Harmes – S Weideman – C Petracca

F: A Neal-Bullen – T McDonald – J Melksham

R: M Gawn – C Oliver – A Brayshaw

I: B Stretch – J Garlett – T Smith – J Lockhart

E: C Wagner – O McDonald – T Sparrow – D Keilty

IN: A Neal-Bullen – B Stretch – J Garlett – T Smith – J Lockhart

OUT: C Wagner (Omitted) – N Jetta (Injured) – B Preuss (Injured) – J Wagner (Omitted) – C Spargo (Omitted)

Key absentees: N Jetta – J Lever – S May – B Pruess

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