Melbourne Storm vs Canberra Raiders Predictions & Betting Tips

Melbourne Storm vs Canberra Raiders Predictions

Storm have lost their last two matches, both on the road, and will welcome being back in Melbourne. I'm backing a comfortable home win at AAMI Park.

• Melbourne Storm have won 6 of their last 7 home matches.
• Melbourne Storm's Ryan Papenhuyzen scored 2 tries in his last 2 matches.
• Melbourne Storm have won their last 5 matches against Canberra Raiders.
• Melbourne Storm have won 3 of their last 4 matches against Canberra Raiders by 14+ points margins.
• Canberra Raiders have lost 6 of their last 8 away matches.

Head to Head

Melbourne Storm have a 36-14 advantage against Canberra Raiders, including winning the last five in a row.

The Storm won 30-16 in Canberra in Round 5 of this season.

Melbourne Storm Form

Melbourne Storm's slim minor premiership claims have been blown apart by away defeats to Manly Sea Eagles and Cronulla Sharks.

Craig Bellamy's side came home like a train too late against Manly (36-30) before being no match for the Sharks (28-6) last week.

As a result, Storm have slipped to fourth ahead of this game at 11-5 for the season.

Melbourne Storm Team News

Cameron Munster has been named after missing Origin 3 with Covid, and Harry Grant will back up after returning to the Storm fold.

Nick Meaney switches to the wing.

Felise Kaufusi also comes back in after missing several weeks for personal reasons in place of Chris Lewis, who is among the reserves.

Brandon Smith is suspended and Jayden Nikorima drops to the reserves and Grant Anderson out altogether.

Melbourne Storm Team List

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 

2. Nick Meaney

3. Marion Seve

4. Justin Olam

5. Dean Ieremia

6. Cameron Munster

7. Jahrome Hughes

8. Jesse Bromwich

9. Harry Grant 

10. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

11. Felise Kaufusi 

12. Kenny Bromwich

13. Josh King 

Interchange:

14. Tyran Wishart

15. Tui Kamikamica

16. Alec MacDonald

17. Jordan Grant 

Reserves:

18. Jayden Nikorima

19. Chris Lewis 

20. Tom Eisenhuth 

21. Yee-Huang Tonumaipe'a

22. Bronson Garlick 

Canberra Raiders Form

In consistency is hampering the Raiders' finals hopes with the Green Machine trading wins and losses across the last six matches.

A 12-10 defeat to St George Illawarra Dragons two weeks ago leaves Canberra a win outside of the top eight heading into this fixture at 7-9 for the campaign.

Canberra Raiders Team News

Josh Papalii backs up after Origin duty and James Schiller returns to the bench following injury.

That is the only change with Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad dropping out of the Raiders side.

Canberra Raiders Team List

1. Xavier Savage

2. Nick Cotric

3. Matt Timoko

4. Sebastian Kris

5. Jordan Rapana

6. Jack Wighton

7. Jamal Fogarty

8. Josh Papalii

9. Zac Woolford

10. Joe Tapine

11. Hudson Young

12. Elliott Whitehead

13. Ryan Sutton

Interchange:

14. Tom Starling

15. James Schiller 

16. Adam Elliott

17. Corey Horsburgh