2023 AFL Round 10 Preview – BRISBANE v GOLD COAST

Racing and Sports will provide analysis of many games in the 2023 AFL Season.

We'll endeavour to run through the form, incorporate appropriate stats and also supply a betting prediction which won't always just be who will win.


BRISBANE v GOLD COAST

Saturday 20 May @ the Gabba

A Q-Clash doesn't ever have sides in top form but this might be the first as the Lions on a hot streak meet the Suns winning 3 of their last 4.

Entertainment could well be on show for these given their style. With any sort of luck against Melbourne, Gold Coast could be on a huge roll too and it would be an even bigger set up.

In what was a highly contested, hard fought match, the Lions took until well into the third quarter to get right on top of Essendon. The dam walls broke and in a big way thereafter.

Cam Rayner benefits from the defenders spread out
Cam Rayner benefits from the defenders spread out Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

No doubt the boys around the ball had a big impact like Neale, Dunkley and Ashcroft. But when Smokin' Joe Daniher lights up the Gabba, it is hard to hold him back. He is having a superb year averaging nearly 3 goals a game – well above his career.

The variety in the Brisbane forward line is their key. Daniher and Hipwood can roam, Rayner and Bailey add the firepower and Cameron snipes around the floor.

So the Gold Coast backline will need to be at their best and flexible. Over the last 8 times they've met, it has not gone their way.

When Ben King has support they play well
When Ben King has support they play well Picture: Kelly Defina/Getty Images

However the real positive is how they put West Coast to the sword. It was an across the board attack and they took any bad luck out of play.

If they can keep kicking scores around 100, they are right in every game. Ben King nailing a few is the key but with the midfield contributing, they are not a bad side.

They probably should not be the odds they are given their form. And, had the game been on the Coast, you'd be happy to back them.

But just at the Gabba, in their current flowing frame of mind, it's the Lions to have the Suns Quivering.

Match Selection: Brisbane by 20 points

Suggested Bets: Cam Rayner 2+ goals @ $3.00


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