GWS Giants vs Richmond Round 22 Tips, Prediction & Preview

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GWS vs Richmond Tips

GWS play host to the Tigers at Marvel Stadium to kick off Round 22 on Friday night.

GWS vs Richmond Tips, Preview & Predictions

GWS Giants vs Richmond Tigers free AFL tips, predictions and preview – The home side has won the previous 12 meetings.

GWS vs Richmond Tips

  • Josh Kelly has had 25+ disposals in 13 of his 19 games this season
  • The home side has won the previous 12 meetings

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GWS vs Richmond Match Details

🇦🇺 Competition: AFL
🗓 Date: Friday August 13
⏰ Time: 7:50pm AEDT
🏟 Stadium: Marvel Stadium

GWS vs Richmond 2021 Form (last five matches)

Giants (LLWLW)

  • RD 17: GWS 64-65 Gold Coast
  • RD 18: GWS 72-98 Sydney
  • RD 19: Essendon 53-66 GWS
  • RD 20: GWS 73-100 Port Adelaide
  • RD 21: Geelong 65-84 GWS

Tigers (LWLLW)

  • RD 17: Richmond 71-87 Collingwood
  • RD 18: Richmond 106-86 Brisbane
  • RD 19: Geelong 95-57 Richmond
  • RD 20: Fremantle 55-51 Richmond
  • RD 21: Richmond 89-56 North Melbourne

GWS vs Richmond Head to Head (last five matches)

  • R9 2021: Tigers 87-83 Giants
  • R8 2020: Giants 62-50 Tigers
  • GF 2019: Tigers 114-25 Giants
  • R17 2019: Tigers 94-67 Giants
  • R3 2019: Giants 125-76 Tigers

GWS vs Richmond Preview

The Giants put themselves in a strong position to make the eight with a victory over the in-form Cats.

Despite having 20 fewer inside 50’s on the day, multiple first-team injuries and fewer clearances, the Giants managed to win by 19 points thanks to their accuracy and efficiency going inside 50.

Captain Toby Greene provided the spark, with some great individual moments in his four-goal performance. In typical Greene fashion, it wasn’t without controversy, with the star forward facing a suspension ahead of Friday night.

Although Sam Taylor held Tom Hawkins to just the one goal, the return of Phil Davis will help them battle it out against Jack Riewoldt and Tom Lynch. Davis isn’t the only key inclusion, with Josh Kelly and Jacob Hopper headlining the likely returns.

Meanwhile, the Tigers kept their finals hopes alive with a nervy triumph over the hapless Kangaroos.

It was yet another inconsistent match of two halves for Richmond. They only managed to kick two goals for the first half and looked destined for a shock loss. However, a resilient 11-goal second half saw them win comfortably.

Damien Hardwick’s outfit is in the worse ladder position of the two sides heading into Friday and will have to win both of their remaining games against GWS and Hawthorn to have any chance of making the top eight.

This is a huge match in the context of both sides chances of playing finals football this season. I believe it will be similar to the meeting between these sides earlier in the season, with one difference, the Giants claiming the four points.

Giants vs Tigers Team News

The Giants could make a host of changes with multiple players returning from injury. Josh Kelly, Jacob Hopper, Jesse Hogan, Phil Davis, Shane Mumford, Adam Kennedy and Daniel Lloyd all with a chance. Toby Greene will likely miss with a suspension, whilst Brent Daniels and Callum Brown suffered injuries against the Cats. 

The only change the Tigers could end up making is the return of Kamdyn McIntosh after being a late out last week.

The two sides last met in Round 9 this season, which saw the Tigers win by four points.

Giants vs Tigers Stats

  • The home side has won the previous 12 meetings
  • GWS currently sits 8th, 2 points clear of the Tigers
  • Both sides have won two of their previous five matches

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