Raiders vs Panthers Round 5 Tips, Prediction & Preview

Andrew Hendrie: Mar 31, 2023

Penrith Panthers look to get their season up and running when they travel to the nation’s capital to face the Canberra Raiders on Friday night.

Raiders vs Panthers Tips, Preview & Predictions

Penrith Panthers vs Canberra Raiders free NRL tips, predictions and preview by NRL footy tipping experts – Panthers have won eight of the last 10 meetings between the teams…

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers H2H Prediction

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Tips

Best Panthers -8.5 line & Under 48.5 points odds $2.29 with Ladbrokes

Panthers have won eight of the last 10 meetings
Panthers have won the last four straight by 13+ margins
Panthers have covered the -8.5 line with Under 48.5 points in the last four meetings
Panthers have seen 33 points or less in their three games this season
Raiders have seen Under 48.5 points in all four games this season
Brian To’o has scored a try in five of his last seven games
Albert Hopoate has scored a try in his last three home games for Raiders

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Same Game Multi Tips

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Match Details

🇦🇺 Competition: NRL
🗓 Date: Friday March 31
⏰ Time: 6.00pm AEDT
🏟 Stadium: GIO Stadium (Canberra)

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Head to Head

6/8/22: Raiders 6-26 Panthers
24/4/22: Panthers 36-6 Raiders
9/4/21: Panthers 20-10 Raiders
8/8/20: Panthers 28-12 Raiders
28/7/19: Panthers 18-30 Raiders

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Preview & Prediction

The Panthers will be looking to return to the winners circle when they meet the struggling Raiders at GIO Stadium on Friday night.

Penrith have lost two of their three games this season, but still find themselves sitting in the top eight with a points differential, so it hasn’t been a bad start to their premiership defence all things considered.

Indeed, the Panthers’ two defeats have come by a single point, including last week’s 17-16 loss in golden point against the Eels.

With four straight wins over the Raiders by 13+ margins, this looms as the perfect match-up for Penrith to regain their mojo.

Canberra aren’t playing well to start the season either, winning just one of their four games and producing their worst performance of the year so far last week.

The Raiders were leading 14-8 over the undermanned Knights at half-time but went on to lose 24-14, failing to score a single point in the second half.

Ricky Stuart’s side also gave up a lead against the Dolphins a couple of weeks ago, with their second-half woes continuing to haunt them from last season.

VERDICT:

There’s nothing to suggest the Raiders are ready to take the scalp of the premiers, especially without the suspended Jack Wighton.

Penrith could easily be 3-0 to start the season and as mentioned, they’ve won their last four games against the Raiders by 13+ margins.

Going to back the Raiders to cover a -8.5 line with Under 48.5 points, which has also landed in the last four meetings (Best Panthers -8.5 line & Under 48.5 points odds $2.29 with Ladbrokes.)

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Teams

Raiders team: 1. Sebastian Kris 2. Albert Hopoate 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Harley Smith-Shields 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Matt Frawley 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Corey Harawira-Naera 14. Tom Starling 15. Emre Guler 16. Pasami Saulo 17. Corey Horsburgh 18. Brad Schneider 19. James Schiller 20. Peter Hola 21. Trey Mooney 22. Jarrod Croker

Panthers team: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Zac Hosking 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Tyrone Peachey 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Jaeman Salmon 18. Matt Eisenhuth 19. Jack Cogger 20. Chris Smith 21. Kurt Falls 22. Thomas Jenkins

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers Stats

Panthers have won eight of the last 10 meetings
Panthers have won the last four straight by 13+ margins
Panthers have covered the -8.5 line with Under 48.5 points in the last four meetings
Panthers have seen 33 points or less in their three games this season
Raiders have seen Under 48.5 points in all four games this season
Brian To’o has scored a try in five of his last seven games
Albert Hopoate has scored a try in his last three home games for Raiders