GWS Giants v Melbourne betting tips, prediction & odds; AFL rd 17 preview

Welcome to our Greater Western Sydney Giants v Melbourne Demons betting tips, prediction and odds udpate ahead of their AFL round 17 clash at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday night. 

This is a match-up between arguably the two most frustrating teams in the AFL in 2020. Two teams who have repeatedly blown opportunities to seal a spot in the top eight with deplorable performances against moderate opposition.

GWS are consistently lauded as having a wonderful list and made the grand final last year only to be crushed by Richmond. Melbourne were on the rise only a couple of seasons back but have seemingly levelled out.

This Giants-Demons is probably the last chance for the Giants and undoubtedly the last chance for the Dees, who must win to have any hope of playing in the finals.

In the past five matches between these teams, Melbourne lead 3-2 and the matches have generally been fairly free-flowing, with the Giants winning the latest installment in 2019 by 26 points at the MCG.

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GWS Giants are backing up from a game on Tuesday night in Adelaide they would rather forget. They were beaten by 12 points as the Crows chalked up just their second win for the season.

Melbourne last played on Monday night when they were embarrassed in wet conditions in Cairns by the Fremantle Dockers.

The GWS match committee have reacted savagely to the disaster in Adelaide, with eight changes for this match, including dropping out-of-form co-captain Stephen Coniglio. Defender Aidan Corr is injured and small forward Bobby Hill and rookie forward Jake Riccardi are being rested, but the Giants have also axed mid Jackson Hately, Jye Caldwell, Lachie Ash and ruckman Sam Jacobs.

GWS have brought in Brent Daniels, Connor Idun, Harry Perryman, Jack Buckley, Josh Kelly, Shane Mumford, Tom Green and Zac Williams for what is veteran tagger Matt de Boer’s 200th game.

Melbourne have made just three changes from Monday night, bringing in Charlie Spargo, Mitch Brown and Neville Jetta for the injured Michael Hibberd and dropped pair Braydon Preuss and Toby Bedford.

Read on for our free GWS v Melbourne tips ahead of their clash at the Gabba from 7.40pm on Saturday night.

Giants v Demons odds

GWS Giants v Melbourne Demons tips

Our AFL betting expert has scoured the odds for value Giants v Demons tips for Saturday night’s game.

GWS v Melbourne prediction 12/9/2020

This is a match with something tangible at stake, which is the type of game we preferring betting on at this time of the season rather than a dead rubber where you are not sure which team will bring the effort. We don’t think there has been a lot between these teams this season but we can’t tip a Demons side which has lost matches against also-rans Sydney Swans and Fremantle in consecutive weeks when they had a finals berth on the line. The Giants have not been much better but a quick look at the line-up tells you they have a lot more dangerous forward line. Hopefully that is enough. Our final GWS Giants-Melbourne tip? Giants by 15 points.

Giants vs Demons lowdown