Stats and relevant info to take on board before you place your bets!

• Queensland lead 58-48 all time with 2 games drawn

• Queensland have won 8 of the last 9 at Suncorp stadium

• No team has won by more than 12 points in the last 13 series game 1’s

• Series openers have been low scoring in recent years with none of the last four game ones going over 20 points

• The average total in the last 10 openers has been 29.6 points

• The average total in the last 5 openers: 19.8 points

• Seven of the last eleven opening tries have been scored by wingers or centres with Dane Gagai crossing the line five times in his last four matches including a hat-trick in game 2 of 2016

• The Blues have averaged 12 points in the last 10 openers and 10 points in the last 5

• The man of the match has come from the winning team in each of the last 10 opening matches

• Jonathan Thurston with three and Cameron Smith with two have won the most MOM awards in the last 10 years

• When a NSW player has won the MOM award it has tended to go to a forward – Luke Lewis, Greg Bird, Willie Mason – while backs have dominated for QLD with Thurston and Smith.

The above trends point to:

1. Queensland winning

2. The margin being under 12 points

3. Total match points being under 30

4. The first try to be scored by a centre or winger

5. A Queensland back winning Man of the Match

Recommended Bets:

Back Queensland utilising the  ‘double your winnings’ offer and/or at $2.50 with  and $2.25 with 

Queensland to win by 1-12 points at  $2.87 with 

Under 33.5 total points at $1.90 with 

Under 14.5 NSW points at $2.48 with 

First tryscorer DANE GAGAI at $10 with  – money back as a bonus bet if he scores a try that is not the first try of the match

Anthony MILFORD for Man of the Match at $17 with