{"id":22219,"date":"2026-08-07T10:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=22219"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:48:36","slug":"friday-afl-tips-lions-to-bounce-back-in-5-00-same-game-multi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/afl\/friday-afl-tips-lions-to-bounce-back-in-5-00-same-game-multi\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday AFL Tips &#8211; Lions to Bounce Back in $5.00 Same Game Multi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afl-lions-hawks-round22-2026\">\n<p>Our best bet for Friday&#8217;s AFL clash between Brisbane and Hawthorn is the Brisbane \/ Neale 25+ Disposals \/ Gunston 3+ Goals \/ Ward 20+ Disposals Same Game Multi at $5.00, with the Lions expected to bounce back at the Gabba and Hawthorn covering the line just once from nine games against top-eight opposition this season.<\/p>\n<p>Big game of Friday night football, with both the Lions and Hawks looking to lock away a top-four spot.<\/p>\n<h2>Brisbane Lions vs Hawthorn Hawks<\/h2>\n<p>Big game for both teams as they look to lock away their place in the top-four.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions came back down to earth with a thud with a second-rate performance against the Blues, while the Hawks will face their first top-eight team in the last five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane won both matchups against Hawthorn last year. Can the Lions bounce back from last week&#8217;s shocker?<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 1 &#8211; Brisbane<\/h3>\n<p>This is a tricky one reflected by the tightness of the odds, but we&#8217;ve seen Brisbane bounce back from their howlers over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Another factor is Hawthorn&#8217;s form against top-eight opposition this year. The Hawks are 4-4 and a draw across nine games against the top-eight this season, but when we look at their coverage rate, they&#8217;ve covered the line just once from those nine games.<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorn have the equal-second lowest line coverage rate of any team this season, and while defensive question marks surround the Lions, they did beat Geelong and Sydney just a month back.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 2 &#8211; Jack Gunston 3+ Goals<\/h3>\n<p>Although I think the Lions get it done at their home ground, it won&#8217;t be a low scoring grind.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane are prone to conceding bags of 3+ goals to opposition players this season. In fact, they&#8217;ve conceded 3+ goals to opposition players more than any other team this season, doing so on 33 occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Gunston kicked seven against the Bombers two weeks back, and although he only kicked two against North Melbourne last week he still had seven scoring shots. He&#8217;ll get another great look in this against his old team.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 3 &#8211; Lachie Neale 25+ Disposals<\/h3>\n<p>Generally Neale is automatic for 25+ disposals. In his last 11 games against the Hawks, Neale has averaged 29.7 disposals while hitting 25+ in ten of those 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, Neale is averaging 30.2 disposals and has hit 25+ in 17 of the 20 games, with that average jumping up to 31.7 disposals at the Gabba.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect the Hawks to do a defensive job on the two-time Brownlow Medalist in this.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 4 &#8211; Josh Ward 20+ Disposals<\/h3>\n<p>Stable role and stable numbers for Josh Ward in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re seeing Ward at centre bounce around 55-60% of the time, averaging 22.7 disposals per game this season, and his confidence has grown as the season has gone on.<\/p>\n<p>From Round 7 onwards, Ward has averaged 23.4 disposals and has hit 20+ disposals in 13 of those 14 games.<\/p>\n<h2>Same Game Multi<\/h2>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betr.com.au\/sports\/Australian-Rules\/101\/AFL\/AFL-Premiership\/43735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Brisbane \/ Neale 25+ Disposals \/ Gunston 3+ Goals \/ Ward 20+ Disposals = $5.00 <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our best bet for Friday&#8217;s AFL clash between Brisbane and Hawthorn is the Brisbane \/ Neale 25+ Disposals \/ Gunston 3+ Goals \/ Ward 20+ Disposals Same Game Multi at $5.00, with the Lions expected to bounce back at the Gabba and Hawthorn covering the line just once from nine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":21689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22220,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22219\/revisions\/22220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}