{"id":22335,"date":"2026-09-04T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=22335"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:46:08","slug":"friday-afl-tips-blues-to-grind-past-cats-in-5-25-same-game-multi-elimination-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/afl\/friday-afl-tips-blues-to-grind-past-cats-in-5-25-same-game-multi-elimination-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday AFL Tips &#8211; Blues to Grind Past Cats in $5.25 Same Game Multi Elimination Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afl-bulldogs-magpies-wildcard-2026\">\n<p>Our best bet for Friday&#8217;s AFL Elimination Final between Geelong and Carlton is the Under 169.5 Total Points \/ Mannagh 15+ Disposals \/ Dempsey 1+ Goals \/ Cerra 20+ Disposals Same Game Multi at $5.25, with Carlton going unders in 11 of their last 15 games under Fraser and 20 of their last 22 at the MCG failing to cover the total points line.<\/p>\n<p>We get a classic on Friday night between the Cats and Blues in an Elimination Final. Can Carlton produce another win under Fraser?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22318 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WC_GameChange_NATIONAL_728x90.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"afl-cats-blues-elimination-final-2026\">\n<h2>Geelong Cats vs Carlton Blues<\/h2>\n<p>The Blues have a great recent record against the Cats, winning four of the last five, but we know what Geelong is capable of in September.<\/p>\n<p>Can Josh Fraser continue his miraculous run, or will Chris Scott&#8217;s men be too good?<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 1 &#8211; Under 169.5 Total Points<\/h3>\n<p>Looks like it might rain a bit Friday night in Melbourne, which leads us into the unders.<\/p>\n<p>Another major factor is Carlton under Josh Fraser. Since he took over from Voss, the Blues have gone unders in 11 of those 15 games.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton are a big MCG unders team and have been for a long time. Their last six at the &#8216;G, all under Fraser, have gone unders, while 20 of their last 22 games at the ground dating back to 2024 have failed to cover the total points line.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 2 &#8211; Shaun Mannagh 15+ Disposals<\/h3>\n<p>Max Holmes does return for the Cats, but I think he&#8217;ll slot into half-back in his first game back for a while.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, we could continue to see Shaun Mannagh&#8217;s midfield time increase. Mannagh attended 70% of centre bounces in Round 24 and 36% the week prior, having 33 and 20 disposals respectively.<\/p>\n<p>He had 17 disposals last time he played the Blues in Round 12.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 3 &#8211; Adam Cerra 20+ Disposals<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues under Fraser play a very similar offensive style to the Lions, where they rely on short kicking and changing angles, and with Nic Newman out, Adam Cerra has been vital down back for Carlton.<\/p>\n<p>In Cerra&#8217;s last nine games, he&#8217;s hit 20+ disposals in eight of them, with the only miss being when he got injured early against the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>He averages 23 disposals in the last five games without Newman.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 4 &#8211; Ollie Dempsey 1+ Goals<\/h3>\n<p>Has played well against the Blues in recent times, and also plays well at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Dempsey has kicked five goals in his last three games against Carlton, including two goals in his last two.<\/p>\n<p>At the &#8216;G, Dempsey has kicked at least one goal in 16 of his last 18 games at the ground, kicking 2+ in nine of those 18 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\"> Under 169.5 Total Points \/ Mannagh 15+ Disposals \/ Dempsey 1+ Goals \/ Cerra 20+ Disposals = $5.25 <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our best bet for Friday&#8217;s AFL Elimination Final between Geelong and Carlton is the Under 169.5 Total Points \/ Mannagh 15+ Disposals \/ Dempsey 1+ Goals \/ Cerra 20+ Disposals Same Game Multi at $5.25, with Carlton going unders in 11 of their last 15 games under Fraser and 20 [&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-22335","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\/22335","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=22335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22336,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335\/revisions\/22336"}],"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=22335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}