Gold Coast Suns vs St Kilda Saints Prediction: A battle of inconsistent sides

This AFL Round 18 game takes place at Heritage Bank Stadium in Gold Coast and features the Gold Coast Suns taking on the St. Kilda Saints. Despite the fact that the home team had just been defeated by the Port Adelaide Power, the St. Kilda Saints were also defeated by the Melbourne Demons at their own stadium.

The Gold Coast Suns were put in their place after their most recent contest, which was won with relative ease by the Port Adelaide Power, 106-73. Since their most recent victory came against the Hawthorn Hawks, the Gold Coast Suns have had a difficult time getting on a long winning streak this season. Following their most recent victory, they suffered losses to the Collingwood Magpies and the Port Adelaide Power. The Gold Coast Suns were humiliated consecutively twice, allowing more than 100 points in both of their losses, which came at the hands of the two teams that were atop the ladder at the time. Now, with a home game against a St. Kilda Saints side that does not score many points in their games, the Gold Coast Suns are aware that in order to put an end to their current losing streak of two games, they need to make the most of the home advantage they have. Jeremy Sharp, Charlie Constable, and Elijah Hollands are all players who have excelled in the VFL and might be in the running for a starting position for the Gold Coast Suns heading into this match.

St. Kilda's loss to Melbourne Demons in their most recent match, which resulted in a score of 79-58, was extremely disheartening for the team. The loss came about because St. Kilda failed to capitalize on their victory over the West Coast Eagles, which they had earned the previous week with a score of 85-77. St. Kilda has been very successful away from home this season, claiming victory in six of their nine matches played, including three of their past four contests. However, the Saints need to keep piling on points if they want to ensure that they have a spot in the postseason; the gap between them and Adelaide, which is now in ninth place, is only four points at this time. The St Kilda Saints will be without Max King (shoulder), Jack Billings (thumb), and Seb Ross (hamstring), but they will have to make do without them.

This is going to be one of the more difficult games that takes place during the weekend. In the meantime, given the manner in which the games between these two teams concluded the previous weekend, with both teams allowing more than 100 points, I anticipate a stronger defensive performance from both of them this time around, as they will be looking to play it safe. On the other side, St. Kilda Saints have a track record of success when playing against the Gold Coast Suns, and there is no question that this streak might be continued here. However, despite the fact that I want to play things safe, I think it would be smarter to wager on the Kilda Saints to cover the point spread.