Franklin Bulls vs Southland Sharks: Analysis and Prediction – Franklin Bulls will play a 7th round NBL NZ match against the Southland Sharks at the Franklin Pool and Leisure Centre.
Franklin Bulls vs Southland Sharks Odds
Franklin Bulls vs Southland Sharks (1/2): 1.03 / 9.50
Asian Handicap (-19.5 / +19.5): 1.86 / 1.83
Total Over/Under (170.5): 1.89 / 1.79
Franklin Bulls Team News
The Franklin Bulls were charging at the start of the new season and strung together four consecutive victories, but have recently slowed down a bit. In the last two weeks they lost to the Auckland Tuatara and the Taranaki Airs, while only managing to beat the Whai Tauranga at home, which is currently enough for a 5-2 W-L record and fourth place in the standings.
So far, the Bulls have been much more successful at home where they are boasting an undefeated 4-0 W-L record, while away from home their form has suffered as they own a 1-2 W-L record on the road. We have to be honest and say that Franklin had a very easy schedule during the opening of the season playing against heavily shorthanded team, but recently they encountered some of the title favourites with full rosters and expectedly their form has taken a dip.
Regardless of their drop in form, the Franklin Bulls are expected to win easily at home against the horrible and winless Southland Sharks. This is an ideal game for the Bulls to get back on track and they should do just that against the worst side in the league.
Southland Sharks Team News
Just like last year, the Southland Sharks are struggling massively. After six rounds played, they are yet to win a single game and currently own a miserable 0-8 W-L record, which has them sitting at rock bottom of the league.
The Sharks are not only the worst team in the league, but they also have the worst offense averaging only 72 ppg. That will be a huge problem against a very physical Bulls side, which is allowing only 82 ppg and has the second-best defense in the league. In the meantime, the Sharks released one of their imports, Lagerald Vick, hoping it would shake up the team, but it had little meaning in their previous outing against the Nelson Giants as they were once again outplayed and failed to score 80 points going down 89:79.
The Southland Sharks are a true mess at the moment playing shorthanded without a full contingent of imports. They own the worst offense in the league and in order to upset the Bulls they will need to fire on all cylinders from downtown, which will hardly happen.
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Franklin Bulls vs Southland Sharks H2H
This will be the first head-to-head meeting of these teams this season.
Absences and injuries
Both teams will have full rosters available for this game.
Franklin Bulls vs Southland Sharks Prediction
The Franklin Bulls will enter this clash as heavy favourites, but we decided to avoid spread betting because the offered spread seems about right. Since the Sharks are the worst offensive team in the league and are also missing an import, the Total Under seems like the most viable option here.
Tip-off Time: Friday, 10.05.2024. 09:30 CET
Prediction: Under 170.5 points
Odds: 1.79
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