Two struggling teams here but Castleford are in dissary. Threw away a commanding lead to lose at home to Championship side Barrow and have looked like a team with no direction. Salford are a team struggling for any form of their own but a 6 point start against a Castleford team in this state is [...]
Two bottom teams playing here but Salford have performed well, losing bravely to Leeds and Bradford in the last two weeks. Catalans are a disaster at present – 58-0 defeat to wigan last week, massively in disciplined and a general shambles.
Leeds haven’t been convincing and on a very poor quality pitch, don’t expect a points avalanche. If you’re really ambitions, you can get 14/1 on Salford winning – they did in this game last year.
Despite picking up the wooden spoon last season, Crusaders will be rejuvenated under new coach Brian Noble and can beat Salford with a 12 point handicap in their favour.