AFL 2023 Semi Finals – Betting Tips & Predictions

The brutality of the elimination finals was laid bare in the AFL last weekend, with Sydney and St Kilda having to pack their bags and look ahead to next season.

Winning the title remains the key aim for the remaining 6 and the intrigue around the AFL finals period is creating plenty of action with old and new betting sites alike. For Collingwood and Brisbane both booked their places in the last 4 over the weekend, leaving Melbourne and Carlton to battle it out – as well as Port Adelaide and the GWS Giants.

There is no margin for error now and the final games of the season promise to bring drama every step of the way. 

The MCG will be rocking for this one, as old foes Melbourne and Carlton go hard at it, with a place in the 2023 AFL play-off finals on the line.

Melbourne have steadily gone about their business this season, picking up plenty of impressive results, enabling them to finish 4th in the regular season table.

Defeat to Collingwood last weekend was tight and could prove costly, as energy conservation is often the key component for any side as they look to build their AFL finals run.

However, there were plenty of positives for Melbourne to take from their defeat and they will be bang up for this against Carlton.

For the Blues meanwhile, overcoming Sydney was their first hurdle, something they managed to just about do and they are now being well fancied by many AFL betting sites.

Being the underdogs in this one won’t concern them at all and whilst they know they will be up against it here, they beat Melbourne merely a few weeks ago during the regular AFL season and will believe that they can do it again.

Calling this one is tough, with not much between the sides but Carlton may just fancy their chances of an upset and take their opportunity.

Bookmaker	Sam’s Tip	Odds
	Total Points – Over 154.5	$1.79
	Winning Margin: Carlton 1-12	$5
	Carlton to win the match	$2.28

Predicted Squads

Melbourne: Alex Neal-Bullen, Angus Brayshaw, Bayley Fritsch, Brodie Grundy, Christian Petracca, Christian Salem, Ed Langdon, Harrison Petty, Jack Viney, Jacob Van Rooyen, Jake Lever, James Jordon, Joel Smith, Judd McVee, Kade Chandler, Kysaiah Pickett, Lachie Hunter, Max Gawn, Michael Hibberd, Steven May, Tom Sparrow, Trent Rivers.

Carlton: Adam Cerra, Adam Saad, Alex Cincotta, Blake Acres, Brodie Kemp, Charlie Curnow, David Cuningham, Harry McKay, Jack Martin, Jacob Weitering, Jordan Boyd, Lachie Fogarty, Marc Pittonet, Matthew Cottrell, Matthew Kennedy, Matthew Owies, Mitch McGovern, Nic Newman, Paddy Dow, Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty, Sam Walsh, Tom De Koning.

It is a similar story at the Adelaide Oval, with one of the Port Adelaide Suns or the GWS Giants having to pack their bags after this one.

The early season performances of the Port Adelaide Suns created a real splash with many AFL betting sites, as they stormed through the opening weeks of the season to sit pretty at the top of the tree with Collingwood.

Results have waned a little since, but the Suns are playing some exciting stuff and should have a raucous crowd backing them here, as they look to bounce back from the qualification finals defeat to Brisbane.

For the GWS Giants meanwhile, this is a chance they haven’t had for the best part of a decade, and they look to be loving every second of it. Beating St Kilda on the road last weekend was a real marker in the sand and they are playing with a renewed sense of freedom here.

Upsets can always happen at this stage of the season and the GWS Giants should be firmly in the mix, but Port Adelaide have been good this year and should be able to sneak through to the semi-finals.

Bookmaker	Sam’s Tip	Odds
	Port Adelaide to win the match	$1.60
	Winning Margin: Port Adelaide 1-12	$5.50
	Total Points – Under 173.5	$1.91

Predicted Squads

Port Adelaide: Aliir Aliir, Charlie Dixon, Connor Rozee, Dan Houston, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Dylan Williams, J. Horne-Francis, Jed McEntee, Jeremy Finlayson, Josh Sinn, Kane Farrell, Miles Bergman, Ollie Wines, Quinton Narkle, Ryan Burton, Sam Powell-Pepper, Scott Lycett, Todd Marshall, Travis Boak, Trent McKenzie, Willem Drew, Zak Butters

Greater Western Sydney: Aaron Cadman, Callan Ward, Callum M Brown, Connor Idun, Daniel Lloyd, Finn Callaghan, H. Himmelberg, Harry Perryman, Jack Buckley, Jake Riccardi, Josh Kelly, Kieren Briggs, Lachie Ash, Lachie Whitfield, Lachlan Keeffe, Nick Haynes, Sam Taylor, Stephen Coniglio, Toby Bedford, Toby Greene, Tom Green, Xavier O'Halloran

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