Western Bulldogs vs West Coast Eagles

After a rare and narrow win over the hapless GWS back in round 15, the Bulldogs have lost to Essendon and Hawthorn and whilst they’ve finished on the wrong side of the ledger in those games, the effort has at least been there.
They can take some positives out of those games and apply them to this match against West Coast as they search for their fourth win of the season.
West Coast strung four wins together during the middle of the season and looked to be building some much needed momentum heading into the second half of the year however, the Eagles have only been able to win two of their past seven games with their most recent matches, resulting in losses to Fremantle and last week, Sydney.
They sit two wins out of the eight in tenth spot on the ladder and needless to say, can not afford to drop a game for the remainder of the season.
They’ll be confident of winning this game though given their recent winning efforts over the Bulldogs. They’ve won the last four straight, three of them by margins of 70, 49 and 123.
They’ve only been asked to cover 23.5 here but given the efforts of the Bulldogs over the past fortnight and, coupled with the omission this week of Nic Naitanui from the Eagles, the Bulldogs will make sure the West Coast earn their victory.
Expecting a tight contest here than the market suggests.