Punters show faith in TigersPaul Gough, Betting Editor
Sportal
Last Updated 15/06/2013 The money is coming for Richmond against Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday despite this being exactly the type of game the Tigers have slipped up in for years.
The Tigers are coming off one of their best wins in recent seasons - a seven goal demolition of the Eagles in Perth before their bye last week - and meet an Adelaide side reeling from a 77 point loss to Sydney and which have just one of their past nine games at the MCG.
A win for Richmond would almost certainly lift them back into the top eight - bolstering their hopes of a first finals berth since 2001 - but this very stage of last year the Tigers had a similar home game at the MCG against Fremantle and lost having just come off sensational wins against Hawthorn and St Kilda.
However a year on and punters clearly believe Damien Hardwick's improving side and is now a more mature unit, capable of handling increased expectations.
The bookies are reporting heavy support for the Tigers against an Adelaide side that has managed a total of just 14 goals in their past two matches against Fremantle and Sydney as the Crows are beginning to find life tough without their twin towers in attack from last season in Kurt Tippett (now at Sydney) and the injured Taylor Walker.
The Tigers are the $1.43 favourites in head-to-head betting at Betfair compared to the Crows at $3.25 with Betfair's Daniel Bevan reporting the money is running two to one in the Tigers' favour.
And at Centrebet the Tigers have been backed in from $1.38 to $1.35 while Adelaide have drifted from $3 to $3.15 while at the TAB the Tigers have firmed from $1.38 to $1.35 with the Crows $3 to $3.25.
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