Welcome to the second Super Saturday instalment of Daily Fantasy Tips for the 2024 AFL Premiership Season in what is set to be an entertaining day’s play right across the board for you to feast your eyes on.
It kicks off with a 1:45pm bounce of the ball to get the North Melbourne vs Fremantle game underway, before a we head across town for the twilight slot that’ll see the Hawks take on the Dees at the colosseum, until the day closes with a trip to Sydney for the Swans to do battle with Essendon under lights.
Draftstars have been kind enough to cover us with a whopping $60,000 main contest over the scheduled Saturday games, along with a trio of supplementary options that you may take a liking to in the final day of Round 1 action.
AFL $60,000+ Saturday
AFL $5,000+ Saturday High Roller
AFL $3,000+ Saturday $2 Mini
AFL $2,000+ Saturday Micro
The AFL Star contest is back for 2024 and Draftstars are offering the biggest prize pool in Australian DFS history with a $1 million guaranteed final with $250,000 top prize! There are qualifiers and satellites running for every AFL match, while there will also be a sprinkling of qualifiers across other sports such as NRL and NBA.
Meanwhile the 1000 AFL Target contests are set to return to Draftstars for the first time since 2018. Enter the contest and hit the 1000-point barrier with your team to scoop the jackpot!
Betting Markets
North Melbourne ($3.15) vs Fremantle ($1.36) Odds thanks to PlayUp
Points: 169.5
Line: 16.5
Hawthorn ($3.60) Melbourne ($1.29) Odds thanks to PlayUp
Points: 168.5
Line: 21.5
Sydney ($1.15) vs Essendon ($5.50) Odds thanks to PlayUp
Points: 167.5
Line: 31.5
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Additionally, we have a full Betting Preview for all four games where we provide our best bet for the game as well as a great value Same Game Multi!
- North Melbourne vs Fremantle betting preview
- Hawthorn vs Melbourne betting preview
- Sydney vs Essendon betting preview
Weather
Melbourne
21 degrees, partly cloudy
Sydney
24 degrees, cloudy
Where to Attack
I think there’s money to made around all three favourites on Saturday. Fremantle present as some value even after knocking off flag hopefuls Brisbane. Melbourne bounced back to form last week against the Bulldogs after an uncharacteristic showing first up against the Swans, who haven’t put a foot wrong this year so far and can handle a likely gallant Essendon outfit.
Game Script – Class to prevail in the long run across all three encounters.
Value Plays
Jye Amiss ($6,900) is emerging as one of the premier key forwards in the competition, now entering his third year, looks ready to hit his straps and cause headaches for opposition coaches moving forward.
Zane Duursma ($7,350) wasted no time in his debut game, fitting into the mould of a senior footballer almost instantaneously, after carrying hype throughout pre-season. Buy his stocks before they rise.
Mid-Priced Plays
Massimo D’Ambrosio ($9,800) caught a few by surprise outside of the four walls at Hawthorn in his first start in the new colours. Has Sam Mitchell to thank for finding a role that suits his outside run and gun game.
Nat Fyfe ($10,890) looms as perfect mid-priced play that can slot into your Draftstars lineup with ease. The two-time Brownlow medallist is slowly but surely regaining the form of years gone by, stick with him.
Premium Plays
Harry Sheezel ($15,210) has been a model of consistency since being a high-level draft pick by the Kangaroos, continues to impress us with his video game numbers that he posts week in week out.
Nic Martin (14,380) has the aerobic capacity to compete with some of the game’s best endurance runners, holds him in great stead to be able to help the bombers at both ends of the ground. Needs to tidy up his disposal efficiency that proved costly towards his score against the Hawks.
Fade
James Sicily ($15,030) endured a tough outing against Essendon the week prior after a clear plan was set out to target the Hawks captain. Expect Melbourne to deploy a similar tactic in ruffling his feathers early in proceedings.
Suggested Draftstars Lineup
Cheat Sheets
