It's the return of Monday Night Super League live on Sky Sports in Round 15, with a repeat of four of the last six Grand Finals offering a treat of a curtain raiser.
Giant strides
The Champions were humbled in the Challenge Cup last week by a strong Huddersfield side who face a resurgent Widnes side this time around.
Rather surprisingly, the Giants only receive a
-8 handicap at 10/11 this week, but they do have a terrible record at the Stobart Stadium.
The Giants have not won away at Widnes since March 2004 which has probably affected this week's handicap, but they are a much-improved side since.
Since 2007, Huddersfield have only failed to make the play-offs once - in 2008 - and currently lie in second spot this year.
Widnes, on the other hand, have struggled since making it back into Super League last year, winning just 11 games in 40 games after their return.
That's why I expect the Giants to overcome the
12 point deficit this week against Widnes.
If Huddersfield had been given a
-12 handicap for every game so far this term, they would have beaten it on eight occasions and, more often than not, covered it comfortably.
Not only that but they humiliated this week's opponents 62-6 less than two months ago.
This week's double - a Leeds try and Huddersfield on the handicap - works out at
5/1.
View from the Sky Bet trading room...
"Bradford have the
shortest handicap of the weekend as they face bottom club Salford but the Sky Bet punters have been lapping that up.
"Although they have had a slump in form recently, the Bulls have beaten the City Reds on 23 occasions in Super League with Salford winning just seven.
"Since the start of this season, Wigan have moved from
11/4 to
8/11 to finish the season top and they continue to be popular on the weekly handicaps.
"This week, they have been snapped up at
-16 against London so we now have them at
-20."
