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Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters NRL Round 11 Tips - Dogs go on the attack

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Last updated: 13 May 2025
Jeremy Darke 13 May 2025
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  • Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters expert predictions for Friday’s Round 11 NRL game
  • Kick off is at 8:00 PM (AEST) at Accor Stadium
  • Bulldogs strong on attack, averaging 30 points per last 4 matches.
  • Roosters' weak defensive stats despite prior wins, Bulldogs likely to exploit.
Can the Chooks stop the dogs. Likely not!

Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters, Round 11 2025 - Expert Prediction


The Bulldogs will play both halves of footy this week and walk over the Chooks at Accor Stadium on Friday night.
  • Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters, Round 11 2025 - Expert Prediction
  • Head to Head 
  • Canterbury Bulldogs Form Analysis & Betting Trends
  • Canterbury Bulldogs Team News
  • Canterbury Bulldogs Team List
  • Sydney Roosters Form Analysis & Betting Trends
  • Sydney Roosters Team News
  • Sydney Roosters Team List
  • Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters NRL 2025 Round 11 FAQ’s

Canterbury are the best team in the comp and they showed why, coming back from 20 points down against the Raiders, proving that if they can just get their hands on the ball they will dominate you. 

The Bulldogs will face the Roosters, who have also been impressive lately and will be fresh off the bye, however, they will be no match for the Dogs, especially considering the game will be held at Accor where they have lost 6 of their last 8 matches. 

The Roosters attack has been the key to their success, but they come up against the best defence in the comp, and their own ability to deter their opponents has been poor, despite getting victories of late.

The Dogs will play for 80mins and choke the Chooks in the end and run away with the match, scoring over their team total, peppering their poor left side defence, which is where the in-form Jacob Kiraz will attack.

  • Canterbury have an average winning margin of 16 points and a minimum of 8 points. 
  • Canterbury has averaged 30 points per game in their last 4 matches.
  • Sydney conceded an average of 27.3 points per game in 2025.
  • Jacob Kiraz has 4 tries in his last 2 games. 

Head to Head 


Canterbury and the Roosters both took a match each in the 2024 season, and are even 2-2 in their previous 4 matches. The Roosters do hold a a 6-2 lead head to head since the 2019 season. 

This is the first time since our data started in 2019 that the Bulldogs have come into a game against Sydney as the favourite, starting the last 8 matches as an 8.5-point or longer underdog.

Canterbury Bulldogs Form Analysis & Betting Trends


Recent Form
Last 5 W/LLast 5 ATSLast 5 O/U
4-14-13-2

What a wild show the Bulldogs put on in Round 10, coming back from 20-0 down at half time to beat the Raiders 32-20. The result simply came down to possession, with the Raiders winning that battle 60%-40% in the first half but the Bulldogs replied with 71% of the ball in the second half, along with 62% territory and a whopping 8 linebreaks after they came back out of the sheds.

We harp on about how important how the simple fact of ball and territory wins games and this is the perfect example of that. The impressive part of it all is that the Bulldogs were able to settle themselves after a tumultuous first half with 8 errors and come back and get the job done.

This victory makes them an even bigger danger, no matter how big of a lead a team has the Dogs can claw back if given a little ball. 

2025 Betting Trends
ATSOver/Under1-1213+
7-25-43-05-1

Canterbury Bulldogs Team News


Jaeman Salmon suffered an ankle injury last week and will be out for an extended period of time. 

Kurt man comes in at No.13 with Luke Smith to make his debut for Canterbury off the bench.

Canterbury Bulldogs Team List


1. Connor Tracey 
2. Jacob Kiraz 
3. Bronson Xerri 
4. Stephen Crichton 
5. Marcelo Montoya 
6. Matt Burton 
7. Toby Sexton 
8. Max King
9. Reed Mahoney 
10. Daniel Suluka-Fifita
11. Viliame Kikau 
12. Harry Hayes
13. Kurt Mann

Interchange
14. Bailey Hayward
15. Kurtis Morrin 
16. Lipoi Hopoi
17. Luke Smith 

Reserves
19. Jack Underhill 
20. Blake Wilson 
21. Jake Turpin 
22. Drew Hutchison
23. Blake Taaffe

Sydney Roosters Form Analysis & Betting Trends


Recent Form
Last 5 W/LLast 5 ATSLast 5 O/U
3-23-23-2

The Roosters are fresh off the bye and will want to continue their hot run that they had before their week off which had them winning 3 of the last 4 matches.  

After a slow start to the season averaging just 16 points per game in their first 4 matches, the Chooks attack has found its flow with its new halves combo of Sandon Smith and Hugo Savala, averaging 30 points in the last 4 games. 

Sydney have been clinical all over the field, especially when moving the ball around in their own end. The Roosters have 8 linebreaks in each of their last 2 matches and are ranked  second in the NRL with an average of 6.2 per game.

The concern for the Roosters is still their mid-pack defence that ranks ninth or worse in the majority of our key defensive stats and have also allowed and average of 25 points in their last 4 games, despite winning three of those matches. 

2025 Betting Trends
ATSOver/Under1-1213+
4-55-43-21-3

Sydney Roosters Team News


Linsay Collins will have a week to prove his fitness for Origin selection with the prop coming off the bench this week in his return for the Roosters. Salesi Foketi will drop off the pine.

Sydney Roosters Team List


1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Billy Smith 
4. Robert Toia
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Sandon Smith
7. Hugo Savala 
8. Spencer Leniu 
9. Connor Watson 
10. Naufahu Whyte 
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Victor Radley 

Interchange
14. Zach Dockar-Clay
15. Egan Butcher
16. Blake Steep
17. Lindsay Collins

Reserves
18. Ethan King 
19. Salesi Foketi
20. Dom Young
21. Chad Townsend 
22. Benaiah Ioelu

Canterbury Bulldogs vs Sydney Roosters NRL 2025 Round 11 FAQ’s

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Verdict

Canterbury will score over 24.5 points and cover the 8.5-point line against Sydney with Jacob Kiraz crossing for a try.
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