Prediction for Illawarra Hawks - Cairns Taipans 3 January 2025

Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans will face each other on 03 January 2025 at 11:30 as part of the NBL tournament. Basketball is a thrilling and incredibly intriguing sport, where sometimes everything is decided in a matter of seconds. One final three-pointer or a quick drive to the basket can turn the game upside down. That's why we love the best ball game. Whom to give preference to in this particular match? We suggest studying the statistics and making the right prediction.

Head-to-Head Encounters Illawarra Hawks - Cairns Taipans

The last face-to-face meeting between Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans took place on 19 October 2024 and ended with a score of 75:87. Currently, the opponents can slightly improve their history of face-to-face meetings, and at the moment, the hosts have 24 victories, while the guests have 20. Drawing on the history of encounters, we can make some notes on the upcoming match.

Statistical Preview of Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans

Illawarra Hawks

It's time to take a look at the current form of the home team. For this, we consider their last ten matches and see the following results: 7 wins and 3 losses. During this stretch, the team Illawarra Hawks scored 1039 points, while conceding an average of 94 points. If we focus on the last 10 home matches of the home team, the average points scored reach 103.9.

Cairns Taipans

The team Cairns Taipans has completely faltered in the current season. Unfortunately for their fans, the visitors are not at all competitive in the NBL tournament. However, why use words when the results speak for themselves: the team has only secured 3 victories and suffered 13 losses. In other words, the visitors demonstrate a catastrophically low winning percentage of 15.8%. Can the main underdog of the league find the strength and achieve success in the upcoming match?

Prediction for the Match Illawarra Hawks - Cairns Taipans

Not every basketball match intrigues as much as the encounter between Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans. Perhaps for some, the choice of a bet here seems obvious, but let's not forget that sometimes even the most apparent underdog can show its teeth. We suggest relying on statistics and the data we obtained when studying both opponents. Therefore, we are betting on: Handicap 2 (12.5) with coefficient 1.91