Parramatta Eels vs Melbourne Storm Predictions: Storm can blow away struggling Eels

NRL frontrunners Melbourne Storm will be looking to continue their positive form and make it five wins on the bounce when they visit the Parramatta Eels on Friday morning (11:00 kick-off).

Read on for my Parramatta Eels vs Melbourne Storm prediction, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

The Storm look the team to beat right now - they currently enjoy the longest winning streak in the competition at four games.

Friday sees head coach Craig Bellamy and his side make the trip to CommBank Stadium in Sydney to face an Eels team who are on a three-game losing streak and have only rock-bottom West Tigers below them on the NRL table.

A one-sided game could well be in store and there is value to be had siding with a comfortable victory for the visitors.

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Team News

Parramatta’s Bryce Cartwright and Shaun Lane are named to start in the forwards after coming off the bench against Gold Coast Titans last time out.

Lorenzo Mulitalo, Matt Arthur Matt Doorey and Charlie Guymer are all out of the side that lost in Round 19, while Sean Russell comes back into the team on the wing.

As for the visitors, playmaker Cameron Munster has been recovering well from his groin injury and is named among the reserves.

Christian Welch (back) and Nelson Asofa-Solomona (hamstring) both missed the win over the Sydney Roosters last time out but are back for Melbourne.

Alec MacDonald drops out of the squad, while Joe Chan is unavailable due to being suspended.

Parramatta Eels vs Melbourne Storm Odds

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Parramatta are the underdogs going into this one at 5/1 to claim a surprise victory, while the Storm are 1/8 shots to head back to Melbourne with a victory.

A draw is available at 28/1, while it is 5/6 that over 52.5 points are scored in the clash.

Melbourne Storm -18 handicap @ 20/21

The Storm are the form team in the NRL and there is nothing to suggest they can’t secure another convincing win on the road this weekend.

Having won only four of their 17 games this season it has been a tough campaign for Parramatta, who have little hope of finishing in the top eight.

Melbourne will be brimming with confidence and have shown recently that they are capable of putting up a big score on this Eels side.

Having triumphed 46-16 and 48-16 in their last two meetings, look to Melbourne to cover the -18 handicap.

Melbourne Storm over 34.5 total points @ 4/5

The Storm have tallied a total of 94 points in their last two games against the Eels and Melbourne have the attacking talent to again post another sizeable tally against Parramatta this weekend.

Only the Tigers (535) have conceded more points than Parramatta (494) in the NRL this season and Melbourne are worth considering to score over 34.5 total points in this one.

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