AFL Betting Tips 2025: Finals Week 2 Best Bets And Betting Trends

All eyes will be on the MCG next weekend after Geelong and Collingwood booked home preliminary finals with victories last week, sending the semi-finals action to Adelaide and Brisbane this weekend with the competition down to six. 

The Cats and the Magpies are the favourites to win the flag after their impressive finals performances, whilst the home teams for this week, Adelaide and Brisbane, are on the next two lines of betting.

The best Australian betting sites have ramped up their offerings and promotions for one of the busiest times of the year.

With just two games on offer, we delve a little deeper into the markets to offer some additional picks for each game.

AFL Semi-Finals Predictions:

• Adelaide To Lead At Half-Time - 1.83 With Picklebet 
• Adelaide HT/FT Double - 2.20 With Unibet
• Taylor Walker To Kick 2+ Goals - 1.70 With Betr
• Gold Coast +8.5 Points Vs Brisbane - 1.90 With Ladbrokes
• Gold Coast To Lead After Each Quarter - 5.25 With PlayUp
• Cam Raynor 2+ Goals - 2.00 With Bet365

Adelaide Vs Hawthorn, Friday 7:40pm AEST

This is by far the tightest contest of the weekend according to Australian bookmakers. 

The competition has been so close this season, it’s actually fathomable to think a match where the minor premiers are hosting the eighth-place finishers could have a line of just 1.5 points. 

A lot of people have quickly jumped off the Crows after their first final in eight years went disastrously, casting minds back to their only other loss from their last 14 matches - a very ugly 47-44 loss to the Hawks in Tasmania. 

Their long-term form stacks up, whilst they have bolstered their forward line with the recall of Josh Rachele. They also have a two-day rest advantage over the Hawks, who had to travel to Sydney for what was an impressive win over the Giants. 

Now they seek to rewrite history as the first team to win a finals match from eighth place over the minor premiers.

Adelaide narrowly missed out on their 19th half-time lead of 2025 last week, with the previous 18 reaffirming why they have been the most successful club of the season. They’re sharp starters and are tough to catch up with. 

We are backing Adelaide to lead at half-time, and if you are tipping the Crows to advance to the preliminary finals, you could double up the two for some extra value and take Adelaide for a half-time/full-time double. 

For our player prop, Taylor Walker would not be pleased with his return of 39 goals from 22 games.

However, in the back end of the season he has almost always been good for a couple, kicking two or three goals in eight of his last nine appearances. 

At the time of publication, Betr was slightly edging out most other AFL betting apps when it came to odds for Walker to return two or more again here, offering 1.70. 

Best Bet: Adelaide To Lead At Half-Time - 1.83 With Picklebet 

Best Value: Adelaide HT/FT Double - 2.20 With Unibet

Player Prop: Taylor Walker To Kick 2+ Goals - 1.70 With Betr

Brisbane Vs Gold Coast, Saturday 7:35pm AEST

It is hard to believe that the Lions and Suns will play out a final before West Coast and Fremantle, but the Q-Clash will step up to a whole new level as these sides fight for the right to play Collingwood next weekend.

It was only a few weeks ago that the Suns demolished Brisbane to the tune of 66 points in Round 20, their biggest ever win over the Lions, whilst earlier in the season they kept Brisbane to just 66 points at the Gabba, scoring just 49 in return.

That turned out to be an aberration from what was the fourth-best attacking unit (94.5 points per game) of the season and the Suns showed against Fremantle last week that, despite their inexperience in finals, the big occasion does not daunt them.

The Suns have covered the pre-match line in eight of their last nine games against the reigning premier of the time, including a victory over Collingwood last year, and with Brisbane in poor form at the back end of the year, Suns (+8.5) looks good. 

For those who want to roll the dice on the Suns tearing Brisbane apart again, you could do worse than the 5.25 offered on AFL betting apps) for the Suns to lead after every quarter.

That is because the Suns led at the end of every quarter in 12 of their 15 total wins, which was second only to Adelaide’s 13. 

In other words, they also win the ‘wire-to-wire’ market in 80% of matches that they take the points in. Odds better than five dollars for an 8.5 point outsider to do so is astonishing. 

Cameron Rayner was, as we all know from seeing the controversial footage, very fortunate for two of the three goals he kicked against Geelong last week. 

He spent far too long pinned in the goal square being annoyed by Mark O’Connor and we’re expecting Chris Fagan to force him to come into the contest more often and earlier if necessary, so we confidently back him to be amongst the goalscorers once again. 

AFL betting sites have odds of Evens for a man who cracked two or more goals in five of his last six games. 

Best Bet: Gold Coast +8.5 Points Vs Brisbane - 1.90 With Ladbrokes

Best Value: Gold Coast To Lead After Each Quarter - 5.25 With PlayUp

Player Prop: Cam Raynor 2+ Goals - 2.00 With Bet365