{"id":88883,"date":"2026-07-30T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/?p=88883"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:18:59","slug":"hawthorn-vs-north-melbourne-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/2026\/07\/hawthorn-vs-north-melbourne-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawthorn vs North Melbourne: Predictions, Odds &amp; Betting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hawthorn take on North Melbourne at UTAS Stadium this Saturday. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know before you bet.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-afl-icon.svg?v=20260707b#hawthorn-hawks\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Hawthorn<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">North Melbourne<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">Saturday 1st August 2026 1:35 PM<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Jack Darling 2+ Goals @ $1.91<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/neds\/svg-sports-afl-icon.svg?v=20260707b#north-melbourne-fc\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p>A close game is expected between Hawthorn and North Melbourne, despite the Kangaroos being underdogs. They\u2019re struggling to win games, but an improved performance wouldn\u2019t be surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to head the charge is Jack Darling, who kicked three goals in a losing effort against St Kilda. If he has a good game in front of goal again, North Melbourne should be competitive.<\/p>\n<p>Darling has shown consistency throughout the season. He has 2+ goals in four of his last five games, so this is a good exotic bet for punters to include in AFL predictions.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/sports\/event\/australian-rules\/hawthorn-vs-north-melbourne\/90332caa-c1c7-4fbd-892c-988cc56c90a2\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\" data-tr-action=\"open sport_event\" data-tr-label=\"90332caa-c1c7-4fbd-892c-988cc56c90a2\" data-tr-event-id=\"90332caa-c1c7-4fbd-892c-988cc56c90a2\"  \n          >Hawthorn vs North Melbourne<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hawthorn vs North Melbourne Odds &amp; Top Betting Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown of the latest odds and most popular betting markets for Hawthorn vs North Melbourne ahead of their Round 21 clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"AFL\" data-event=\"champion-129902106-80-100\" data-market=\"First Goal Kicker\" data-sport=\"australian_rules\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"AFL\" data-event=\"champion-129902106-80-100\" data-market=\"Line {{-37.5}}\" data-sport=\"australian_rules\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"AFL\" data-event=\"champion-129902106-80-100\" data-market=\"Winning Margin 1-39\" data-sport=\"australian_rules\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawthorn take on North Melbourne at UTAS Stadium this Saturday. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know before you bet. Hawthorn vs North Melbourne Saturday 1st August 2026 1:35 PM Jack Darling 2+ Goals @ $1.91 A close game is expected between Hawthorn and North Melbourne, despite the Kangaroos being underdogs. They\u2019re struggling to win games, but an improved performance wouldn\u2019t be surprising. Looking to head the charge is Jack Darling, who kicked three goals in a losing effort against St Kilda. If he has a good game in front of goal again, North Melbourne should be competitive. Darling has shown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":88387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10176,10157],"tags":[33],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-88883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australian-rules","category-afl-tips-head-to-head","category-afl-tips","tag-afl-tips"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":"","md_tip_date_end":"","md_market_url":"","tip_date":"30\/07\/2026","event_country":"Australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88893,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88883\/revisions\/88893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88883"},{"taxonomy":"hub_post_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neds.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hub_post_cat?post=88883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}