Big Match Preview

The series between the two sides is split one apiece so far this season, with Saints having won six of the last 10 derbies.

Last Ten Meetings:

St Helens 22, Wigan 19 (SLR15, 25/5/17)
Wigan 29, St Helens 18 (SLR9, 14/4/17)
Wigan 25, St Helens 0 (SLS8-R3, 19/8/16)
Wigan 4, St Helens 23 (SLR23, 22/7/16)
St Helens 12, Wigan 24 (SLR7, 25/3/16)
St Helens 18, Wigan 14 (SLS8-R6, 18/9/15)
St Helens 30, Wigan 14 (SLR18, 12/6/15)
Wigan 12, St Helens 4 (SLR8, 3/4/15)
St Helens 14, Wigan 6 (SLGF, 11/10/14) (at Old Trafford, Manchester)
Wigan 12, St Helens 16 (SLR18, 27/6/14)

Super League Summary:

St Helens won 34 (includes wins in 2000 and 2014 Grand Finals & wins in 2000, 2002, 2009 and 2011 play-offs)
Wigan won 35 (includes win in 2010 Grand Final & wins in 2001, 2003 and 2004 play-offs)
4 draws
St Helens highest score: 57-16 (MM, 2008) (also widest margin)
Wigan highest score: 65-12 (A, 1997) (also widest margin)

Head to Head:

Mark Percival has scored 58 points in 8 games against Wigan with Tommy Makinson scoring 10 tries in 18 appearances.

Jon Wilkin will be playing in his 45th derby.

Career Milestones:

Jon Wilkin needs one appearance to reach 450 for his career. He has played 388 games for St Helens since 2003, and was previously with Hull KR (39 games, 2000-2002). He has also represented Great Britain (6 Tests, 2006-2007) and England (16 games, 2004-2005, 2008-2009 & 2011-2012).

Tommy Makinson needs two tries to reach a career century of touchdowns. He has scored 95 times for St Helens since 2011, to go with 3 dual-registration scores for Rochdale (2013). He also made one non-scoring appearance for Whitehaven in the same season.

James Roby needs three tries to reach 100 for St Helens. He has touched down 97 times in 394 games for the Saints since 2004.

Super League Milestones:

(Players reaching significant figures in Super League games only, including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)

Rob Burrow needs two tries to draw level with David Hodgson in eighth place in the list of Super League’s all-time leaders.

1 Danny McGuire (Leeds, 2001-present) 233
2 = Keith Senior (Leeds/Sheffield, 1996-2011), Paul Wellens (St Helens, 1998-2015) 199
4 Ryan Hall (Leeds, 2007-present) 187
5 Leon Pryce (Hull FC/Catalans Dragons/St Helens/Bradford, 1998-2016) 173
6 Ryan Atkins (Warrington/Wakefield, 2006-present) 171
7 Luke Dorn (Castleford/London Broncos/Harlequins/Salford, 2005-2016) 170
8 David Hodgson (Hull KR/Huddersfield/Salford/Wigan/Halifax, 1999-2014) 168
9 Rob Burrow (Leeds, 2001-present) 166
10 Kirk Yeaman (Hull FC, 2001-2016) 159

Matty Smith – 1 appearance away from 250 (16 for Celtic Crusaders, 2009; 71 for Salford, 2010-2012; 125 for Wigan, 2012-2016 and 37 for St Helens, 2006-2008, 2010 & 2017)

Zeb Taia – 1 appearance away from 100 (75 for Catalans Dragons, 2013-2015 and 24 for St Helens, 2017)

Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:

(League games & Super 8s only)

Tries:
1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 35
2 Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 21
3 Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity) 19
4 = Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants), Albert Kelly (Hull FC), Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 18
7 = Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers), Mason Caton-Brown (Wakefield Trinity), Tom Lineham (Warrington Wolves) 16
10 = Jamie Shaul (Hull FC), Joel Moon (Leeds Rhinos) 15

Goals:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 118
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 84
3 Mark Percival (St Helens) 79
4 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 74
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 69
6 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 56
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 48
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 46
9 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 45
10 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 36

Goals Percentage:
1 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 90.32 (84/93)
2 Tony Gigot (Catalans Dragons) 90.00 (9/10)
3 Jake Connor (Hull FC) 86.95 (20/23)
4 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 85.18 (69/81)
5 Martyn Ridyard (Huddersfield Giants/Leigh Centurions) 84.84 (28/33)
6 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 84.61 (22/26)
7 Paul McShane (Castleford Tigers) 83.33 (10/12)
8 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 81.31 (74/91)
9 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 80.82 (118/146)
10 = Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) (48/60), Tom Makinson (St Helens) 80.00 (8/10)

Points:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 291
2 Mark Percival (St Helens) 214
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 190
4 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 152
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 150
6 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 140
7 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 131
8 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 120
9 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 116
10 Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos) 111

League Table: