It's the Betfred Super League Semi Final tonight and Saints travel to Castleford (7.45pm).
Saints have won seven of the last 10 meetings between the two teams – with the four game ‘series’ split this season.
Last Ten Meetings:
Castleford 12, St Helens 26 (SLS8-R1, 3/8/17)
Castleford 16, St Helens 12 (SLR17, 4/6/17)
Castleford 53, St Helens 10 (CCR6, 13/5/17)
St Helens 26, Castleford 22 (SLR10, 17/4/17)
St Helens 40, Castleford 16 (SLS8-R5, 8/9/16)
Castleford 20, St Helens 30 (SLR13, 1/5/16)
St Helens 28, Castleford 22 (SLR4, 4/3/16)
Castleford 38, St Helens 42 (SLS8-R5, 10/9/15)
Castleford 25, St Helens 24 (SLR19, 18/6/15)
St Helens 21, Castleford 14 (SLR3, 27/2/15)
Super League Summary:
Castleford won 6
St Helens won 40 (includes wins in 1999 and 2014 play-offs)
1 draw
Highs and Lows:
Castleford highest score: 36-22 (H, 2002) (Widest margin: 35-16, H, 1997)
St Helens highest score: 72-4 (A, 2006) (also widest margin)
Head to Head:
Milestones:
Tommy Makinson needs one try to reach a career century of touchdowns. He has scored 96 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.
Jonny Lomax needs eight points to reach 500 for St Helens. His total of 492 has been reached with 71 tries, 103 goals and 2 field goals in 157 games for the Saints since 2009.
James Roby needs three tries to reach 100 for St Helens. He has touched down 97 times in 398 games for the Saints since 2004.
Betfred Super League Leading Scorers:
(League games & Super 8s only)
Tries:
1 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 38
2 Liam Marshall (Wigan Warriors) 21
3 Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield Trinity) 20
4 = Greg Minikin (Castleford Tigers), Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants), Albert Kelly (Hull FC) 19
7 Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors) 18
8 = Jamie Shaul (Hull FC), Matt Parcell (Leeds Rhinos), Mason Caton-Brown (Wakefield Trinity) 17
Goals:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 129
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 103
3 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 96
4 Mark Percival (St Helens) 95
5 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 69
6 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 61
7 Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 48
8 Michael Dobson (Salford Red Devils) 46
9 = Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils), Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos), Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 45
Goals Percentage:
1 Tony Gigot (Catalans Dragons) 90.00 (9/10)
2 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 88.79 (103/116)
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) 83.33 (45/54)
7 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 82.75 (96/116)
8 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 82.16 (129/157)
9 = Ben Reynolds (Leigh Centurions) 80.00 (48/60), Tom Makinson (St Helens) 80.00 (8/10)
Points:
1 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers) 317
2 Mark Percival (St Helens) 254
3 Marc Sneyd (Hull FC) 237
4 Liam Finn (Wakefield Trinity) 196
5 Greg Eden (Castleford Tigers) 152
6 Luke Walsh (Catalans Dragons) 150
7 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) 141
8 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos) 138
9 George Williams (Wigan Warriors) 131
10 Gareth O’Brien (Salford Red Devils) 124
Table:
| POS | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | DIFF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castleford Tigers | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 965 | 536 | 429 | 50 |
| 2 | Leeds Rhinos | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 749 | 623 | 126 | 40 |
| 3 | Hull FC | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 714 | 655 | 59 | 35 |
| 4 | Saints | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 663 | 518 | 145 | 33 |
| 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 745 | 647 | 97 | 32 |
| 6 | Wigan Warriors | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 691 | 668 | 23 | 31 |
| 7 | Salford Red Devils | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 680 | 728 | -48 | 28 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Giants | 30 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 663 | 680 | -17 | 25 |
Squads:
Saints – 1. Jonny Lomax 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Ryan Morgan, 4. Mark Percival, 6. Theo Fages, 7. Matty Smith, 8. Alex Walmsley, 9. James Roby, 10. Kyle Amor, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14. Luke Douglas, 16. Luke Thompson, 18. Dominique Peyroux, 20. Morgan Knowles, 24. Danny Richardson, 28. Regan Grace, 36. Zeb Taia, 37. Ben Barba.
Cas – 1. Zak Hardaker, 2. Greg Minikin, 3. Jake Webster, 4. Michael Shenton, 5. Greg Eden, 7. Luke Gale, 8. Andy Lynch, 9. Paul McShane, 10. Grant Millington, 12. Mike McMeeken, 13. Adam Milner, 14. Nathan Massey, 15. Jesse Sene-Lefao, 16. Ben Roberts, 17. Junior Moors, 18. Matt Cook, 19. Gadwin Springer, 21. Joel Monaghan, 34. Alex Foster.
