St Helens 
Wakefield Trinity St Helens vs Wakefield Trinity | Betfred Super League | 25 April 2026
Match Overview
St Helens host Wakefield Trinity at Totally Wicked Stadium in what looks, on paper, a straightforward assignment for the home side. With the top six the target for every Super League club, Saints need points to stay in the pack while Wakefield are fighting to prove their promotion is no fluke. The H2H record tells a blunt story, and that context matters here.
St Helens
Paul Wellens has built a side defined by clinical finishing and defensive discipline, and the 14-24 win at Hull FC shows they carry real quality on the road, let alone at home. Totally Wicked Stadium gives them a solid platform, backed by a support base that knows exactly what winning rugby league looks like. The market has them priced accordingly at 1.3, which reflects genuine class rather than blind faith. The risk, as ever with Saints, is finding value at those odds rather than whether they'll win.
Wakefield Trinity
Daryl Powell's side are no makeweights. That 52-12 hammering of Bradford Bulls showed their attacking game is functioning at a high level, running up big numbers with confidence. The concern is that Bradford are a Championship side in this competition, so the step up in class today is significant. The H2H record against Saints is brutal: three meetings, three defeats, conceding 86 points while scoring just 14. Wakefield's expansive style gets punished by organised defences, and Saints are exactly that.
Betting Angle
St Helens at 1.3 is short but sustainable. The H2H dominance is overwhelming, Saints are coming off a strong away win and Paul Wellens runs a system built to dismantle exactly the kind of expansive attack Wakefield bring. Wakefield's 3.4 only looks tempting until you weigh up that 86-14 aggregate across three recent meetings. The home win is the play, and the structured, clinical nature of this Saints side makes them capable of covering comfortably.
St Helens to Win
1.3
Three meetings, three Saints wins with an aggregate of 86-14 against this Wakefield side, and a home crowd at Totally Wicked makes this a banker despite the tight odds.