Wakefield Trinity versus St Helens, statistics and past meetings

Wakefield Trinity v St Helens, Super 8s, Mobile Rocket Stadium (Belle Vue), kick off 7.45pm, Thursday, August 16, 2018:

Form:

Wakefield, who sit seventh in the league table, have won two of their last three, while top-of-the-tree Saints have tasted defeat on both of their previous two outings

Tries:

Ben Barba, scoring against Leeds. Picture: Bernard Platt

Both Saints and Wakefield players make up the top-four try scorers in Super League.

Ben Barba leads the way with 24, followed by Trinity’s Tom Johnstone (18), Saints’ Mark Percival (17) and Wakefield’s Ben Jones-Bishop (16, tied with Hull's Bureta Faraimo and Wigan's Liam Marshall)

Jonny Lomax sits 7th on the list with 14.

Goals:

Danny Richardson, on target against Huddersfield last week. Picture: Bernard Platt

Danny Richardson is the top goal kicker in Super League, with a total of 103 – 24 more than his nearest rival – while Trinity’s Ryan Hampshire is seventh with 44.

Liam Finn did kick 39 for Wakefield throughout the course of the season but left the club before the start of the 8s to join Widnes.

Hampshire is the most accurate goal kicker in Super League however, kicking 44 from 49 attempts – a conversion rate of 89.79%.

Points:

Danny Richardson, despite leading in terms of goals, fails to make the top 10 in terms of accuracy, but is still the top overall points scorer, with a total of 225.

Ryan Hampshire also makes the top 10, coming in joint eighth with Saints full-back Ben Barba.

Scoring run:

Danny Richardson, in what is proving to be a stand-out individual season, has the longest point scoring streak in the game, having registered at least a point in Saints’ last 27 matches in all competitions.

Wakefield, meanwhile, have two players in strong try scoring form. Winger Tom Johnstone (1-1-1) and Pauli Pauli (2-1-1) have each scored in their last three games, with Pauli Pauli crossing for two in their 72-10 defeat of Hull FC last month.

Milestone:

Jonny Lomax, Saints England international. Picture: Bernard Platt

Jonny Lomax will be hoping to reach the Super League 500-point mark for Saints tonight, with the half-back currently sitting 10 points short.

This year:

Both teams share a game each in this year’s competition, with Wakefield downing Saints 24-20 in April at home, before Saints returned the favour at the Totally Wicked Stadium with a high-scoring 34-30 victory at the end of June.

Last 10 meetings:

St Helens 34, Wakefield 30 (SLR19, 29/6/18)

Wakefield 24, St Helens 20 (SLR11, 15/4/18)

Wakefield 16, St Helens 18 (SLS8-R5, 7/9/17)

Wakefield 16, St Helens 41 (SLR23, 23/7/17)

St Helens 12, Wakefield 16 (SLR3, 3/3/17)

St Helens 32, Wakefield 12 (SLS8-R7, 23/9/16)

Wakefield 32, St Helens 44 (SLR20, 3/7/16)

St Helens 44, Wakefield 4 (SLR5, 11/3/16)

St Helens 44, Wakefield 4 (SLR13, 1/5/15)

Wakefield 16, St Helens 20 (SLR4, 6/3/15)

Super League Summary:

Ryan Morgan is clamped, Saints versus Wakefield, 2017. Picture: Bernard Platt

Wakefield won 9

St Helens won 36

Wakefield highest score: 41-22 (H, 2004) (also widest margin)

St Helens highest score: 64-16 (H, 2005) (Widest margin: 60-4, H, 2005)