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Easter has always been a case of survival of the fittest in the Betfred Super League with most teams facing up to two games in 72 hours, but this year Wakefield are doing it especially tough.

Trinity not only have back-to-back derbies against Castleford and Leeds but coach Chris Chester is having to deal with a mounting injury list that's threatening to get out of control.

Wakey's 30-20 triumph over Wigan last time out was their third victory on the trot and hauled them to fourth in the table but it came at a significant cost.

Kyle Wood, Reece Lyne, Anthony England and Jacob Miller were all forced to leave the action early through injury. Wood and Lyne may be fit to face Cas but England and Miller are definitely out and so crucially is ace half-back Danny Brough, who broke his thumb against the Warriors but played on.

Brough has been one of the stars of the season and Trinity will miss his hands on the rudder.

They'll also miss left-flank duo Bill Tupou and Tom Johnstone, who remain sidelined.

Mason Caton-Brown is set to start after signing on for his second spell at the club.

Cas are without star turns Luke Gale and Paul McShane but look better equipped to plug the gaps and will have significantly more of their first-choice 17 on show.

The Tigers should win and land odds of 4-11 but most punters will be asking if they can cover the ten-point handicap, something they've managed in their last six home matches against Trinity.

Cas have posted at least 40 points in five of those fixtures.

That may be beyond them this time but given the visitors' patched-up team, the Tigers should be able to get on top as the match wears on and consequently cover the second-half handicap of five points.

They recovered from a 16-point half-time deficit to beat Wigan 38-28 in their last home game.

Pre-season wooden spoon favourites London started the season impressively but have lost their last four games including a Coral Challenge Cup tie at Championship club Halifax.

The Broncos are now just two points clear of rock-bottom Leeds and host the inconsistent Catalans.

The Dragons have beaten top two St Helens and Warrington but have lost five of their other eight games.

Steve McNamara's men are 8-13 shots for this cross-Channel jaunt but it's difficult to be dogmatic about what may happen in Ealing.

Recommendation
Castleford -5 second-half handicap
2pts 4-5 Sky Bet

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