Both these teams arrive in Wagga Wagga with their confidence down after big losses at home - the Knights lost by 34 points to the Roosters last week, while the Raiders went down by 14 to the Rabbitohs.
They now each have just three wins from eight rounds so far and are searching for answers as well as a return to form.
For Ricky Stuart's side leaving Canberra for a change of scenery might help. They have lost their last three home games at GIO Stadium, and are now staring at a fifth defeat in a row.
The Knights offered little in their seven tries-to-one humiliation at the hands of the Roosters with coach Adam O'Brien saying afterwards that everyone needed to have good, hard chat on what they wanted the rest of the seasons to look like.
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The rundown
Team news
Raiders: Prop Josh Papalii makes a welcome return from a week off to "refresh mentally".
Halfback George Williams is also back after he was a late scratching in warm-up last week due to a hamstring strain but Josh Hodgson (calf) and Jarrod Croker (shoulder) have had their returns delayed by at least a week.
Sebastian Kris (ankle) has been named in the centres despite fears he had suffered a syndesmosis injury against the Rabbitohs and will have to be cleared to take his place.
Matthew Timoko is the 18th man with Sam Williams dropping out of the squad on game day. Ryan James and Dunamis Lui were dropped from the 21-man squad 24 hours out from kick-off.
The Raiders have been outscored 69-8 in their past four second halves.
Knights: Lachlan Fitzgibbon returns from a shoulder injury and starts in the second row with Mitch Barnett shifting to lock and Connor Watson to the bench. Pasami Saulo drops out of the side with Gehamat Shibasaki the 18th man.
Last week's 18th man Phoenix Crossland has been selected to replace playmaker Blake Green, who suffered a rib injury against the Roosters.
Knights winger Hymel Hunt has been ruled out of Saturday's trip to Wagga Wagga to face Canberra. Hunt had been looking to return from a hamstring injury. Staford To'a has been elevated to the wing.
Tex Hoy and Josh King were omitted from the squad on Friday.
The Knights have lost six of their past seven away games.
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Key match-up
Jack Wighton v Kurt Mann: The rival five-eighths have shouldered a bit more responsibility lately, either through injuries to their respective halfbacks or the slip in their side's attack.
The pressure is on both these No.6s to not over-play their hand chasing points but to come up with the creativity needed to bamboozle opposition defences.
Stat attack
Jordan Rapana (eight) and Will Kennedy (six) are the leading try scorers for their sides teammates may look to these two for a much-needed win.
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