THE Power hosts Geelong at the Adelaide Oval this Friday night with a huge crowd expected to see these two clubs fighting for the same bit of turf on the ladder before their mid-year byes.
OPPOSING FORCES
PORT ADELAIDE
LAST MATCH: Round 10: Port Adelaide 16.4 (100) def Western Bulldogs 9.8 (62)
GEELONG
LAST MATCH: Round 10: Geelong 19.8 (122) def Essendon 7.11 (53)
HEAD TO HEAD
Port Adelaide 9 v 18 Geelong
LAST FIVE
Port Adelaide 1 v 4 Geelong
THIS YEAR
Port Adelaide: LLWWWLLLWW v LLWLWWLWLW Geelong
PLAYBILL
Round 11
Port Adelaide v Geelong
Adelaide Oval
Friday 12 June
First Bounce: 7:20pm (local) / 7:50pm (AEST) / 5:50pm (AWST)
Hashtags: #AFLPowerCats
Broadcast: Channel 7 (national), Fox Footy (national), FIVEaa (SA), Triple M, ABC
YOU’RE INVITED
Pre-game events
March from the Mall
Cnr Rundle Mall and Stephens Place, Adelaide
March starts: 5:50pm
March arrives: 6:10pm
Other exciting events and supporter activities situated in the Southern and Eastern Plazas of the Adelaide Oval.
Power Playground is located in the Eastern Plaza.
Post-game event
William Magarey Room
Level 3, Riverbank Stand
Adelaide Oval
All welcome, selected players and officials in attendance.
TIME MACHINE
Round 6, 2014: Port Adelaide had a crushing win at Adelaide Oval, beating the undefeated Cats by 40 points.
PORT ADELAIDE 4.2 8.3 13.6 16.11 (107)
GEELONG 4.4 4.9 6.10 9.13 (67)
Best: Boak, Ebert, Lobbe, Cornes, R.Gray, Hartlett
Goals: Wingard 3, White, Boak, R.Gray, Hartlett, Lobbe 2, Young, Schulz, S. Gray
At Adelaide Oval
FOUR QUARTERS
THE STAKES
The two clubs could not be closer at this stage of the season - Port Adelaide ninth on the ladder and Geelong tenth - both sides are on five wins and five losses. With the bye rounds starting this weekend, a win is crucial to keep in touch with the teams in the top eight, while a loss could see either team drop as low as 13th.
THE STOCKS
Port Adelaide has the luxury of an almost non-existent injury list, with Paddy Ryder looking to prove his fitness this week and a number of players in the SANFL pushing for selection. On the other hand, Geelong have a few players under injury clouds and could be forced to make a few changes to the team that defeated Essendon by 69 points.
THE HISTORY
Geelong are well and truly one of Port Adelaide’s bogey sides, winning 10 out of the last 11 games that the two have played. In the one match they played last year, Port Adelaide dominated the game and defeated Geelong by 40 points.
THE VIBE
Port Adelaide is on a good run and can make it three wins in a row this weekend. Need to take control of the game early to resist undoing their good work over the last fortnight and dropping back down the ladder.
THE DOODLE
We're all over Power fan Zak's suggestion for our game marketing material this week. The retro Shayne Breuer theme is particularly strong...
