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PORT ADELAIDE
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Last five at ground: WWLLW
Currently ranked: 5th

SYDNEY SWANS
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Last one at ground: W
Currently ranked: 2nd

HEAD TO HEAD
Power 7 v 16 Swans

LAST FIVE
Power 1 v 4 Swans

PLAYBILL

2014 AFL Premiership Season – Round 20
Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans
Sunday 9 August
First bounce 7:10pm
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PRE-GAME EVENT
March from the Mall
Cnr Rundle Mall and Stephens Place
Adelaide, SA
Meet: 5;30pm
March commences: 5:50pm

POST-GAME EVENT
William Magarey Room
Level 3, Riverbank Stand
Adelaide Oval
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Selected players and officials in attendance
All welcome

TIME MACHINE

Round 13, 2014. In a battle for supremacy at the SCG, it was Sydney that took the honours after Lance Franklin turned the tables on a lively Power which overcame a

PORT ADELAIDE      1.2      6.5      9.10     13.16 (94)
SYDNEY SWANS     2.8      6.12     11.13   14.14 (98)

portadelaidefc.com.au’s best
Ebert, R. Gray, Boak, Broadbent, Wines, Lobbe
Goals
Schulz 4, Monfries 3, White, Wingard 2, Ebert, Westhoff

NUMBER CRUNCH

Points For: Power 1829 v 1720 Swans
Points Against: Power 1405 v 1239 Swans
Kicks: Power 3772 v 3810 Swans
Handballs: Power 3031 v 3039 Swans
Disposals: Power 6803 v 6849 Swans
Contested percentage: Power 37.40% v 39.33% Swans
Effective disposal: Power 71.8% v 71.4% Swans
Marks: Power 1649 v 1491 Swans
Clearances: Power 718 v 700 Swans
Frees: Power 290 v 298 Swans
Tackles: Power 1293 v 1339 Swans
Rebound 50s: Power 617 v 659 Swans
Inside-50s: Power 1005 v 1013 Swans

FOUR POINTS

Full compliment
Jackson Trengove should be named in Port Adelaide's line-up on Thursday night.

Combined with the addition of Alipate Carlile to the Power last week, it means the club will have its defensive spin acbk for the first time since Round 15.

That's a significant win for the Power when facing one of the best teams in the competition this weekend.

Must win encounter
Port Adelaide must win this weekend if it's to keep its top four hopes intact. Sydney is, of course, a tough opponent with plenty of seasoned campaigners dotted throughout its line-up.

A loss this weekend will make earning a double chance for the finals very difficult, and then there's the chasing pack of sides that could bump the Power off fifth spot - North Melbourne, Collingwood and Essendon all sit on ten wins and are hunting a home final.

Back to the future
Overuse of the handball cost the Power against Collingwood last weekend and Ken Hinkley said as much in his post-match press conference.

The Power hasn't been able to replicate its contested ball and stoppage performances from early in the year since its loss to the Crows and it's showed on the win-loss ledger: the Power has won just one game in the last five.

It needs its engine room to start firing again and after a wake-up call in the past couple of weeks, a few of the Power's quieter midfielders will want to get back to their best form against one of the competition's form sides.

Inside 50 effectiveness
This was a problem against the Pies. Port Adelaide struggled to get the ball inside 50 and also found picking out a key target problematic.

Collingwood eventually won the inside 50s 49-45, but the Power took its time catching up on that tally.

Hitting up quality goal kickers like Jay Schulz time and again is important, not that the Power will rely on just one target, but providing its key forwards with ample supply is a very effective way for any team to kick a big score.

With Schulzy still leading the Coleman race, he'll be keen to get a few more this Saturday night.