PORT ADELAIDE will be looking to arrest a five-game losing streak against Adelaide when the sides meet in Showdown XLIV on Saturday afternoon. 

The Crows have dominated in recent years, winning each of the last five matches by an average of 35 points. 

The last Port Adelaide win came in Round 5, 2015 by 24 points. Overall, the record is pretty even, with Adelaide holding a 22 wins to 21 advantage. 

While the five-game winning streak is a record for Adelaide, Port actually holds the overall longest Showdown winning streak of seven games between 2000 and 2003. 

On average Showdowns attract 50,156 people at Adelaide Oval, but the highest Adelaide Oval Showdown crowd was 54,698 in Round 3 last season – a number the Power hopes to surpass in Showdown XLIV. 

The teams

Port Adelaide has made four changes to its line-up for the match with star forward Chad Wingard, midfielders Sam Powell-Pepper and Tom Rockliff and defender Tom Clurey all returning. 

Karl Amon, Dom Barry, and Jasper Pittard have been omitted, while Aidyn Johnson is injured. 

Amon, Barry, and Pittard have all been named emergencies along with Jack Trengove. 

The Crows have made two changes, recalling captain Taylor Walker and young talent Myles Poholke. 

The pair replaces injured rebounding defender Wayne Milera and young forward Darcy Fogarty. 

The last word

Ken Hinkley

“We don't enjoy losing to the Adelaide Crows, we don't enjoy losing to anyone," Hinkley said.

"Particularly in Adelaide, we don't enjoy it.

"We get an opportunity tomorrow to try and correct that.

"We understand the quality of the opponent we're playing. I think that goes missing sometimes, this is a high-class football team we're playing against and we're going to give our absolute best to make the number 1-0 in our favour."

Taylor Walker

“I tip that Boaky and the boys don’t like Crows and vice versa, they are great games.

“You are always in until the last quarter no matter what the score is.” 

"Our large injury list isn't ideal. Ideally you'd like to have your best players' playing.

"We review our program every day of the week, so we'll have to keep doing that to find the reason why we're getting so many injuries.”

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