Saturday first AFL Round 3 match is between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans with the game to be played at Adelaide Oval. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1.40pm with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans.

Round: Round 3, Saturday April 5, 1.40pm
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Weather: 23° Mostly sunny.

Odds Comparison:

Adelaide Crows	2.25	2.20	2.25	2.20	2.25	2.25
Sydney Swans	1.66	1.68	1.67	1.68	1.66	1.65

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

The Crows play Sydney on Saturday, 1.40PM at Adelaide Oval.  This is a tough game to pick, with the Swans slight favourites to take the points away from home.  With a 16th-placed Adelaide outfit taking on a 14th-placed Swans, both teams have had an ordinary start to the 2014 season.  The Swans will be looking for Lance Franklin to to continue his good form from last week, even if he was in a losing side.

Adelaide have lost their last two matches against the Swans, and will really want to turn things around this weekend at home, especially with their first game at Adelaide Oval for the year.  The Crows have a slight winning advantage against the Swans at home, winning 11 games to 7.  Their first home game of the season might provide enough incentive for the Crows to overcome the odds, but they will first have to deal with Dan Hannebery and rest of the underrated Sydney midfield.

Teams:

Adelaide Crows:
B Kyle Hartigan, Ben Rutten, Rory Laird
HB Brent Reilly, Daniel Talia, Matthew Jaensch
C Rory Sloane, Patrick Dangerfield, Brodie Smith
HF David Mackay, James Podsiadly, Jared Petrenko
F Sam Kerridge, Josh Jenkins, Eddie Betts
FOLL Sam Jacobs, Matthew Wright, Richard Douglas
I/C Mitch Grigg, Scott Thompson, Luke Brown, Matt Crouch
EMG Sam Shaw, Jason Porplyzia, Brodie Martin
IN Josh Jenkins, Rory Laird, Matt Crouch,Jared Petrenko, Kyle Hartigan
OUT Lewis Johnston (Omitted), Shaun McKernan (Concussion), Sam Shaw (Omitted), Jason Porplyzia (Omitted), Brad Crouch (Leg)
NEW Matt Crouch

Sydney Swans:
B Dane Rampe, Ted Richards, Rhyce Shaw
HB Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski
C Lewis Jetta, Kieren Jack, Dan Hannebery
HF Gary Rohan, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker
F Ryan O’Keefe, Mike Pyke, Ben McGlynn
FOLL Tom Derickx, Jarrad McVeigh, Josh Kennedy
I/C Tom Mitchell, Lewis Roberts-Thomson,Jeremy Laidler, Harry Cunningham
EMG Toby Nankervis, Brandon Jack, Dean Towers
IN Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Jeremy Laidler
OUT Craig Bird (Calf), Sam Reid (Achilles)

News:

Sydney veteran Rhyce Shaw expects the Swans out of sorts leaders to lift this weekend and drag the rest of their winless AFL team along.

One of the fancied premiership contenders before the season started, Sydney have lost to GWS and Collingwood in their first two games.

They face an equally hungry side on Saturday in Adelaide with the Crows also making a 0-2 start.

One of the Swans eight-man leadership group, defender Shaw conceded some of them, himself included, had been down on form, but expected them to bounce back.

“Definitely. I think our leaders are really good, we set the tone for the team,” Shaw said.

“At the moment, we haven’t done that, we’ve done it inconsistently.

“As always, we’ll try and put our best foot forward this week and if we can do that, it will go a long way to pulling the side along and getting a win.

“If we can move the ball quickly from defence, it helps our forwards and if the forwards can defend, it helps our defence as well.”

He acknowledged Sydney were having some chemistry issues as they adjusted to changes to their lineup this season.

“It’s not as fluent as normal, but I suppose that comes with new players,” Shaw said.

“We had a big turnover last year, but we’ve worked really hard in the pre-season to get that right.

“It just hasn’t worked consistently this year, so I’m hoping that it comes good this week.

“We’re really looking forward to the challenge of Adelaide because we’ve had some good battles with them over the years.

“Both teams are 0-2. It’s a a tough game, but it’s not the end of the world if you start 0-3, there’s still 19 games to go.”

Shaw tipped Nick Smith to get the job on new Crow Eddie Betts, who has been Adelaide’s most productive forward this year.

While happy to see more of his younger sibling Heath since his move to cross-town rival GWS, brotherly love is being stretched in some areas.

“It’s pretty hard, especially when he comes over and eats all your food and talks lots of crap about how much they beat us by,” he said.

“I’m loving having him up here and he’s a good kid and I wish him all the best this year,”