The shortened round is finalised with Melbourne and Collingwood playing their traditional Queen’s Birthday match.

Collingwood continued their sequence of win/loss this season, with a comfortable victory over a Brisbane side that was missing a few key players last week, 100-51.

The Pies have not won successive games since the opening two rounds of the season but against the Demons, should be able to rectify the frustrating run.

Melbourne suffered their ninth loss of the season and their sixth in succession when thumped last week by Hawthorn (143-48).

The Dees have lost games this year by an average of 76.6 points and Collingwood have been asked to cover -75.5 here. Given Melbourne’s last two defeats have been by 90 and 95 points, that mark looks reachable if the Pies kick straight.

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Odds comparison by AFL Odds:

Melbourne Demons	16.00	19.00	26.00	19.00	16.00	16.50
Collingwood Magpies	1.002	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.002	1.02

Teams:

Melbourne Demons:
B: Lynden Dunn, Cameron Pedersen, Dean Terlich
HB: Colin Garland, Tom McDonald, Joel Macdonald
C: Jack Trengove, Colin Sylvia, Michael Evans
HF: Jeremy Howe, Jack Fitzpatrick, Jack Watts
F: David Rodan, Chris Dawes, Aaron Davey
Foll: Mark Jamar, Matt Jones, Nathan Jones
Int (from): James Sellar, Dean Kent, Rohan Bail, Max Gawn, Luke Tapscott, Sam Blease, Jordie McKenzie

In: C.Sylvia, J.Sellar, S.Blease, M.Gawn, T.McDonald
Out: J.Frawley (hamstring), J.Strauss

Collingwood Magpies:
B: Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien
HB: Heath Shaw, Nick Maxwell, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Brent Macaffer, Luke Ball
HF: Jamie Elliott, Quinten Lynch, Dane Swan
F: Ben Kennedy, Travis Cloke, Alan Didak
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Jarryd Blair
Int (from): Martin Clarke, Jackson Paine, Kyle Martin, Ben Sinclair, Paul Seedsman, Josh Thomas, Adam Oxley

In: T.Cloke, B.Sinclair, J.Paine, A.Oxley
Out: A.Krakouer