The fifth game on Saturday for AFL Round 19 is between Brisbane Lions and St Kilda Saints. The match is to be played at Gabba with the opening bounce set to commence at 7:40pm local time with home team Brisbane Lions currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and St Kilda Saints.

WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, 7:40pm AEST Saturday, August 3, 2013

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Opening odds comparison:

Brisbane Lions	1.21	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.21	1.22
St Kilda Saints	4.40	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.40

Preview:

The Brisbane Lions take on St Kilda on Saturday, 7.40pm at The Gabba. The Lions will be expected to win this one, with St Kilda’s year turning from ordinary to bad over
the last few months. With Ahmed Saad in the news this week for alleged use of a banned substance, the Saints are unlikely to find the corner-turning confidence needed
to turn their recent form around. In contrast, while the Lions have certainly not set the competition on fire in 2013, the second half of their season has at least been better
than the first.

Teams:

Brisbane Lions:

FF: 34 Jesse O’Brien 21 Daniel Merrett 14 Brent Staker
HF: 15 Dayne Zorko 16 Jonathan Brown 6 Josh Green
C: 11 Pearce Hanley 38 Tom Rockliff 32 Sam Mayes
HB: 41 Mitch Golby 24 Joel Patfull 7 Jed Adcock
FB: 2 Ryan Harwood 36 Matt Maguire 42 Justin Clarke
FOLL: 23 Matthew Leuenberger, 30 Jack Redden, 10 Daniel Rich

INT: 29 Andrew Raines, 8 Rohan Bewick, 1 Sam Docherty, 26 Elliot Yeo
EMG: 35 Ryan Lester, 9 Ashley McGrath, 47 Jack Crisp

In: P.Hanley, J.O’Brien, R.Harwood
Out: A.McGrath, B.Moloney (soreness), J.Crisp

St Kilda Saints:

FF: 44 Stephen Milne 9 Tom Lee 35 Josh Saunders
HF: 26 Nick Dal Santo 12 Nick Riewoldt 11 Leigh Montagna
C: 22 Farren Ray 7 Lenny Hayes 4 Clinton Jones
HB: 14 Jarryn Geary 28 Rhys Stanley 16 Jack Newnes
FB: 17 Dylan Roberton 31 Tom Simpkin 24 Sean Dempster
FOLL: 5 Ben McEvoy, 20 David Armitage, 3 Jack Steven

INT: 2 Arryn Siposs, 29 Jimmy Webster, 38 Sam Dunell, 43 Tom Curren
EMG: 8 Trent Dennis-Lane, 1 Tom Hickey, 6 Sebastian Ross

In: D.Roberton, S.Dunell
Out: J.Gwilt (knee), T.Hickey

Saad under AFL drug probe: report

St Kilda AFL forward Ahmed Saad has been named in media reports as the player facing a two-year ban over an irregular drug test sample.

The AFL is investigating whether a Saints player took a banned substance after he provided an irregular sample this month.

Fairfax Media reports have named the player as small forward Saad.

It also says the player is claiming he took the substance unwittingly.

Neither St Kilda or the AFL has commented on the issue, nor confirmed the player’s identity.

Saad, 23, has not played for the seniors since early July when he was in the Saints’ team which lost to Fremantle.

If charged, the player would face an AFL Tribunal hearing.

Under the World Anti-Doping Agency code, use or possession of a prohibited substance can lead to a two-year ban for a first violation.

Richmond’s Justin Charles and Hawthorn’s Travis Tuck are the only AFL players to be suspended over banned drugs.

Charles was suspended for 16 weeks in 1997 for testing positive to an anabolic steroid.

Tuck was banned for 12 weeks in 2010 for registering a third strike under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy.