The third game on Saturday for AFL Round 20 is between Carlton Blues and Western Bulldogs. The match is to be played at Etihad Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 4:40pm local time with home team Carlton Blues currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Carlton Blues and Western Bulldogs.

WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 4:40pm AEST, Saturday 10 August

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Opening odds comparison:

Carlton Blues	1.32	1.35	1.32	1.35	1.32	1.32
Western Bulldogs	3.40	3.15	3.35	3.15	3.40	3.40

Preview:

Carlton play the Western Bulldogs on Saturday, 4.40pm at Etihad Stadium. The Blues are not in a good place at the moment, having virtually eliminated their finals hopes with their loss to Fremantle last round. While they can still make the grade on paper, they will need to win every match while also relying on Port Adelaide to lose. Saying that though, the Blues will be favourites here against the Bulldogs.

Teams:

Carlton Blues:
B: J.Bootsma, M.Jamison, L.Henderson
HB: Z.Tuohy, M.Watson, B.Gibbs
C: C.Yarran, C.Judd, K.Simpson
HF: E.Curnow, A.Walker, J.Garlett
F: B.McLean, S.Rowe, H.Scotland
FOLL: R.Warnock, E.Betts, M.Murphy
I/C: D.Armfield, J.Cachia, T.Menzel, J.Waite
EMG: N.Graham, A.McInnes, M.Robinson
IN: Jarrad Waite, Robert Warnock, Josh Bootsma, Troy Menzel
OUT: Matthew Kreuzer (calf) , Andrew Carrazzo (calf) , Mitch Robinson (omitted) , Kane Lucas (omitted)

Western Bulldogs:
B: D.Morris, M.Austin, L.Picken
HB: R.Murphy, J.Roughead, T.Young
C: D.Cross, M.Wallis, A.Cooney
HF: T.Dickson, D.Addison, D.Giansiracusa
F: L.Dahlhaus, T.Campbell, J.Grant
FOLL: W.Minson, R.Griffen, T.Liberatore
I/C: E.Wood, L.Jones, K.Stevens, J.Tutt
EMG: D.Pearce, L.Hunter, C.Howard
IN: Easton Wood, Liam Jones, Mark Austin
OUT: Michael Talia (soreness) , Lachie Hunter (rested), Jack Macrae (soreness)

Waite back but Kreuzer out for Blues

For Carlton, it is a classic good news, bad news scenario ahead of the weekend likely to decide their realistic hopes of making the AFL finals.

The Blues have regained Jarrad Waite from a month out, but in-form ruckman Matthew Kreuzer won’t play against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Saturday with a calf injury.

Waite suffered a knee injury last month against Collingwood and has not played since.

But the Blues have named the forward among four changes to their side.

Kreuzer and midfielder Andrew Carrazzo are out injured, while onballers Mitch Robinson and Kane Lucas have been omitted.

Robbie Warnock fills the ruck breach for the Blues.

Ninth-placed Carlton desperately need to keep winning and hope for results elsewhere to go their way to bridge the two-win gap between them and the top eight.

Geelong defender Jared Rivers has been named for just his fourth match of the season after a long absence with a knee injury.

The Melbourne recruit has not played since round five, but has been named for the Cats’ clash with Port Adelaide at Simonds Stadium on Saturday among five changes.

Ruckmen Trent West and Mark Blicavs are among those dispensed with following the Cats’ round 19 loss to North Melbourne.

Port defender Nathan Blee replaces injured Paul Stewart in the only change from the side which stunned Adelaide with a come-from-the-clouds win last weekend.

While Hawthorn have lost stars Lance Franklin and Luke Hodge to injury for Friday night’s clash with St Kilda at Etihad Stadium, the Saints have made five changes.

Among those left out is small forward Ahmed Saad, who is awaiting news on an irregular drug sample.

The club says he has a leg injury.

Richmond have recalled Ty Vickery for Saturday’s match against Brisbane at the MCG after he missed the Hawthorn win last weekend with concussion.

West Coast have also recalled stars Matt Priddis, Mark LeCras and Chris Masten from injury to play Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Bombers forward Jason Winderlich is among his side’s changes.

Fremantle have brought back skipper Matthew Pavlich from suspension for their home clash with GWS, while Clancee Pearce is out with a calf injury.