Sunday second AFL Round 20 match is between Adelaide Crows and North Melbourne Kangaroos with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 3:20pm local time with away team North Melbourne Kangaroos currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and North Melbourne Kangaroos.

WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, 3:20pm AEST, Sunday 11 August

Opening odds comparison:

Adelaide Crows	2.00	2.05	2.05	2.05	2.00	2.01
North Melbourne Kangaroos	1.80	1.77	1.77	1.77	1.80	1.80

Preview:

Adelaide take on North Melbourne on Sunday, 2.50pm at AAMI Stadium. This is one of the most evenly matched games of the round, with the Kangaroos slight favourites to take the points here. The Kangaroos have been playing well over the last few weeks and will be difficult to beat, with the Crows only managing one win in its last five matches. After beating Geelong last round in one of the upsets of the season, the Roos should have too much momentum here to lose.

Teams:

Adelaide Crows:
B: L.Brown B.Rutten A.Otten
HB: R.Laird D.Talia B.Smith
C: D.Mackay P.Dangerfield N.van Berlo
HF: B.Vince L.Johnston J.Petrenko
F: M.Grigg T.Lynch R.Douglas
R: S.Jacobs B.Crouch S.Thompson
I/C: R.Sloane M.Jaensch M.Wright S.Shaw S.McKernan J.Porplyzia R.Henderson

IN: Matthew Jaensch, Sam Shaw, Jason Porplyzia, Rory Sloane
OUT: Jarryd Lyons (omitted)

North Melbourne Kangaroos:
B: L.Hansen S.Thompson A.Mullett
HB: J.Macmillan L.Delaney S.Atley
C: R.Bastinac D.Wells S.Gibson
HF: L.Thomas D.Petrie B.Harvey
F: L.Adams R.Tarrant A.Black
R: T.Goldstein B.Cunnington J.Ziebell
I/C: B.Jacobs S.Wright K.Harper L.Greenwood T.Hine T.Garner W.Sierakowski

IN: Will Sierakowski, Levi Greenwood, Kieran Harper, Taylor Garner
OUT: Brad McKenzie (omitted)

Kangaroos ready for Crows re-match

One might think Sunday’s return AFL clash with Adelaide is enough to send a shudder down the spine of North Melbourne coach Brad Scott.

Scott’s men coughed up a five-goal lead in the last quarter of their round-nine meeting with the Crows to lose by one gut-wrenching point at Etihad Stadium.

But Scott has met these challenges before. After all, 10th-placed North have lost five games by under a goal this season.

And he believes his team have learnt a hard-earned lesson about handling momentum shifts against them.

Take last week when North faced Geelong, who finished strongly to beat the Kangaroos by four points in round two.

North turned the tables in round 19, triumphing over the third-placed Cats by 10 points after holding a 20-point advantage at halftime.

For once the Kangaroos (8-10 win-loss) weren’t overtaken after making the early running.

“It has been a few games where we’ve had those concerns,” Scott told reporters on Thursday when asked about the return clash with the Crows.

“The week before against Geelong we could have easily said we had the same things going through our heads.

“But we didn’t focus on that at all.

“We certainly learnt our lessons from last time on the things we did well and the things we did poorly.

“We executed that reasonably well last week.

“We did enough to get ourselves in a winning position against them (Adelaide), so that’s the good, but then we allowed them to score too easily at the end.

“Whilst it was a bitterly disappointing loss, we weren’t sitting here saying ‘gee, we can’t play’.”

Scott said he was pleased the Kangaroos were able to withstand Geelong’s second-half fightback last week.

“What’s been the dramatic change, and it’s only a small thing but it’s a big difference, is that when the momentum shifted on the weekend we were able to counter that,” Scott added.

If fifth-placed Essendon are stripped of premiership points in the coming days following an investigation into their use of supplements, it would give North hope of playing finals if they could win their remaining games against Adelaide (13th) and three top-eight sides.

Scott insisted he wasn’t paying attention to the dramas at Windy Hill.

“Regardless of any other club’s situation, our focus has been on performing really well against good sides,” he said.

“We’ve got Adelaide … and Essendon, Hawthorn, Collingwood to finish.

“That’s occupying all my time. I’ve got enough to worry about with them.

“If we somehow end up in the finals through winning our last four games, our challenge is to make sure we’re playing really good footy so we can make an impact in September.”