Saturday’s second AFL Round 11 match and arguably the match of the day is between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. The opening bounce is set to commence at 4:10pm local time and 4:40pm AEST which see’s away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Adelaide Crows and Sydney Swans.
WHERE AND WHEN: AAMI Stadium, Saturday June 8, 4:10pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Adelaide Crows | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.52 |
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Sydney Swans
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1.53 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.54 |
Preview:
The Adelaide Crows play the Sydney Swans on Saturday, 4.40pm at AAMI Stadium. This is promising to be a good match, with the Swans favourites but the Crows enjoying a good record against the Sydney side. The Crows have won eight of their last ten games against Sydney, and will also enjoy the home ground advantage this weekend. Despite these advantages, however, it’s hard going past the reigning premiers, who are in good form at the moment and have one of the strongest midfields in the competition.
Teams:
Adelaide Crows:
B: Rory Laird, Ben Rutten, Andrew Otten
HB: Brent Reilly, Daniel Talia, David Mackay
C: Bernie Vince, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Sloane
HF: Nathan van Berlo, Shaun McKernan, Jared Petrenko
F: Josh Jenkins, Sam Kerridge, Thomas Lynch
Foll: Sam Jacobs, Richard Douglas, Scott Thompson
Int: Jason Porplyzia, Brad Crouch, Ricky Henderson, Brodie Smith
Emerg: Jarryd Lyons, Ian Callinan, Matthew Wright
In: S.McKernan, R.Henderson, B.Crouch
Out: B.Martin, L.Brown (calf), J.Lyons
Sydney Swans:
B: Nick Malceski, Ted Richards, Nick Smith
HB: Jarrad McVeigh, Heath Grundy, Dane Rampe
C: Luke Parker, Daniel Hannebery, Kieren Jack
HF: Craig Bird, Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton
F: Tom Mitchell, Shane Mumford, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Mike Pyke, Josh Kennedy, Ryan O’Keefe
Int: Andrejs Everitt, Brandon Jack, Jesse White, Mitch Morton
Emerg: Jed Lamb, Dean Towers, Tony Armstrong
In: J.White, B.Jack
Out: L.Jetta (shin soreness), T.Walsh (hamstring)
Crows attack a worry for Swans coach
Sydney coach John Longmire isn’t sure what to make of the forward line of AFL rivals Adelaide.
In the past, Longmire was concerned with nullifying Taylor Walker and Kurt Tippett.
But now, the Swans have Tippett while Walker’s season ended with a knee reconstruction – making it hard for Longmire to read Adelaide’s attack ahead of Saturday’s AAMI Stadium clash.
“Their forward line is actually unpredictable, which is a challenging thing for us,” Longmire told reporters in Adelaide on Friday.
“That is the challenge in scouting them: they have shown some real versatility in their front half and some unpredictability in the way they go forward.
“So that has made it probably a bit more difficult for us to look at their forward structure and to make sure that our defensive group is really switched on to what they throw up.”
Adelaide were relieved on Friday when reigning club champion Scott Thompson and winger David Mackay passed fitness tests at a light match-eve training session.
Thompson had been battling a corked thigh while Mackay was substituted with a hip injury during Adelaide’s seven-point loss to Fremantle last weekend.
The Crows recalled young midfielder Brad Crouch, ruckman Shaun McKernan and utility Ricky Henderson, with backman Luke Brown (calf), Jarryd Lyons and Brodie Martin making way.
While the Swans enter the match as favourites, the ninth-placed Crows believe their attacking style could unsettle the reigning premier.
“I reckon the last month of footy most teams have struggled with our offence,” Crows assistant coach Scott Camporeale told reporters on Friday.
“We think we match up really well, player for player. We think we have got the game style to match them.”
Longmire agreed, saying he was also wary of Adelaide’s midfield class.
“They’re probably one of the best midfields going around, they have got some elite talent in that area,” he said.
“That will be a real challenge for us, to match Adelaide’s midfield.
“They have been in pretty good form in the last couple of weeks … I’m sure that will be a big part of where the game is won or lost.”
Longmire will debut 19-year-old Brandon Jack, the brother of Sydney co-captain Kieren, while tall utility Jesse White returns, with injured duo Lewis Jetta (shin) and Tommy Walsh (hamstring) unavailable.