The fifth game on Saturday for AFL Round 17 is between Melbourne Demons and Brisbane Lions. The match is to be played at TIO Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 7.10pm local time with away team Brisbane Lions currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Melbourne Demons and Brisbane Lions.

WHERE AND WHEN: TIO Stadium, Saturday July 20, 7.10pm

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Opening odds comparison:

Melbourne Demons	4.30	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.30	4.35
Brisbane Lions	1.21	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.21	1.23

Preview:

The last of Saturday’s matches is Melbourne vs Brisbane, 7.10pm at TIO Stadium. The Lions are expected to win this comfortably, especially after their impressive
comeback victory against North Melbourne last week. While Brisbane have had an average season at best, they have managed to regain a little form and confidence over
the last few rounds. The same can not be said for the Demons, who lost to the Cats last week and look unlikely to bounce back after a troubled 2013.

Teams:

Melbourne Demons:
B: Lynden Dunn, Colin Garland, Dean Terlich
HB: Tom McDonald, James Frawley, Mitchell Clisby
C: Jimmy Toumpas, Jack Trengove, Jack Grimes
HF: Colin Sylvia, Jack Watts, Shannon Byrnes
F: Aaron Davey, Chris Dawes, Jeremy Howe
Foll: Max Gawn, Jack Viney, Nathan Jones
Int: Matt Jones, Dean Kent, Sam Blease, Jack Fitzpatrick
Emerg: Jordie McKenzie, Cam Pedersen, Jake Spencer

In: Viney
Out: Nicholson

Brisbane Lions:
B: Jed Adcock, Matt Maguire, Joel Patfull
HB: Ryan Harwood, Justin Clarke, Brent Staker
C: Pearce Hanley, Tom Rockliff, Sam Mayes
HF: Dayne Zorko, Jonathan Brown, Rohan Bewick
F: Josh Green, Daniel Merrett, Ash McGrath
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
Int: Andrew Raines, Elliot Yeo, Ryan Lester, Mitch Golby
Emerg: Sam Docherty, Jordan Lisle, James Polkinghorne

In: Yeo
Out: Polkinghorne

Voss talks down finals hopes for Lions

Don’t mention AFL finals to Michael Voss, but his Brisbane Lions had better keep bringing their mouthguards to training.

Voss again ducked and weaved at the Gabba on Monday as it was put to him the resurrected Lions (6-9) could indeed put themselves in top eight contention by continuing a vibrant 3-1 run over the past month.

Winnable games against Melbourne (Darwin), Port Adelaide (away) and St Kilda (home) approach in the next three weeks before they finish with Richmond, Greater Western Sydney, Western Bulldogs and Geelong.

But even Saturday night’s stirring comeback against North Melbourne, to put them two wins from eighth, and the tougher draws for mid-table rivals hasn’t put finals into Voss’s thoughts.

“I don’t know how you can possibly justify even remotely thinking about it, talking about it and even entertaining the idea,” he said. “We’ve just had our first back-to-back win this year.

“To say talking about it is a little bit ahead would be a dramatic understatement.”

With Kangaroos coach Brad Scott labelling the Lions a “momentum side”, Voss is taking pleasure out of Brisbane’s supreme fitness and finishing ability, but demanding more consistency.

As well as coming from 33 points down late in the third term against North, they reeled in Geelong after trailing by 52.

Voss attributed hard, uncompromising training for the turnaround.

“It’s been a key focus for us the entire season but certainly has been one of the catalysts for us coming into the week,” he said.

“The boys have to make sure they bring their mouthguard as we are going to have another tough session because it is certainly getting them into the right mindset at the moment.

“There’s still some areas of our games that we have to improve on but who can question how we are finishing?

“They should be getting a lot of confidence in their legs and also in each other that they can finish off games.”

Off-contract at the end of the season, Voss also dismissed any notion that his side’s revival had boosted his confidence in keeping his job for 2014.

“My position hasn’t changed now as it hasn’t changed eight weeks ago: it will be dealt with at the (end of the season),” he said.

The Lions are hopeful both Simon Black (knee) and Brent Moloney (calf) will return against Melbourne by passing Wednesday fitness tests.