The second game on Saturday for AFL Round 2 is between Port Adelaide Power and Adelaide Crows. The match is to be played at Adelaide Oval with the opening bounce set to commence at 4.15pm with home team Port Adelaide Power currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Port Adelaide Power and Adelaide Crows.
Round: Round 2, Saturday, March 29, 4.15pm
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Weather: 28° Partly cloudy.
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Odds Comparison:
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| Port Adelaide Power | 1.67 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.67 |
| Adelaide Crows | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.20 | 2.20 |
All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.
Preview:
This local derby clash always gets a lot of attention from AFL fans, both in Adelaide and beyond. Kicking off at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, 4.45pm, both teams will want to take the points at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval. The Power will be slight favourites to win this one, especially after their impressive first round effort against Carlton. Justin Westhoff, Robbie Gray, and Angus Monfries were all in great form for Port last round, and if they can keep it up, the Crows could be in trouble.
In contrast, the Crows fell apart in the fourth quarter against Geelong last round, after looking pretty good for the first three quarters of the game. Their 38-point loss to Geelong was worrying, especially the lack of fighting spirit shown in the last quarter. The new Adelaide Oval surface is likely to produce a fast, high- scoring game, and both teams will be out to prove themselves for such an historic occasion.
Teams:
Port Adelaide Power:
Backs: Hombsch Carlile Impey
Half-backs: Jonas Trengrove Cassisi
Centres: Polec Hartlett Cornes
Half-forwards: White Westhoff Wingard
Forwards: Butcher Schulz Monfries
Followers: Lobbe Boak Ebert
Interchange: Broadbent R Gray Wines Pittard
Emergencies: O’Shea Clurey Young
In: Carlile
Out: Clurey
Adelaide Crows:
Backs: Shaw Rutten Brown
Half-backs: Reilly Talia Mackay
Centres: Smith Dangerfield Grigg
Half-forwards: B Crouch Podsiadly Wright
Forwards: Johnston McKernan Betts
Followers: Jacobs Sloane Douglas
Interchange: S Thompson Jaensch Kerridge Porplyzia
Emergencies: Jenkins Lyons Martin
In: Reilly Douglas
Out: Martin Lyons
News:
A groin specialist will determine if Adelaide midfielder Richard Douglas makes a surprise return to AFL ranks this weekend.
Douglas was hospitalised after copping a blow to the groin in the Crows’ last preseason game, against Greater Western Sydney on March 7.
The club champion had surgery days later to stop persistent bleeding in the groin.
Adelaide initially forecast Douglas would miss at least a month of the premiership season, but the onballer is pressing to return against Port Adelaide on Saturday.
“He’s pretty keen but he’s just got to see late in the week, the last call is going to come from the specialist,” Adelaide captain Nathan van Berlo told reporters on Monday.
Adelaide forward Lewis Johnston has avoided sanction after being reported for a head-high hit on Geelong’s Steve Johnson in the Crows’ season-opening loss last Thursday night.
Johnston is free to front against Port in the first AFL match to be played at a redeveloped Adelaide Oval.
Port accounted for Carlton in their premiership opener a fortnight ago – a goal down at three quarter-time, the Power kicked seven goals in the final term for a 33-point victory.
But Port captain Travis Boak has warned his teammates against expecting to over-run sides again.
“We have got a great amount of confidence in our running ability but we can’t afford to have a four or five-goal differential at three quarter-time,” Boak told reporters on Monday.
“We need to make sure we start well this weekend. It’s going to be hot early but we have got to come out firing.”
Port won’t be able to summon midfielder Andrew Moore for Saturday’s game – he missed the season-opener with a shoulder injury.
Moore was on the road to recovery but then sprained an AC joint in the shoulder at training last week and now was expected to miss another two matches.
