The third game on Sunday for AFL Round 17 is between West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans. The match is to be played at Patersons Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 2.40pm local time with away team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans.

WHERE AND WHEN: Patersons Stadium, Sunday July 21, 2.40pm

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Opening odds comparison:

West Coast Eagles	2.55	2.45	2.60	2.45	2.55	2.57
Sydney Swans	1.51	1.55	1.50	1.55	1.51	1.52

Preview:

The last game of round 17 is between West Coast and Sydney, kicking off on Sunday at 4.40pm at Patersons Stadium. This should be one of the better matches of the
round, with the Swans expected to win here but not by a lot. Sydney are coming off a massive victory against GWS, in a game that didn’t test them but should leave them fresh in the lead-up to this much tougher contest. While this is one of the great rivalries of modern day footy, this time around, the Swans have better form and more to play for in the lead up to September.

Teams:

West Coast Eagles:
B: Will Schofield, Darren Glass, Mitch Brown
HB: Jacob Brennan, Eric Mackenzie, Ash Smith
C: Andrew Gaff, Matt Priddis, Matt Rosa
HF: Mark Hutchings, Josh Kennedy, Josh Hill
F: Mark LeCras, Dean Cox, Jack Darling
Foll: Nic Naitanui, Chris Masten, Luke Shuey
Int (from): Jamie Cripps, Adam Carter, Cale Morton, Sharrod Wellingham, Blayne Wilson, Adam Selwood, Bradd Dalziell

In: A Selwood Wellingham Shuey Wilson
Out: Embley (suspended)

Sydney Swans:
B: Dane Rampe, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
HB: Nick Malceski, Ted Richards, Jarrad McVeigh
C: Brandon Jack, Josh Kennedy, Kieren Jack
HF: Craig Bird, Jesse White, Luke Parker
F: Jude Bolton, Kurt Tippett, Mike Pyke
Foll: Shane Mumford, Ryan O’Keefe, Dan Hannebery
Int (from): Harry Cunningham, Andrejs Everitt, Jed Lamb, Mitchell Morton, Xavier Richards, Dean Towers

In: Morton Cunningham X Richards Towers
Out: McGlynn (suspended)

Eagles face pivotal clash against Swans

They ran out of gas against Fremantle, but West Coast hope they still have enough juice left to carry them to the AFL finals.

The Eagles led Fremantle by two points at three-quarter time of Sunday’s western derby, but conceded seven of the next eight goals on the way to a 28-point loss.

The 19.7 (121) to 14.9 (93) defeat left West Coast a game adrift of eighth spot ahead of Sunday’s crunch clash with Sydney at Patersons Stadium.

Star midfielder Luke Shuey is almost certain to return against the Swans, while Daniel Kerr and Sharrod Wellingham could also bolster the squad.

But veteran wingman Andrew Embley is facing his second suspension of the season after crunching Clancee Pearce with a high bump.

Eagles coach John Worsfold praised the effort his charges displayed against Fremantle, especially in the first half when they led the tackle count 60-37.

But he conceded his injury-hit squad simply couldn’t keep pace with the battle-hardened Dockers.

“We were running on empty a bit late in the game,” Worsfold said.

“We had to play pretty hard early to give ourselves a chance.

“Fremantle are up and going and have a good team out there, so we just had to go as hard and as flat out as we could, and hold on for as long as we could.

“That took its toll on the group.”

Fremantle remain within percentage of fourth-placed Sydney, but will be sweating on the availability of skipper Matthew Pavlich, who was reported for his glancing bump on Mitch Brown.

Although Pavlich tried to pull out of the bump, it may not be enough to save him from suspension, especially with 93.75 carryover points on his record.

Ironically, those carryover points stemmed from an incident in which Pavlich struck Brown in last year’s derby.

Pavlich kicked three goals in his second match back from injury, and Fremantle have their fingers crossed the 31-year-old will be cleared to play in Sunday’s clash with Richmond at the MCG.

Dockers midfielder Michael Barlow (26 disposals, two goals) won the Ross Glendinning medal as best afield, while Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Stephen Hill, Michael Walters (three goals) and Chris Mayne (three goals) were also crucial cogs on the day.

West Coast forward Jack Darling booted five goals in the losing cause.

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon gave his players a half-time spray in the see-sawing contest, and was happy with how they responded.

“From my perspective I’m pleased at the leadership and of the players’ effort,” Lyon said.

“In a derby it’s really critical that we play it out, and we did that.”