Friday’s only AFL Round 10 match is between Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Magpies with the game to be played at the Gabba. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with away team Collingwood Magpies currently holding favouritism after Brisbane announced the of key players from their team heading into the match. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Magpies.

WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, Friday 31st May, 7:50pm

Opening odds comparison:

Brisbane Lions	4.70	4.60	4.75	4.60	4.70	4.50
Collingwood Magpies	1.19	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.19	1.20

Preview:

Round 10 of the AFL kicks off this weekend, after some great matches last round and a fair amount of controversy as well.  The first match of the round is between Brisbane and Collingwood, taking place at the GABBA on Friday, 7.50pm.  The Magpies will go into this match as big favourites, despite the fact they have not been in the best of form.  The Lions struggled last week against Carlton, however, even though their second half was much better than their first.  The Lions are also without some key personnel for this encounter, and will struggle to get points on the board without the likes of Merrett, Leuenberger, and Brown.

Teams:

Brisbane Lions:
B: Jed Adcock, Joel Patfull, Ashley McGrath
HB: Elliot Yeo, Justin Clarke, Brent Staker
C: Andrew Raines, Simon Black, James Polkinghorne
HF: Rohan Bewick, Sam Michael, Pearce Hanley
F: Dayne Zorko, Ryan Lester, Marco Paparone
Foll: Billy Longer, Brent Moloney, Jack Redden
Int: Patrick Karnezis, Ryan Harwood, Jack Crisp, Sam Docherty
Emerg: Aaron Cornelius, Josh Green, Todd Banfield

In: R.Harwood, P.Karnezis, B.Longer, J.Crisp, M.Paparone, J.Clarke
Out: J.Brown (suspension), M.Leuenberger (hand), T.Rockliff (leg), J.Lisle, J.Green, S.Mayes (soreness)

Collingwood Magpies:
B: Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Heritier O’Brien
HB: Heath Shaw, Nick Maxwell, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Dane Swan, Luke Ball
HF: Jamie Elliott, Quinten Lynch, Brent Macaffer
F: Ben Kennedy, Travis Cloke, Alan Didak
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Jarryd Blair
Int: Andrew Krakouer, Kyle Martin, Paul Seedsman, Josh Thomas
Emerg: Martin Clarke, Ben Sinclair, Jarrod Witts

In: A.Didak, H.Shaw, K.Martin, J.Thomas
Out: J.Russell (ankle), S.Dwyer (groin), M.Clarke, J.Witts

Lions can cover key absences: Staker

Despite the loss of several key players to injury and captain Jonathan Brown’s suspension, Brisbane still believe they can beat Collingwood in Friday’s AFL clash at the Gabba.

Brown is out for two weeks after unsuccessfully contesting a striking charge at the tribunal on Tuesday, while vice-captain Tom Rockliff and ruckman Matthew Leuenberger will also miss the Magpies visit due to injury.

Rockliff is out for up to two weeks with a quad injury and Leuenberger will miss a month due to a dislocated thumb.

Add the already missing Daniel Merrett (suspension), Daniel Rich (shoulder) and Mitch Golby (foot) and the job is looking extremely tough for the Lions against a Magpies outfit keen to bounce back from their loss to reigning premiers Sydney last weekend.

But the concern clearly hasn’t reached Brent Staker, who said the Lions’ backs-to-the-wall win over Essendon a fortnight ago showed the team’s resilience in the face of adversity.

“Missing those guys, clearly they’re quality players, but the reserves have been in good form and they’ll fill the void,” Staker told reporters on Thursday.

“We should attack it the same way we attacked the Essendon game.”

The Bombers victory holds a special significance for Staker, who celebrated a win on his return from successive knee reconstructions that had kept him sidelined for almost two years.

But Staker knows the Magpies won’t be without motivation following a tumultuous week where the club has found itself embroiled in a racism storm following a fan’s comments towards Swans star Adam Goodes and then president Eddie McGuire’s on-air gaffe.

“We definitely expect them to come out all guns blazing,” Staker said.

“They come off an interesting game last week and it’s been an interesting week for them.

“I’m sure that stuff won’t faze them. Footy is business.

“I expect them from the very first minute to be flat out.”