Optus Stadium will play host to Friday's Round 11 AFL game between Fremantle Dockers and Collingwood Magpies. The game kicks off at 8:10 pm with Fremantle Dockers heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Fremantle Dockers vs. Collingwood Magpies game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Friday May 24, 2024 at 8:10 pm

Where: Optus Stadium

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Fremantle Dockers vs Collingwood Magpies Odds

Fremantle Dockers vs Collingwood Magpies Preview

If there’s any better test for the Dockers at this stage of the year, they’ve got it.

The red-hot Pies are strolling into town off the back of yet another win in their resurgence back into the top eight.

Freo got the job done in Melbourne against the Saints, albeit not so convincingly, but an important four points on the road.

The Pies continue to get the job done through their high impact per possession game, which is deadly inside forward 50 and gives the opposition no room for error.

The inaccuracy hurt the Dockers last week, but their system of transition on the outside generated enough inside 50s to kick a winning score.

Generally, it hasn’t been enough against the top sides, with an average of 48.6 inside 50s per game compared to Collingwood’s 53.

Collingwood will have to charge some physicality up against the Dockers classy stoppage clearance work, and if they’re able to do so, the Dockers lack of scoreboard pressure will catch up.

Fremantle’s ultra-defensive style isn’t attractive, but it does need to come out and work in these types of games where the Pies will look to penetrate the corridor at any stage.

There’s a lot more at stake for the Dockers than the Pies, and although the Dockers have full home support, the Pies aren’t a stranger to a WA win.

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Fremantle Dockers vs Collingwood Magpies Tip

Fremantle Dockers vs Collingwood Magpies Teams

DOCKERS

B: H.Chapman, A.Pearce – C, J.Draper

HB: J.Aish, L.Ryan, J.Clark

C: J.Sharp, A.Brayshaw, H.Young

HF: M.Walters, S.Switkowski, L.Jackson

F: J.Treacy, J.Amiss, J.O’Meara

FOLL: S.Darcy, C.Serong, N.Fyfe

I/C: B.Banfield, M.Johnson, T.Emmett, B.Walker, C.Wagner

EMG: N.Erasmus, P.Voss, S.Sturt

IN: S.Darcy, C.Wagner

OUT: M.Frederick (Injured), P.Voss (Omitted)

MAGPIES

B: C.Dean, D.Moore – C, B.Frampton

HB: I.Quaynor, J.Noble, S.Pendlebury

C: S.Sidebottom, B.McCreery, J.Daicos

HF: B.Hill, N.Daicos, B.Mihocek

F: E.Allan, P.Lipinski, H.Harrison

FOLL: D.Cameron, J.Crisp, L.Schultz

I/C: B.Maynard, J.Richards, L.Sullivan, W.Parker, M.Cox

EMG: N.Kreuger, F.Macrae, A.Johnson

IN: C.Dean, B.McCreery, B.Mihocek, E.Allan, W.Parker

OUT: F.Macrae (Omitted), W.Hoskin-Elliott (Injured), J.De Goey (Injured), R.McInnes (Injured), O.Markov (Personal Reason)