The Gold Coast Suns, who had won three from four heading into last week’s game against Hawthorn, have obviously developed a taste for winning games as they led the competition favourites halfway through the third quarter.

The realisation that winning four out of five might’ve been too much for the Suns and they let the lead slide, eventually falling 26 points short.

Despite the loss, the Suns still have good momentum and are in the best form of the Club’s short career.

They do face another massive test, possibly the toughest in the competition this week taking on Geelong at home.

The Cats lost their first and only game so far this season, a fortnight ago when taking on Collingwood (by six points). As they have been in most games this year, they were slow away but mounted a strong comeback in the third quarter that may have just left them a little short of gas in the final stages of the fourth.

The champion side bounced back immediately last week though, handing Port a 48 point defeat.

They’ve met the Suns on three previous occasions and, as expected, where triumphant in each match by margins of 66, 150 and in the most recent encounter, 14.

Would expect that trend to continue here.

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Odds comparison by AFL Odds:

Geelong Cats	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.01	1.01
Gold Coast Suns	17.00	14.00	16.00	14.00	17.00	17.00

Teams:

Geelong Cats:
B: Andrew Mackie, Tom Lonergan, Corey Enright
HB: Cameron Guthrie, Harry Taylor, Josh Hunt
C: James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel, Steven Motlop
HF: Mathew Stokes, Steve Johnson, Allen Christensen
F: Mitch Brown, Tom Hawkins, Nathan Vardy
Foll: Trent West, Joel Selwood, Joel Corey
Int: George Burbury, Jordan Schroder, Mitch Duncan, Mark Blicavs
Emerg: Jordan Murdoch, Billie Smedts, Jesse Stringer

In: J. Kelly, N. Vardy
Out: J. Podsiadly (knee), J. Thurlow (rested)

Gold Coast Suns:
B: Trent McKenzie, Sam Day, Joel Wilkinson
HB: David Swallow, Rory Thompson, Tom Murphy
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Jarrod Harbrow
HF: Michael Rischitelli, Tom Lynch, Aaron Hall
F: Campbell Brown, Daniel Gorringe, Brandon Matera
Foll: Tom Nicholls, Danny Stanley, Dion Prestia
Int: Kyal Horsley, Timmy Sumner, Luke Russell, Jaeger O’Meara
Emerg: Jack Hutchins, Greg Broughton, Steven May

In: M.Rischitelli, K.Horsley, J.Wilkinson, T.Nicholls, T.Sumner
Out: J. Brennan (knee), G. Broughton, S. May, J. Hutchins, J. Lonergan (hamstring)