Geelong, as they more often than not do, met the challenge last week and defeated Hawthorn by ten points last week in yet another monumental clash between the two sides.
It took Geelong to 48 competition points, the same as Hawthorn.
It was the Cats’ twelfth win of the season and this week, against a team that hasn’t won that many games in the past three seasons, there’s only ever going to be one result here.
Melbourne had a brief moment in the sun two weeks back with a three point win over the Western Bulldogs and, although losing last week to Sydney, did compete to the end and reduced the third quarter deficit of 50 points to 31.
The last time Melbourne got the better of Geelong was way back in 2006!
Geelong’s average winning margin over the past five encounters with Melbourne has been 74 points, but take away the 186 point drumming Geelong handed to Melbourne in 2011 and the average winning margin is 46 points.
They’re giving Melbourne 67.5 this weekend.
Odds comparison by AFL Odds:
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| Geelong Cats | 1.001 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.001 | N/A |
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Melbourne Demons
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21.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 21.00 | N/A |
Teams :
Geelong
B: Cameron Guthrie, Harry Taylor, Josh Hunt
HB: Travis Varcoe, Tom Lonergan, Andrew Mackie
C: Taylor Hunt, Joel Selwood, Mitch Duncan
HF: Mathew Stokes, James Podsiadly, Billie Smedts
F: Josh Caddy, Tom Hawkins, Steven Motlop
Foll: Dawson Simpson, James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel
Int: Jordan Murdoch, Mark Blicavs, Steve Johnson, Jesse Stringer
Emerg: Trent West, Mitch Brown, George Horlin-Smith
In: S.Johnson, T.Varcoe, B.Smedts
Out: J.Corey (concussion), C.Enright (foot), A.Christensen (hamstring)
Melbourne
B: Lynden Dunn, Colin Garland, Dean Terlich
HB: Tom McDonald, James Frawley, Mitchell Clisby
C: Jimmy Toumpas, Jack Trengove, Jack Grimes
HF: Sam Blease, Jack Watts, Matt Jones
F: Jack Fitzpatrick, Chris Dawes, Jeremy Howe
Foll: Max Gawn, Colin Sylvia, Nathan Jones
Int: Dean Kent, Daniel Nicholson, Aaron Davey, Shannon Byrnes
Emerg: Jordie McKenzie, Cameron Pedersen, David Rodan
In: S.Blease
Out: D.Rodan