Saturday second AFL Round 16 match is between Geelong Cats vs Melbourne Demons with the game to be played at Simonds Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:10pm local time with home team Geelong Cats currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Geelong Cats vs Melbourne Demons.

WHERE AND WHEN: Simonds Stadium, Saturday 13 July, 2:10pm

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Opening odds comparison:

Geelong Cats	1.001	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.001	N/A
Melbourne Demons	21.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	21.00	N/A

Preview:

Geelong take on Melbourne on Saturday, 2.10pm at Simonds Stadium. Definitely one of the most uneven match-ups of the round, the Demons will have to be in top form
if they want to avoid a heavy loss. Geelong are coming off a great win against the Hawks last round, in what was one of the best and most unexpected victories so far in
2013. In contrast, the Demons had another bad loss, this time losing to the Swans by 31 points. Even though the Demons look better under Neil Craig, it’s almost
impossible to back them for this one.

Teams:

Geelong Cats:
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 Demons:
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

Sylvia: I want to stay a Demon

Melbourne utility Colin Sylvia wants to stay at the AFL club and admits he needs to improve his form.

The 27-year-old becomes a free agent at the end of this season and there has been speculation he will leave the Demons.

But Sylvia said his management has been in discussions with the club through this year and he has no desire to go elsewhere.

“I want to remain a Demon, a one-club player,” he said.

“As long as we can come to an agreement, I will play the rest of my career here.

“I’ve been at the club for a long time – 10 years now, life member, it’s been a pretty big part of my life.

“I’d like to stay (and) hopefully the two parties can agree on a deal.”

Several teammates have left the struggling club in the last few years, but he said their thoughts on going elsewhere are “irrelevant” to whether he stays at Melbourne.

“I’m my own person and I will make the right decision for me,” he said.

He added Melbourne’s decision on who is coach next year will also not affect his decision.

While he acknowledges it is important – this could be the last contract of his AFL career – Sylvia said his focus remains playing well for Melbourne this season.

Melbourne have shown signs of improvement after a traumatic first half of the season that resulted in the sacking of coach Mark Neeld.

“I definitely haven’t been in this position before,” he said of free agency.

“I didn’t think deep (about) it early on in the year – obviously it was a tough start and a big challenge.

“I just wanted to see how the year unfolded and just focus on playing some consistent footy for this club.

“At the moment I’m still focusing on that. I don’t think things need to be rushed.”

While Sylvia has been among Melbourne’s better players this season, the midfielder and forward remains a lightning rod for criticism from Demons fans.

He has not played a full season since his 2004 debut and Sylvia was candid when asked about whether he was getting the most out of himself.

“I don’t think I do – I think the next however long I play is very important, to finish the career off on a high and get the absolute most out of it,” he said.

“I still think my best footy is ahead of me, if I can get that right and leave on a really good note.”

Sylvia plays his 150th game this Saturday against Geelong.

“I feel very fortunate to be able to actually get there – there were probably times where I doubted that I would,” he said.

“I had a lot of injuries early days and just thought footy wasn’t for me – I started to look at what else I could do outside of footy.

“But it all turned around.”