Geelong suffered their second narrow loss in the past three weeks when falling 10 points short in the game last week against North.

Geelong Coach was frank in his team’s performance, labelling it as “disappointing” and historically, when the Cats have submitted such a performance, they bounce back quickly and with plenty of aggression.

They play at Simonds Stadium for only the fifth time this season and thus far, they remain unbeaten at the venue where their average winning margin is 65 points.

Port has won their last three games, against St. Kilda, Brisbane and last Adelaide by 5, 9 and 4 points respectively.

These tenacious efforts see Port cling on to eighth spot on the ladder, two and half wins ahead of Carlton. They’ll need this buffer as it has been six years and eight games since Port last got the better of their rivals this weekend and,

In round 9 earlier this year, the Cats ran out 48 point victors. They’ve been asked to give Port 39.5 this game.

Given their impressive performances at home and the likelihood that they’ll be keen to bounce back from last week and better their efforts of the past month in readiness for the finals, Geelong should win comfortably.

TIP: GEELONG -39.5

Odds comparison by AFL Odds:

Geelong Cats	1.15	1.12	1.13	1.12	1.15	1.15
Port Adelaide Power	5.50	6.25	6.00	6.25	5.50	5.50

Teams:

Geelong Cats:
B: S.Morris, A.Rance, D.Astbury
HB: C.Newman, T.Chaplin, N.Vlastuin
C: S.Grigg, T.Cotchin, D.Jackson
HF: M.White, S.Edwards, B.Ellis
F: L.McGuane, J.Riewoldt, D.Martin
R: I.Maric, B.Deledio, N.Foley
I/C: B.Houli, R.Conca, T.Vickery, S.Tuck
EMG: J.Batchelor, M.McDonough, O.Stephenson
IN: James Podsiadly, Allen Christensen, Jared Rivers, Josh Walker, Jesse Stringer
OUT: Josh Hunt (omitted), Trent West (omitted), Taylor Hunt (omitted), Billie Smedts (omitted), Mark Blicavs (omitted)

Port Adelaide Power:
B: C.O’Shea, A.Carlile, D.Cassisi
HB: M.Broadbent, J.Trengove, J.Pittard
C: C.Wingard, T.Boak, S.Colquhoun
HF: R.Gray, J.Butcher, A.Monfries
F: J.Westhoff, J.Schulz, H.Hartlett
FOLL: M.Lobbe, Bra.Ebert, K.Cornes
I/C: K.Mitchell, O.Wines, A.Moore, N.Blee
EMG: C.Hitchcock, L.Stevenson, T.Logan
IN: Nathan Blee
OUT: Paul Stewart (broken wrist)