Whilst the Suns have been competitive this year, their only win for them over the past seven weeks has come over North Melbourne (66 – 51) five weeks back.
Last week, the Suns led for the majority of the first half in their clash against Richmond played Cairns. However in tough windy conditions that saw both teams only kick two goals apiece in the second half, Richmond’s seventeen behinds were enough to see them home (53 – 44).
Gold Coast return home for this game where they’ve won two of their last three and even in their defeats at Metricon, they’ve been more than competitive.
They’ll need to produce their best though this week if they are to trouble Collingwood who have won five of their last six.
Comfortable victories in the last two rounds over Carlton and Adelaide have seen Collingwood climb back inside the eight and to seventh position. With Richmond up against Fremantle this weekend, a win here could see the Magpies potentially climb a further spot.
Head to head, these sides have met twice before with Collingwood winning both by margins of 54 and in the most recent clash last year, 97 points.
They’ve been asked to cover 28.5 this weekend and whilst there’s no doubting the Suns are an improved outfit, especially at home, if the Pies fancy themselves as legitimate contenders for the title, they should be able to cover that margin.
TIP: COLLINGWOOD -24.5
Odds comparison by AFL Odds:
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| Gold Coast Suns | 4.55 | 4.75 | 5.65 | 4.75 | 4.55 | 4.70 |
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Collingwood Magpies
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1.17 | 1.18 | 1.14 | 1.18 | 1.17 | 1.20 |
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns:
B: Trent McKenzie, Sam Day, Seb Tape
HB: Greg Broughton, Rory Thompson, Jarrod Harbrow
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Luke Russell
HF: Andrew Boston, Steven May, Aaron Hall
F: Campbell Brown, Josh Hall, Jared Brennan
Foll: Tom Nicholls, Danny Stanley, Jaeger O’Meara
Int: Dion Prestia, Maverick Weller, Harley Bennell, Alex Sexton
Emerg: Jacob Gillbee, Tom Murphy, Joel Wilkinson
In: Weller Sexton
Out: Murphy Swallow (knee)
Collingwood Magpies:
B: Nathan Brown, Nick Maxwell, Ben Reid
HB: Tyson Goldsack, Heath Shaw, Marley Williams
C: Steele Sidebottom, Brent Macaffer, Luke Ball
HF: Jamie Elliott, Jarrod Witts, Dane Swan
F: Dayne Beams, Travis Cloke, Josh Thomas
Foll: Ben Hudson, Scott Pendlebury, Andrew Krakouer
Int: Ben Sinclair, Paul Seedsman, Sam Dwyer, Caolan Mooney
Emerg: Lachlan Keeffe, Ben Kennedy, Adam Oxley
In: Goldsack Mooney
Out: Young (hamstring) Blair (calf)