The fourth match today of Round 3 in the AFL home and away season is between Gold Coast Suns and Essendon Bombers. The match will be played at Metricon Stadium in Queensland with the opening bounce being at 7:40pm local time. The last time these two teams met was Round 6 last year where Essendon won by one hundred and thirty nine points at Etihad Stadium.
Essendon is coming off a good win over Port Adelaide at home in which they beat the visitors by twenty five points. Gold Coast are still looking for their first win of the season and it doesnt look likely tonight, last week they played Saint Kilda and were thrashed by ninety two points.
WHERE AND WHEN: Metricon Stadium, Saturday April 14, 7.40pm
LAST TIME: Essendon 31.11 (197) d Gold Coast 8.10 (58), round 6, 2011 at Etihad Stadium
Odds: Gold Coast Suns $11 vs Essendon Bombers $1.05 at Sportsbet
Tip: Essendon to win by 65 points. View our AFL Round 3 Tips
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GOLD COAST SUNS 
- B: Jared Brennan, Matthew Warnock, Seb Tape
- HB: Maverick Weller, Nathan Bock, Jarrod Harbrow
- C: Josh Caddy, Dion Prestia, Trent McKenzie
- HF: Luke Russell, Tom Lynch, Harley Bennell
- F: Brandon Matera, Sam Day, Aaron Hall
- Foll: Zac Smith, David Swallow, Gary Ablett
- I/C: Karmichael Hunt, Josh Fraser, Matt Shaw, Michael Rischitelli
- Emg: Josh Toy, Joel Wilkinson, Jeremy Taylor
- In: Josh Fraser, Sam Day, Nathan Bock, Seb Tape
- Out: Campbell Brown, Tom Hickey, Steven May, Jeremy Taylor
ESSENDON BOMBERS 
- B: Courtenay Dempsey, Dustin Fletcher, Jake Carlisle
- HB: Kyle Hardingham, Tayte Pears, Dyson Heppell
- C: Michael Hibberd, Jobe Watson, Brent Stanton
- HF: Stewart Crameri, Michael Hurley, Alwyn Davey
- F: David Zaharakis, Patrick Ryder, Leroy Jetta
- Foll: Tom Bellchambers, Heath Hocking, Jake Melksham
- I/C: Ricky Dyson, Angus Monfries, Kyle Reimers, Ben Howlett
- Emg: Henry Slattery, Cale Hooker, Luke Davis
- In: Ricky Dyson, Heath Hocking, Alwyn Davey, Kyle Reimers, Tom Bellchambers
- Out: David Hille, Sam Lonergan, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Mark McVeigh, David Myers
- Milestones: Dustin Fletcher – 350 games, Tayte Pears- 50 games, Michael Hurley – 50 games