Saturday’s AFL 2018 Round 9 match is between Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide Power. The opening kick is set to commence at 15:15 local time with the game to be played at Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan Stadium. The away team Port Adelaide Power are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide Power.
When: 15:15 | Saturday 19/05/2018
Where: Adelaide Arena at Jiangwan Stadium
Preview:
Suns and Power head back to China with this game in Shanghai.
Is this a worthwhile experiment? Yes, I think it is.
Port showed a lot of resolve in their comeback win against the Crows in last week’s Showdown and that win tells me their best is clearly good enough but they’re still a very inconsistent team this year.
It has been a brutal start to the season for the Suns and ahead of another big trip, they have some injury and form concerns.
This one could get ugly for them.
KEY BATTLE: Charlie Dixon v Steven May
Two former teammates going head-to-head.
Dixon is out of form and needs to turn it around.
The Verdict
Port, who have a 69-55 (55.6 percent) line record since 2013, are in better form and this game means more to them as a club.
Unibet Odds:
Gold Coast at $6.25
Port Adelaide at $1.13
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Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Robert Gray at $10.00
More Info:
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns: 
B: Harbrow, Thompson, May
HB: Hall, Leslie, Ah Chee
C: Bowes, Miller, Weller
HF: Young, Ballard, Sexton
F: Heron, Martin, Holman
FOLL: Witts, Ainsworth, Swallow
I/C: Rischitelli, Scheer, Lyons, Crossley
EMG: Rosa, Wright, Brodie, Schoenfeld
IN: Heron
OUT: Day
Port Adelaide Power: 
B: Bonner, Jonas, Houston
HB: Byrne-Jones, Hombsch, Clurey
C: Motlop, Wines, Polec
HF: Boak, Watts, Wingard
F: Westhoff, Dixon, R.Gray
FOLL: Ryder, Rockliff, Ebert
I/C: Howard, Neade, S.Gray, Powell-Pepper
EMG: Amon, McKenzie, Trengove, Barry
Unchanged
AFL News:
Port Adelaide are sending 26 players to China as they follow the same successful blueprint as last year for the AFL club’s Shanghai game.
The Power play Gold Coast on Saturday with Port’s squad to depart Adelaide later on Monday.
The fixture is the second in China between the clubs, after Port won the inaugural game in Shanghai last season.
“We did a pretty good job last year in terms of the preparation for it,” Port’s general manager of football Chris Davies told reporters on Monday.
“We are pretty keen to get over there and follow the method we went through last year.”
Port’s squad will include the 22 players who downed arch rivals Adelaide by five-points with a last-minute goal on Saturday.
“They have all pulled up pretty well,” Davies said of Saturday’s line-up.
“We will go across with the 22 that played and four other guys as well, so no injury concerns from the weekend which is a good outcome considering how contested the actual game.”
Port pipped the Crows with a Steven Motlop goal in the last 30 seconds delivering a fifth win from eight starts this season.
“The flight will be better than what the alternative could have been (if we lost),” Davies said.
“We had a good game on the weekend but the reality is that we haven’t been all that consistent so far this year.
“So our challenge is to make suere that we front up again in China and play a Gold Coast team who I am sure will be smarting from their loss on the weekend.”
A sell-out crowd of around 11,500 is expected at the Jiangwan Stadium, rebagded as Adelaide Arena for the fixture.
