The first of two games scheduled for Sunday is the tale of two stories.

The first is that of the high-flying Hawthorn club that, after losing their opening game of the season to Geelong with a kick after the siren, has strung together eight straight wins and sit atop of the competition ladder.

A fright last week where, in the third quarter they found themselves behind against the Gold Coast Suns, will serve as a timely reminder that the Hawks need to be switched on against all opponents.

The second story is of that of the struggling Melbourne Demons.

From their nine matches thus far this season, they have the one win to their credit and during this time, have conceded a whopping 1190 points, or an average of 132 per game.

The closest the Demons have got to Hawthorn in their five clashes since the opening round of the 2010 season, is 21 points (Round 20, 2010) with the most recent match a 56 point win to the Hawks.

Hawks will win this one and think last week’s effort, despite winning, they will want to better. If they are on their game, this could be a blowout of GWS proportion.

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Odds comparison by AFL Odds:

Melbourne Demons	16.00	17.00	26.00	17.00	21.00	21.00
Hawthorn Hawks	1.001	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.001	1.01

Teams:

Melbourne Demons:
B: Lynden Dunn, James Frawley, Dean Terlich
HB: Jack Watts, Cameron Pedersen, Colin Garland
C: Jack Trengove, Michael Evans, Matt Jones
HF: Luke Tapscott, Jeremy Howe, Rohan Bail
F: David Rodan, Chris Dawes, Aaron Davey
Foll: Mark Jamar, Jordie McKenzie, Nathan Jones
Int (from): James Sellar, Dean Kent, Jack Fitzpatrick, James Strauss, Joel Macdonald, Daniel Nicholson, Jake Spencer

In: D.Rodan, J.Macdonald, J.Strauss, J.Spencer, J.Fitzpatrick, C.Pedersen, D.Kent
Out: S.Byrnes (wrist), J.Magner, N.Jetta, M.Gawn

Hawthorn Hawks:
B: Ben Stratton, Brian Lake, Brent Guerra
HB: Josh Gibson, Grant Birchall, Sam Mitchell
C: Isaac Smith, Luke Hodge, Liam Shiels
HF: Bradley Hill, Lance Franklin, Jordan Lewis
F: Paul Puopolo, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Breust
Foll: David Hale, Brad Sewell, Shaun Burgoyne
Int (from): Kyle Cheney, Michael Osborne, Taylor Duryea, Sam Grimley, Max Bailey, Shane Savage, Jonathan Simpkin

In: M.Osborne, D.Hale, G.Birchall, S.Savage
Out: J.Gunston (calf)