Saturday third AFL Round 8 match is between Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs with the game to be played at MCG. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7.40pm with away team Western Bulldogs currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs.

Round: AFL Round 8, Saturday May 10, 7.40pm AEST
Stadium: MCG
Weather: 19° Rain at times.

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Odds Comparison:

Melbourne Demons	2.95	2.85	2.95	2.85	2.95	2.95
Western Bulldogs	1.42	1.44	1.42	1.44	1.42	1.42

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

Speaking of the Bulldogs, they play the Demons on Saturday, 7.40PM at the MCG.  The Bulldogs will go into this bottom of the table clash as favourites, although to be fair, neither team has set the world on fire in 2014.  The Bulldogs continue to struggle, however, losing their last three games and not showing their supporters much light at the end of the tunnel.

In contrast, Melbourne had a good win against Adelaide last round, a victory which should give them some confidence going into this match.  While both these teams are sitting on 2-5 so far in 2014, Melbourne do have more momentum on their side after their win last round.  Even though the Demons are improving, however, the Bulldogs should have enough to win here, something they really need to do if they want to start getting their season into gear.

Teams:

Melbourne Demons:

B Neville Jetta, Tom McDonald, Dean Terlich
HB Colin Garland, Lynden Dunn, Jack Grimes
C Daniel Cross, Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince
HF Rohan Bail, James Frawley, Jack Watts
F Jeremy Howe, Chris Dawes, Cameron Pedersen
FOL Mark Jamar, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney
I/C Matt Jones, Christian Salem, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Shannon Byrnes
EMG Aidan Riley, Max Gawn, Mitchell Clisby

IN Colin Garland
OUT Alex Georgiou (Omitted)

Western Bulldogs:

B Liam Picken, Tom Williams, Easton Wood
HB Shaun Higgins, Dale Morris, Robert Murphy
C Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen, Jack Macrae
HF Jake Stringer, Stewart Crameri, Tory Dickson
F Luke Dahlhaus, Liam Jones, Daniel Giansiracusa
FOL Will Minson, Matthew Boyd, Tom Liberatore
I/C Jason Tutt, Jason Johannisen, Fletcher Roberts, Lachie Hunter
EMG Marcus Bontempelli, Brett Goodes, Michael Talia

IN Daniel Giansiracusa, Jason Tutt, Fletcher Roberts
OUT Marcus Bontempelli (Omitted), Michael Talia (Omitted), Koby Stevens (Omitted)

News:

Coach Paul Roos hailed Melbourne’s exceptional improvement after a stirring three-point victory against the Adelaide Crows.

But Roos says his perennial strugglers are yet to turn the proverbial corner despite producing one of the upsets of the AFL season in Saturday’s twilight fixture.

Roos described the Demons’ 11.4 (70) to 9.13 (67) triumph at Adelaide Oval as a “terrific win … a great achievement”.

But he said Melbourne were still building towards being able to compete for an entire game after nearly being over-run by a lacklustre Adelaide.

The Demons skipped to a six-goal lead midway through the second quarter as the Crows lost forward Tom Lynch (fractured jaw) and defender Matthew Jaensch (suspected broken ribs).

Roos praised “exceptional” improvement in Melbourne’s defensive aspects – they allowed the Crows just two goals in the first half.

Adelaide launched a second-half fightback and snuck within four points in the 17th minute of a frantic final quarter – but Melbourne held them off and banked a second win of the season.

“We are still building to play 120 minutes – there is no doubt,” Roos said.

“We are not coaching to full capacity. We are really only coaching 80 per cent of what we want to try and do because it takes time to get things sorted out.”

Melbourne’s success was created largely by three-goal forward Chris Dawes and influential games from midfielders Jack Viney (23 disposals), ex-Crow Bernie Vince (26 touches) and Dom Tyson (29 possessions).

They helped overwhelm an Adelaide outfit which, with three wins and four losses, continued to frustrate their coach Brenton Sanderson.

“I hated the first half,” Sanderson said.

“Our fans deserve better than that. They’ll be really angry – we know that.”

Describing Adelaide’s performance as “inexcusable”, Sanderson forecast personnel changes.

“It’s making us very frustrated because we’re relying on individuals to get us back into the game, not playing as a team.

“We need more from more players.

“We can’t keep picking players if they aren’t contributing. We have got guys playing well for small patches in the game and then they will drift out for a quarter – you can’t do that in the modern game.”

Adelaide’s Lynch, who only returned from a shoulder injury last week, will miss up to six games with his fractured jaw while scans on Jaensch were expected to confirm broken ribs.