Saturday first AFL Round 8 match is between Port Adelaide Power and Fremantle Dockers with the game to be played at Adelaide Oval. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1.10pm with home team Port Adelaide Power currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Port Adelaide Power and Fremantle Dockers.

Round: AFL Round 8, Saturday May 10, 1.10pm (ACST)
Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Weather: 21° Possible light early shower.

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Odds Comparison:

Port Adelaide Power	1.52	1.52	1.55	1.52	1.52	1.50
Fremantle Dockers	2.60	2.55	2.50	2.55	2.60	2.62

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

Preview:

The Power play the Dockers on Saturday, 1.10PM at Adelaide Oval.  Even though six teams have a bye this weekend, there are some good clashes and this is no exception.  While Port Adelaide will be slight favourites to take the points, Fremantle can certainly not be ruled out.  The Power have had a great start to their  season, with a 6-1 record putting them in second position behind the Hawks.  That record will be well and truly tested this round, however, especially with the Dockers’ formidable defensive record.

Fremantle are currently in sixth ladder position, with a 4-3 record so far and some good games under their belt.  However, the Dockers have not been the best attacking side in 2014, and that will need to change if they want to beat the Power.  Port Adelaide are also at home this round, with an impressive record there  conceding just 62 points a game.  The Dockers’ lacklustre attack, combined with this home ground advantage, should be more than enough to see Port Adelaide through.

Teams:

Port Adelaide Power:

B Jack Hombsch, Alipate Carlile, Jarman Impey
HB Matthew Broadbent, Jackson Trengove, Jasper Pittard
C Jared Polec, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
HF Dom Cassisi, Justin Westhoff, Hamish Hartlett
F Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz, Chad Wingard
FOL Matthew Lobbe, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert
I/C Angus Monfries, Matt White, Aaron Young, Kane Mitchell
EMG Brent Renouf, Benjamin Newton, Paul Stewart

IN Alipate Carlile, Hamish Hartlett, Kane Mitchell
OUT Tom Jonas (Groin), Benjamin Newton (Omitted), Paul Stewart (Omitted)

Fremantle Dockers:

B Clancee Pearce, Alex Silvagni, Lee Spurr
HB Danyle Pearce, Michael Johnson, Nick Suban
C Stephen Hill, Ryan Crowley, Cameron Sutcliffe
HF Nat Fyfe, Matthew Pavlich, Hayden Ballantyne
F Chris Mayne, Zac Clarke, Lachie Neale
FOL Aaron Sandilands, Tendai Mzungu, David Mundy
I/C Hayden Crozier, Paul Duffield, Matt de Boer, Michael Barlow
EMG Garrick Ibbotson, Tommy Sheridan, Jack Hannath

IN Alex Silvagni, Stephen Hill
OUT Luke McPharlin (Quad), Zac Dawson (Ankle)

News:

Fremantle’s depleted defence doesn’t mean much to Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley.

The Dockers have lost two key AFL defenders, Luke McPharlin (thigh) and Zac Dawson (ankle), for Saturday’s Adelaide Oval fixture.

Their absences give Port a weakness to exploit, but Hinkley is more worried about whether his players can get enough of the ball into their attacking zones.

“Against Fremantle, one of the biggest challenges you have is getting it in there enough. They’re a great side at restricting (forward) entries,” Hinkley told reporters on Friday.

“We need to make sure we provide enough of those entries for our forwards to work because our forwards will present a significant risk to them.

“But they won’t help us if we don’t get the ball inside forward 50.”

Port, sitting equal top of the table, will mark two milestones with forward Jay Schulz playing his 150th AFL game and reigning club champion Chad Wingard his 50th AFL game.

Schulz leads the league’s goal kicking with 24 majors, three more than next-best Luke Breust from Hawthorn.

Port also regained fullback Alipate Carlile and damaging midfielder Hamish Hartlett, who missed last week’s win against Greater Western Sydney with illness.

The Power also summoned Kane Mitchell for his first AFL game this season, again elevating the hard-running utility from the rookie list, while omitting Paul Stewart and Ben Newton and unable to select backman Tom Jonas (groin).

And the Power will be unable to consider ruckman Jarrad Redden for the rest of the season after the 23-year-old, who was yet to play an AFL game this year, had more knee surgery.

“He has had a bit of a bad trot, I’m sure he’ll get better and recover and he’ll come back and still have a great career,” Hinkley said.

The Port coach was wary of the sixth-placed Dockers, who replaced McPharlin and Dawson with backman Alex Silvagni, also to play his first AFL game of the season, and speedster Stephen Hill, sidelined from last week’s derby win against West Coast with a hamstring strain.