The first game on Saturday for AFL Round 13 is between Port Adelaide Power and Sydney Swans. The opening bounce is set to commence at (time) with the game to be played at AAMI Stadium. The favourite for the match is away team Sydney Swans. View our preview and teams for the game between Port Adelaide Power and Sydney Swans.

Round: Round 13 1:10 PM June 22, 2013
Stadium: AAMI Stadium
Weather: 14° Shower or two.

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Odds Comparison by AFL Odds:

Port Adelaide Power	6.50	6.50	7.00	6.50	6.50	6.60
Sydney Swans	1.10	1.11	1.11	1.11	1.10	1.12

Preview:

Fourth placed Sydney travel Port where they look set to continue their domination of their hosts that stretches back for nine games, with the last time they suffered a defeat at the hands of Port being way back in round 2, 2006.

The average winning margin by Sydney in the most recent four clashes, is a whopping 44.2 points, making the -33.5 attractive and even more so, given that Sydney are coming off three big wins over Collingwood, Essendon and Adelaide whom they defeated by 47, 44 and 77 points respectively.

Port, who are 3-2 when playing at home this season (and 2-1 when home as outsiders), broke a five game losing streak last week with an emphatic 75 point win over GWS.

Whilst it will be pleasant for Port to have the winning feeling back, they’ll struggle to match it with a Sydney side that seems to be improving week on week.

Teams:

Port Adelaide Power:
B: Matthew Broadbent, Alipate Carlile, Jack Hombsch
HB: Cameron O’Shea, Thomas Jonas, Tom Logan
C: Matt Thomas, Brad Ebert, Kane Cornes
HF: Robbie Gray, Justin Westhoff, Paul Stewart
F: Jake Neade, Jay Schulz, Angus Monfries
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Chad Wingard, Hamish Hartlett
Int: Oliver Wines, Jasper Pittard, John Butcher, Domenic Cassisi
Emerg: Nathan Blee, Andrew Moore, Campbell Heath

In: D.Cassisi, J.Pittard
Out: T.Boak (finger), C.Hitchcock (ankle)

Sydney Swans:
B: Tony Armstrong, Ted Richards, Dane Rampe
HB: Nick Smith, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski
C: Daniel Hannebery, Josh Kennedy, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Luke Parker, Kurt Tippett, Craig Bird
F: Jude Bolton, Adam Goodes, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Mike Pyke, Ryan O’Keefe, Kieren Jack
Int: Tom Mitchell, Jed Lamb, Jesse White, Mitch Morton
Emerg: Tim Membrey, Brandon Jack, Xavier Richards

In: T.Armstrong, K.Tippett, J.Lamb
Out: A.Everitt (Achilles), S.Mumford (cheekbone), B.Jack 
Tippett earns Swans teammates’ respect

Star Sydney recruit Kurt Tippett has impressed teammates with his attitude as he prepares to make his debut for the AFL premiers on Saturday.

Tippett will play mainly as a forward against Port Adelaide at AAMI Park on Saturday after serving out an 11-game suspension imposed for his involvement in Adelaide’s salary cap breaches.

The former Crow has quickly gained the respect of his new clubmates, even if he failed miserably in his task of organising team dinners, according to Sydney defender Ted Richards.

“His attitude towards coming to this club has been fantastic,” Richards said.

“He’s really embraced the club and everyone, and we can see how excited he is about playing this weekend.

“It definitely has been a bit of a change up in intra-club practice games when I’ve got to man up on this massive unit, but he’s been a great injection to the club.”

Richards said the Swans were not fazed by suggestions Tippett could encounter hostility from disgruntled Crows fans at Saturday’s game on his return to Adelaide.

“A lot of people have been speaking about the hostility that’s going towards Kurt, but it’s not as if when I run out, or if any of the other blokes run out, the Port or Crows fans are clapping us,” Richards said.

Fourth-placed Sydney will hope their bye last week hasn’t stalled their momentum after three impressive wins on the trot.

“You might look at it from that perspective that we did have some momentum, but at the same time, it’s been a pretty intense first half of the season,” Richards said.

“A lot of the guys, myself included, really looked forward to that bye, just for an opportunity to set ourselves for the second half of the season.”

While Sydney’s backline has taken on a new look with long-term injuries to Rhyce Shaw and Alex Johnson and the retirement of Marty Mattner, Richards was full of praise for rookie defender Dane Rampe, who has played nine games including all of the last seven.

“Dane Rampe in particular, how he’s been able to slot in really quick coming off the rookie list, has been a real credit to him and we really value the role he plays every week,” Richards said.