Saturday fourth AFL Round 17 match is between St Kilda Saints and Port Adelaide Power with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40pm local time with away team Port Adelaide Power currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between St Kilda Saints and Port Adelaide Power.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, Saturday July 20, 7:40pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| St Kilda Saints | 1.96 | 2.00 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 1.96 | 1.98 |
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Port Adelaide Power
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1.84 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.86 |
Preview:
St Kilda take on Port Adelaide on Saturday, 7.40pm at Etihad Stadium. This game looks interesting, with Port narrow favourites against an inconsistent Saints outfit. It
really is hard to know what St Kilda will bring to the table each week, with last week a great illustration of just how inconsistent they can be. Despite a good start against
the Blues, they ended up losing by 36 points, will all their experienced players failing to score points when it mattered the most. Port Adelaide also had a loss last week
against the Hawks, but should be able to turn things around this weekend.
Teams:
St Kilda Saints:
B: Tom Simpkin, James Gwilt, Sean Dempster
HB: Farren Ray, Dylan Roberton, Jack Newnes
C: David Armitage, Lenny Hayes, Jimmy Webster
HF: Clint Jones, Nick Riewoldt, Leigh Montagna
F: Stephen Milne, Tom Lee, Trent Dennis-Lane
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Nick Dal Santo, Jack Steven
Int: Tom Hickey, Josh Saunders, Rhys Stanley, Tom Curren
Emerg: Sebastian Ross, Brodie Murdoch, Sam Dunell
In: Simpkin Webster Curren
Out: Geary (leg) Milera Murdoch
Port Adelaide Power:
B: Cameron O’Shea, Alipate Carlile, Tom Jonas
HB: Matthew Broadbent, Jackson Trengove, Sam Colquhoun
C: Chad Wingard, Travis Boak, Jasper Pittard
HF: Robbie Gray, John Butcher, Angus Monfries
F: Justin Westhoff, Jay Schulz, Jake Neade
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Brad Ebert, Hamish Hartlett
Int: Ollie Wines, Andrew Moore, Paul Stewart, Kane Mitchell
Emerg: Jack Hombsch, Tom Logan, Matt Thomas
In: Westhoff Mitchell Colquhoun
Out: Cornes (suspended) Logan Thomas
No AFL finals talk at Port: captain Boak
Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak doesn’t want to hear any finals talk as his club seeks to end an AFL hoodoo.
Port, clinging to eighth spot, return to a venue which haunts them, Etihad Stadium, to play St Kilda on Saturday night.
The Power have lost their past eight matches at the venue – the club’s longest losing stretch at any ground.
“We have let teams play that indoor, uncontested footy and we haven’t been able to bring our shutdown defensive style,” Boak told reporters on Monday.
“We love playing in Melbourne … we just need to make sure we bring our style of footy.
“I don’t think the ground matters at all. Whether it’s something in our mind or our preparation, we just haven’t been able to bring our style of game to Etihad.”
Port remain a win clear of Carlton and West Coast and in the frame to return to the finals for the first time since 2007, but Boak said players were focused solely on the Saints.
“We are not thinking about anything down the track. We are not thinking about finals,” he said.
“We are just concentrating on bringing that style of footy that is going to match it with the top sides.
“As boring as it sounds … when you look too far ahead, that is when you slide off and start losing games that you shouldn’t.”
Port broke even in a demanding month against competition powerhouses – beating Sydney and Collingwood then losing to Essendon and Hawthorn.
“It has been a pretty positive month … we have learnt a lot over the last four weeks,” Boak said.
“We have got a lot of positive energy, a lot of confidence in the group that we can match it with the top sides.”