Saturday fourth AFL Round 20 match is between Sydney Swans and Collingwood Magpies with the game to be played at ANZ Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7:40pm local time with home team Sydney Swans currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Sydney Swans and Collingwood Magpies.

WHERE AND WHEN: ANZ Stadium, 7:40pm AEST, Saturday 10 August

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Opening odds comparison:

Sydney Swans	1.42	1.45	1.45	1.45	1.42	1.43
Collingwood Magpies	2.85	2.72	2.75	2.72	2.85	2.85

Preview:

The Sydney Swans play Collingwood on Saturday, 7.40pm at ANZ Stadium. This could be a close encounter, with the Swans slight favourites to take home the points. Both of these sides are coming off comfortable wins last week, the Swans against the Bulldogs and the Magpies against the Bombers. While they are favourites, Sydney have a few key injuries that could play a role this weekend, including a knee injury to Adam Goodes. Goodes was one of the best on the ground in round 9 when the Swans defeated Collingwood by 47 points, and they may suffer without him this time around.

Teams:

Sydney Swans:
B: D.Rampe, H.Grundy, N.Smith
HB: N.Malceski, T.Richards, R.Shaw
C: A.Everitt, R.O’Keefe, J.McVeigh
HF: D.Hannebery, J.White, J.Bolton
F: C.Bird, K.Tippett, M.Pyke
R: S.Mumford, J.Kennedy, K.Jack
I/C: B.Jack, B.McGlynn, T.Mitchell, L.Parker
EMG: S.Biggs, J.Lamb, X.Richard

IN: Ben McGlynn
OUT: Jed Lamb (omitted)

Collingwood Magpies:
B: N.Brown, N.Maxwell, H.Shaw
HB: H.O’Brien, L.Keeffe, B.Sinclair
C: S.Sidebottom, L.Ball, S.Dwyer
HF: B.Macaffer, Q.Lynch, J.Blair
F: D.Beams, T.Cloke, B.Reid
R: B.Grundy, S.Pendlebury, D.Swan
I/C: T.Goldsack, J.Elliott, J.Thomas, M.Williams
EMG: J.Witts, B.Kennedy, P.Seedsman

AFL stars join binge drinking campaign

After being king-hit during a night out drinking Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury is practising what he’s preaching by joining a new campaign to curb binge drinking.

The AFL Players’ Association’s is supporting the `Be The Influence – Tackle Binge Drinking initiative’, with Pendlebury, West Coast forward Nic Naitanui and Adelaide’s Patrick Dangerfield the faces of the campaign.

It will be the naming rights partner of the 2013 AFLPA Most Valuable Player Awards on September 10 and the Leigh Matthews MVP Award.

Pendlebury launched the partnership at Wesley College by swapping his normal number 10 guernsey for the number 70 to highlight the number of young Australians hospitalised each week due to alcohol-related assault.

The gun Magpies midfielder said he was the target of a late night attack when he was king hit walking home after a drinking session at a Lakes Entrance hotel in 2008.

He spent the night in hospital.

“It’s still pretty hard for me to talk about now,” he said.

“Lucky enough for me I had my brother and mates who knew what to do.

“It was hard seeing mum and dad when I was hospital.

“Since then I’ve changed my attitude and put plans in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

Pendlebury said it wasn’t about not drinking but about having a plan.

“You’ve got to not only look after yourself you’ve got to look out for your mates,” he said.”