We started the round with a great match-up and should finish on a similar note with Richmond making the journey to the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Fourth placed Sydney dominates the betting despite being only one win in front of Richmond on the table who sit in sixth spot.
Sydney have easily accounted for struggling Melbourne, GWS and West Coast in the past three weeks however, the last team they met a side who were inside the eight – Port Adelaide, it was resulted in a loss to the Swans (72 – 54).
They’ll need to be at their best to counter an in-form Tigers side who have won six of their last seven.
Richmond holds a winning 3 – 2 record over Sydney since 2010 but do find it hard to win at the SCG, not having done so in the past six attempts.
Both sides have been strong defensively this year so we can expect another relatively low total point score. In fact the last three games have produced a total of 153, 155 and 140 points.
Sydney hold a distinct advantage over Richmond in Contested Possessions and Tackles, proving that if Richmond are going to be able to break their SCG hoodoo, they’ll need to be hard at the ball and take Sydney on at their own game.
Many have attempted, but only a few have succeeded.
TIP: SYDNEY 1 – 39
Odds comparison by AFL Odds:
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| Sydney Swans | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.25 |
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Richmond Tigers
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4.00 | 3.85 | 3.95 | 3.85 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Teams:
Sydney Swans:
3 Jarrad McVeigh
4 Daniel Hannebery
5 Ryan O’Keefe
6 Tom Mitchell (INT)
7 Harry Cunningham (INT)
8 Kurt Tippett
9 Nick Malceski
10 Mitch Morton (INT)
11 Jed Lamb (INT)
12 Josh Kennedy
13 Andrejs Everitt
14 Craig Bird
15 Kieren Jack
18 Jesse White
24 Jude Bolton
25 Ted Richards
26 Luke Parker
33 Brandon Jack (INT)
38 Mike Pyke
39 Heath Grundy
40 Nick Smith
41 Shane Mumford
42 Xavier Richards (INT)
43 Dane Rampe
46 Shane Biggs (INT)
In: Mitch Morton, Xavier Richards, Shane Biggs
New: Shane Biggs
Richmond Tigers:
1 Chris Newman
3 Brett Deledio
4 Dustin Martin
5 Brandon Ellis
6 Shaun Grigg
8 Jack Riewoldt
9 Trent Cotchin
10 Shane Edwards
12 David Astbury (INT)
13 Ricky Petterd
14 Bachar Houli (INT)
16 Luke McGuane (INT)
18 Alex Rance
20 Ivan Maric
21 Shane Tuck (INT)
22 Sam Lonergan (INT)
23 Daniel Jackson
25 Troy Chaplin
29 Ty Vickery
30 Reece Conca (INT)
31 Nick Vlastuin
35 Matt White
38 Steven Morris
41 Nathan Foley
44 Matthew Arnot (INT)
In: Shane Tuck , Luke McGuane , Sam Lonergan, David Astbury
Out: Jake King (Hamstring)