West Coast Eagles vs Geelong Cats Tips, Odds and Teams – 2018 AFL Round 3

Sunday’s AFL 2018 Round 3 match is between West Coast Eagles and Geelong Cats. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:40 local time with the game to be played at Optus Stadium. The home team West Coast Eagles are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between West Coast Eagles and Geelong Cats.

When: 16:40 | Sunday 08/04/2018

Where: Optus Stadium

Preview:

Mark LeCras (5 goals) and Jack Darling (7 goals) have filled the void left by the absent Josh Kennedy.

Those two have played a lot of footy together and needed to step up in the absence of their gun full forward.

Geelong’s Holy Trinity of Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood and Gary Ablett were all very good against Hawthorn despite not getting the win.

Cats coach Chris Scott needs to find the right balance of midfield time versus forward line time for the trio to have the maximum impact on the scoreboard.

KEY BATTLE: Nic Naitanui v Rhys Stanley

Nic Nat will be playing his third game back since returning from a long layoff.

I’d expect him to be dominate against a Geelong ruck set up that has been underwhelming so far in 2018.

The Verdict

Despite the game being in Perth, I would expect Geelong to rebound from their disappointing defeat against Hawthorn on Easter Monday.

Unibet Odds: West Coast at $2.00 Geelong at $1.83

Odds:

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Tip: West Coast Eagles at $2.05

Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Jack Darling at $9.00

More Info:

Teams:

West Coast Eagles

B: Sheppard, Barrass, Hurn

HB: Duggan, McGovern, Nelson

C: Masten, Yeo, Cripps

HF: Redden, Waterman, Ryan

F: LeCras, Darling, Lycett

FOLL: Naitanui, Shuey, Gaff

I/C: Sheed, Venables, Jetta, Rioli

Emerg: Schofield, Ainsworth, Hutchings, Cole

Unchanged.

Geelong Cats

B: Henry, Kolodjashnij, Stewart

HB: Tuohy, Blicavs, Bews

C: Guthrie, Selwood, Menegola

HF: Gregson, Ratugolea, Parfitt

F: Parsons, Hawkins, Menzel

FOLL: Stanley, Dangerfield, Ablett

I/C: Cockatoo, Kelly, Fogarty, Z.Guthrie

Emerg: S.Selwood, Murdoch, O’Connor, Cunico

IN: Ratugolea

OUT: O’Connor

AFL News:

West Coast have lengthened Western Bulldogs’ stay at the bottom of the AFL ladder with a crushing 51-point win at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

And they did so without Adam Simpson in the box, with the Eagles boss forced home to help care for a sick daughter.

With forward line coach Jaymie Graham taking the reins, West Coast triumphed 18.13 (121) to 9.16 (70).

It was the Eagles forwards that flew highest, led by livewire forward Liam Ryan who lit up the stadium with a series of eye-catching grabs and goals.

The second-gamer kicked 3.3, with fellow newboy Daniel Venables kicking three and Jack Darling nabbing a four-goal haul.

On this evidence, the Bulldogs premiership hangover looks set to last another year.

The 2016 flag winners missed the finals last season, lost to GWS Giants by 82 points last week and now sit 0-2 ahead of clashes with Essendon and Sydney at Etihad Stadium.

The Bulldogs looked disorganised in defence and were crippled by kicking errors, particularly when looking to rebound from their defensive 50.

They went goalless for almost an hour between a pair of Josh Dunkley’s goals midway through the first and third terms.

In the meantime, West Coast piled on nine unanswered goals, most from Bulldogs turnovers.

Shannon Hurn was strong in defence, with a fit-again Nic Naitanui and Scott Lycett monstering the Bulldogs in hit-outs (53-15), helped by a heavy knock to Jordan Roughead that ended the ruckman’s day.

The Bulldogs’ best was Jack Macrae, who had 31 touches and three goals.

After a maiden win of the season, the Eagles now have back-to-back chances to break their Optus Stadium duck against Geelong and Gold Coast.

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