We take a look at Saturday’s (03/08/2019) AFL 2019 Week 20 match is between Fremantle Dockers and Geelong Cats. The Geelong Cats go into the match as the short priced favourites but their has been some early specking for the Dockers at the big price.
When: Saturday August 3rd, 4:35pm
Where: Optus Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
The Cats steadied the ship with a 27-point win against the Swans at the SCG and have back-to-back interstate trips to negotiate this round when they travel to Perth to play Freo.
The Dockers’ season is in free fall as they were crushed by the Dogs to the tune of 47 points. They have lost five of their past six matches, but staggeringly find themselves just a game and percentage outside the eight, although they are not a team The Wolf fancies to make the finals.
Geelong has had the wood on Freo in recent meetings, battering the Dockers by 133 points in their only meeting in 2018. In Perth, this will be their first meeting at Optus Stadium, but in previous meetings in the West, Geelong has won two in a row, by 42 and 17 points respectively.
The Dockers have won three quarters of their games this season at Optus Stadium, but are just 4-6 in covering the spread at home. They average 77 points in home games, while the Cats’ average of 91.7 points has dipped in recent weeks, with last week’s 107-point haul their most since round 12. The Wolf can’t back an out of sorts Freo side against the league leaders, although the Dockers shouldn’t get blown out of the water.
Odds:
Tip: Geelong Cats at $1.33
Value Tip: First Goal Scorer: Gary Rohan at $11.00
Teams:
DOCKERS
B: Duman, Hamling, Blakely
HB: Hughes, Logue, Cerra
C: B. Hill, Fyfe, Langdon
HF: Banfield, Walters, Crowden
F: Brayshaw, Darcy, Matera
FOLL: Sandilands, Conca, Mundy
I/C: Carter, Switkowski, Tucker, Schultz
EMG: Bewley, McCarthy, Nyhuis, Colyer
IN: Hughes, Banfield, Crowden, Carter, Switkowski
OUT: Ballantyne, Bewley, Wilson, Ryan, Lobb
CATS
B: Henry, Blicavs, Kolodjashnij
HB: O’Connor, Tuohy, Stewart
C: Clark, Dangerfield, S. Selwood
HF: Ablett, Ratugolea, Duncan
F: Rohan, Hawkins, Atkins
FOLL: Smith, J. Selwood, Kelly
I/C: Miers, Bews, C. Guthrie, Dahlhaus
EMG: Stanley, Parsons, Henderson, Menegola
IN: Tuohy, Rohan
OUT: Taylor, Parsons
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change