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Port Adelaide Power vs West Coast Eagles highlights: Eagles outlast Power

21st May, 2016
Date: Saturday, May 21
First bounce: 4:35pm (AEST)
Venue: Adelaide Oval
TV: Fox Footy (Live), Seven (Live – WA, SA Only)
Head-to-Head: Port Adelaide 17, West Coast 10
Last five: West Coast 3, Port Adelaide 2
Last meeting: Port Adelaide 10.8 (68) def. by West Coast 11.12 (78) – Round 6, 2015
Betting: West Coast $1.33, Port Adelaide $3.35
Can Port Adelaide get a much-needed win at home against the Eagles? (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)
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Match result:

The West Coast Eagles with stood a late charge from the Port Adelaide Power on Saturday, taking their first away win for the season by 8 points at Adelaide Oval.

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Final score
Port Adelaide Power 13.8 (86)
West Coast Eagles 14.10 (94)

Match preview:

The Port Adelaide Power and West Coast Eagles both have a lot to prove when they face off at the Adelaide Oval. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 4:35pm (AEST).

Port Adelaide’s stunning fall from premiership favourites to frustrating also-rans has been well documented.

Many predicted them to shake off a disastrous 2015 and return to the top eight in a canter, but eight weeks in and they’re still adrift of the league’s best.

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They’ve dished out punishment to Essendon and Brisbane but have found themselves on the wrong side of some hidings against Adelaide, Geelong and GWS.

They need to take a big scalp if we’re to take the Power as a threat again.

Last year’s runners-up West Coast, on the other hand, have been dogged by accusations all year that they’re just flat track bullies who can’t play on the road.

The stats don’t lie, with the Eagles currently 5-0 at home, with an average winning margin of 66 points, 0-3 away with an average losing margin of 43 points.

A convincing win here would be a huge monkey off their backs.

These sides have not met in over a full year, with the last contest being played in Round 6, 2015.

Back then, West Coast’s ten-point win over Port in Adelaide was seen as a monumental upset, with the Power’s premiership credentials questioned and the Eagles being spoken of as a finals chance.

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How things change.

Prediction
This is a very big test for both teams. West Coast supporters have pointed to the quality of their road opposition (Hawthorn, Sydney, Geelong) as mitigation for their poor road form, but that excuse will wear very thin if they lose today.

Port Adelaide are a chance, but they’ve simply been too unreliable in 2016 to warrant favouritism.

Eagles by 23 points

So will the Power prove too strong and continue the Eagles’ road woes for 2016? Or will West Coast be able to get their first win away from home? Join The Roar from 4:35pm to stay up-to-date will all of the action.

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