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The Brisbane Lions have notched their third win of the season, escaping with a four-point victory over a fast-finishing Carlton at the Gabba on Saturday.
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Final score
Brisbane Lions 15.9.99
Carlton Blues 13.17.95
The Brisbane Lions and the Carlton Blues go head to head today in a match that will mean little in the grand scheme of the season but will see one of these two teams getting a morale-boosting win. Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a live blog of the game, starting from 1:45pm (AEST).
The Brisbane Lions are having one of the worst seasons ever put on record this year. They’ve got just two wins so far, against Gold Coast and Essendon, and if it weren’t for the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the Bombers, they would likely be 1-18 and stuck on the bottom of the ladder. As it is, they’re 2-17 and stuck in 17th.
They’re coming up against Carlton whose season isn’t necesarilly a whole lot better but has gone much better than the expectations were, and so Blues fans can probably have a degree of happiness about that fact.
The Blues in fact put together a patch of six wins from seven games earlier in the season, the highlight being a win over premiership contenders Geelong. The last link in that streak was a win against the Lions – but the Blues haven’t won since, dropping eight matches in a row.
With games against Melbourne and Essendon to follow this one, the Blues have a chance to finish the season on a real high, and they’ll want to start that today.
Brisbane on the other hand will have their senior coach Justin Leppitsch desperate to get some wins on the board in what’s left of the year in the hopes it might save his job.
The Lions have Michael Close, Stefan Martin, Jarrad Jansen and Tom Cutler as their inclusions today with Josh Schache (General Soreness), Liam Dawson (Omitted), Josh Green (Foot), Nick Robertson (Knee) the ones to miss.
Carlton have recalled Liam Jones and will also debut a first-round draft pick in David Cunningham. Their outs are Nick Graham (Omitted) and Andrew Walker (Retired).
Prediction
This game is up at the Gabba where the Lions have played their best footy this year, but that’s not to say they’ve been reliably competitive there by any stretch of the imagination. The Blues have a greater sense of maturity and stability about them, and should get the job done.
Carlton by 24.
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Preview written by Josh Elliott.
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