Adelaide Crows vs Port Adelaide Power: AFL live scores, blog

The Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power meet in one of the AFL’s most traditionally spiteful and passionate clashes. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 4:35pm (AEST).

The ‘showdown’ is always one of the most interesting clashes on the AFL fixture list. This version should be no different, as a slow-building Adelaide meet an increasingly inconsistent Port at the Adelaide Oval.

The Crows have sneaked their way up to 6th place on the AFL ladder after a consecutive run of victories; only halted by Geelong last weekend. There is no disgrace in that and Adelaide have shown enough over the last six weeks to convince many that they could be a danger come semi-final time.

Josh Jenkins makes a stunning early return from what appeared a frightful knee injury just 21 days ago and the Crows are near full strength for this clash. Tex Walker and Eddie Betts will, as usual, be the main dangers up front and Matt and Brad Crouch will be vital for the Crows if they are able to establish dominance in the midfield.

The Power welcome Justin Westhoff and Tom Rockliff back into their team for this game and that may go some way to providing a more predictable performance than the one they dished up against the Western Bulldogs in Round 15. The talk of the football world is that Port Adelaide cannot be trusted.

After knocking off the Cats they appeared to have arrived yet the measly 41 points they could muster against the Dogs was atrocious.

The Jekyll and Hyde nature of the Power will need to be addressed if they are to parlay their 7-7 start to the season into finals play in 2019.

Currently outside the eight on percentage, a win in the showdown will go a long way towards helping people believe in them again, after what has been a weird and unpredictable fortnight of football from Ken Hinkley’s men.

Prediction
Port Adelaide to win. Without real certainty, I feel that Port are indeed a little better than all bar the top two or three teams in the competition when in full flight.

The issue has been knowing when they are going to produce that class and when they will fail to get off the bus and compete. If Port cannot find the motivation in the biggest match of the AFL season in Adelaide they will be a complete mystery bet. They should find something tonight and dish up a beating to the Crows.

Port Adelaide by 4 goals.

Game information

Where: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
When: Saturday 6th July 2019, 4:35pm (AEST)
TV: Fox Footy, AFL app, Kayo Sports
Betting: Adelaide $1.67 Port Adelaide $2.15

Adelaide
B: Kelly, Talia, Brown
HB: Laird, Hartigan, Mackay
C: Smith, M.Crouch, Seedsman
HF: Gallucci, Keath, B.Crouch
F: Betts, Walker, Murphy
FOLL: O’Brien, Sloane, Milera
INT: Greenwood, Jenkins, Atkins, Douglas
EMG: Jones, Otten, Jacobs, Himmelberg

Port Adelaide
B: Burton, Clurey, Houston
HB: Hartlett, Jonas, Byrne-Jones
C: Duursma, Rockliff, Amon
HF: R.Gray, Howard, Ebert
F: Westhoff, Dixon, Rozee
FOLL: Lycett, Wines, Boak
INT: Bonner, Butters, S.Gray, Motlop
EMG: Ladhams, Drew, Garner, Powell-Pepper