Saturday’s AFL 2018 Round 15 match is between Gold Coast Suns and Collingwood Magpies. The opening kick is set to commence at 19:25 local time with the game to be played at Metricon Stadium. The away team Collingwood Magpies are the favourites for the match.
View our preview and teams for the game between Gold Coast Suns and Collingwood Magpies.
When: 19:25 | Saturday 30/06/2018
Where: Metricon Stadium
Preview:
The Suns’ scoring woes continue and since round 9 they’ve averaged just 45 points.
They’ve been goalless in seven of their last 20 quarters and kicked fewer than 10 goals seven times this season.
They just need a stronger performance from their midfield to give the forwards more supply.
Unfortunately, their midfield is second rate.
Having Peter Wright back in the line-up may help but he has been sadly out of form for more than 12 months now.
Now that Collingwood are back in the top four, I do see them as a genuine premiership contender.
They have elite talent in the midfield and are moving the ball at lightning speed.
The loss of Adam Treloar will be costly though.
Brodie Grundy wasn’t up against much competition against the Blues but Gold Coast’s Jarrod Witts will be a tougher matchup for him.
KEY BATTLE: Tom Lynch v Lynden Dunn
This is one matchup where the Suns have a big advantage.
The Verdict
Collingwood, who lead the Suns 5-2 since 2010, to get home easily.
The Magpies have a 29-18 (61.7 percent) line record as an away team, after playing within its home state since 2014.
Unibet Odds:
Gold Coast at $6.25
Collingwood at $1.13
Odds:
Tip: Collingwood Magpies at $1.11
Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Mason Cox at $13.00
More Info:
Teams:
Gold Coast Suns: 
B: Harbwo, Thompson, Joyce
HB: Ballard, May, Weller
C: Schoenfeld, Miller, Sexton
HF: Holman, Wright, Young
F: Powell, Crossley, Martin
FOLL: Witts, Ainsworth, Swallow
I/C: Lyons, Dawson, Rischitelli, Lemmens
EMG: Brodie, Leslie, Scheer, Heron
IN: Thompson, May, Powell, Crossley
OUT: Lynch, Leslie, Ah Chee, Day
Collingwood Magpies: 
B: Maynard, Dunn, Crisp
HB: Howe, Scharenberg, Langdon
C: Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Phillips
HF: De Goey, Mihocek, Hoskin-Elliott
F: Thomas, Cox, Stephenson
FOLL: Grundy, Adams, Daicos
I/C: Appleby, Crocker, Maybe, Sier
EMG: C.Brown, Murray, Oxley, Wills
IN: Crocker, Sier
OUT: Treloar, Greenwood
AFL News:
Collingwood star Adam Treloar’s AFL season hangs in the balance with his freakish double-hamstring injury set to sideline him for at least two months.
The gun midfielder will undergo surgery this week, having suffered tendon damage on his left hamstring while also straining his right hamstring during Sunday’s win over Carlton at the MCG.
Treloar is likely to be sidelined until late-August, leaving a glimmer of hope he might play a part in the finals should the fourth-placed Magpies qualify.
The 25-year-old lost his balance and landed awkwardly after being nudged while sprinting along the MCG wing.
Treloar has rarely been injured during his 135-game career but can consider himself deeply unlucky to have hurt himself in such an unsual manner.
“Adam stumbled, his left leg locked and before he tumbled to the ground his left leg stretched beyond its limit,” Magpies football boss Geoff Walsh told the club’s website.
“It seems that he strained his right leg on the way down as he tried to compensate for the force pushing his through his left.
“It is certainly highly unusual, to injure both hamstrings at once. No-one can recall it happening before in football. Still, Adam is a fantastic professional and we have no doubt that he will commit himself to the most thorough recovery possible.
“As to what the immediate future holds, we’ll know more after the surgery and his rehabilitation begins.”
Treloar is one of Collingwood’s most important players and has earned a reputation as a big-game performer.
But Magpies president Eddie McGuire on Monday insisted Treloar’s injury would not be a dagger through their hearts.
“There is a feeling at our club of optimism at the moment and genuine lightness in our step, where it might have been heavy in the past,” he told Fox Footy’s AFL360.
“A day like today would have been a dagger through the heart … you know what? We’re going to reload and we’re going to go again.”
