The fifth game on Saturday for AFL Round 23 is between West Coast Eagles and Adelaide Crows. The match is to be played at Patersons Stadium with the opening bounce set to commence at 8:10pm local time with home team West Coast Eagles currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between West Coast Eagles and Adelaide Crows.
WHERE AND WHEN: Patersons Stadium, 8:10pm AEST, Saturday 31 August
Opening odds comparison:
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| West Coast Eagles | 1.96 | 1.80 | 1.84 | 1.80 | 1.96 | 1.95 |
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Adelaide Crows
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1.82 | 2.00 | 1.96 | 2.00 | 1.82 | 1.85 |
Preview:
The West Coast take on Adelaide on Saturday, 6.10pm at Patersons Stadium. With 12th playing 13th, there is a slim chance of one team making the finals if all the
stars align. While this is unlikely, it will make for a tight game as both teams give it their best shot. The Eagles will be ever so slight favourites to bring home the points,
although like many games at this time of the season, the team that wants it most will most likely win.
Teams:
West Coast Eagles: 
B: Brown Glass McGinnity
HB: Butler Mackenzie Smith
C: Masten Wellingham Rosa
HB: Embley Kennedy Hill
F: A Selwood Lycett Darling
FOLL: Cox S Selwood Priddis
I/C:Gaff Cripps Wilson Tunbridge
EMG: Carter Dalziell Sheppard
IN: Simon Tunbridge, Andrew Embley, Adam Selwood
OUT: Will Schofield (cheek), Brad Sheppard (omitted), Bradd Dalziell (omitted)
Adelaide Crows:
Backs: Hartigan Rutten Laird
Half-backs: Brown Talia Smith
Centres: Kerridge Dadngerfield Sloane
Half-forwards: Grigg Johnston Douglas
Forwards: Callinan Otten Vince
Followers: Jacobs van Berlo S Thompson
Interchange: Tambling Crouch Wright Mackay
Emergencies: Shaw McKernan Porplyzia
In: Matthew Wright
Out: Jared Petrenko (omitted)
Crows excited by whiff of AFL finals
Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson is surprised his AFL club’s stinker of a season still holds a slight whiff of the finals.
Essendon’s demotion keeps alive Adelaide in what has been “a disappointing season in a lot of regards” for the Crows, Sanderson says.
Adelaide will pinch eighth spot if they beat West Coast in Perth, and Port Adelaide beat Carlton, by combined margins of 61 points or greater – and Brisbane lose in Geelong, and Collingwood defeat North Melbourne.
“We need a lot of things to go right for us,” Sanderson told reporters on Wednesday.
“West Coast away is a tough ask but we’ll certainly be going over there to put in a really good performance and hopefully get the win and hopefully other results go our way.
“Ninth is the new eighth and we’re obviously excited about that.”
Sanderson saw irony in Adelaide’s finals fate resting largely with bitter rivals Port Adelaide.
“We’re obviously hoping that Port win well this week. It’s not every often that the Crows coaching staff say that,” he said.
The Crows would keenly watch the score from Port’s match, due to finish just as Adelaide take the field in Perth.
“We will keep one eye on that but our focus should be to go over to West Coast and win – and win well,” he said.
“It shouldn’t change whether you go more more attacking or you try and lock them down.
“It’s nice to feel that it’s round 23, the final round of the season, and a good win can potentially put us in September. So that does breed a bit of excitement around the place.”
Sanderson expected key backman Daniel Talia to overcome a bruised lower back and play against the Eagles alongside Victorian-born Sam Kerridge, who has signed a new contract to remain at the Crows for another two seasons.