Saturday’s AFL 2018 Round 15 match is between Carlton Blues and Port Adelaide Power. The opening kick is set to commence at 13:45 local time with the game to be played at MCG. The away team Port Adelaide Power are the favourites for the match.
View our preview and teams for the game between Carlton Blues and Port Adelaide Power.
When: 13:45 | Saturday 30/06/2018
Where: MCG
Preview:
Carlton were competitive with Collingwood for three quarters on the back of Patrick Cripps’ dominance in the midfield and
Charlie Curnow’s dominance in the forward line.
Both young guns were outstanding.
Curnow is the best player to watch in the game right now.
Tom Jonas from Port will be given the job on him.
Important game for Port because they need to stay in touch with the top four.
The Power are playing finals like footy at the moment, winning most of contested ball.
KEY BATTLE: Ollie Wines v Patrick Cripps
Two of the most powerful midfielders in the game and both are in red hot form.
The Verdict
Port Adelaide have more top end talent and experience for the Blues.
Carlton has a 7-15 (31.9 percent) W/L record as a home underdog after a loss since 2016.
Unibet Odds:
Carlton at $7.00
Port Adelaide at $1.11
Odds:
Tip: Port Adelaide Power at $1.10
Value Bet: First Goal Scorer: Charlie Dixon at $10.00
More Info:
Carlton Blues: 
B: Simpson, Rowe, Jones
HB: Lamb, Weitering, Garlett
C: Murphy, Cripps, Fisher
HF: Dow, Curnow, Polson
F: Pickett, Silvagni, Petrevski-Seton
FOLL: Phillips, Kennedy, Curnow
I/C: Mullett, Casboult, Wright, Graham
EMG: O’Brien, Lang, Kerr, O’Shea
IN: Murphy, Pickett, Phillips, Casboult, Graham
OUT: Thomas, O’Brien, O’Shea, Plowman, Kreuzer
Port Adelaide Power: 
B: Howard, Hombsch, Houston
HB: Bonner, Clurey, Pittard
C: Motlop, Wines, Polec
HF: Boak, Westhoff, Wingard
F: S.Gray, Dixon, R.Gray
FOLL: Ryder, Rockliff, Ebert
I/C: Trengove, Thomas, Powell-Pepper, Marshall
EMG: Watts, Neade, Toumpas, Johnson
IN: Hombsch, Trengove
OUT: Byrne-Jones, Jonas
AFL News:
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has hailed the continued growth of his side following Friday’s gutsy 10-point win over Melbourne.
The Power trailed at every change and conceded big advantages to the Demons in inside 50s (68-39) and clearances (54-38) but managed to mow down the Demons in the final term and in doing so leapfrogged them into fourth spot on the ladder.
According to Hinkley, it was the type of match that Port – which trailed by 20 points in the third quarter – would have more likely lost in the club’s recent past.
“It (win) shows a fair bit of growth, I reckon,” he said.
“We’ve lost games like that, just in the last 12 months – and big games, where we’ve dominated entry and haven’t been able to put the score on the board.
“Melbourne had some dominance in the key stats like (inside 50) entries, clearances and contested possession but we had a willingness to stay there.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to find a way.
“It was our third game in a row on the big stage – Friday, Thursday, Friday – and we’ve won all three.
“There’s some big scalps amongst that.
“Crucial to the Power’s come-from-behind win were the performances of young midfield bulls Ollie Wines and Sam Powell-Pepper.
Recently re-signed Wines had team-highs of 29 possessions, eight clearances and five inside 50s while Powell-Pepper laid 17 tackles, a new club record and just two shy of the all-time benchmark (19) held jointly by Tom Liberatore, Jack Ziebell and Jude Bolton.
“He (Powell-Pepper) also had 94 pressure points,” Hinkley said.
“That’s just off the charts. That will be up there in the record books too, I would imagine.
“When it’s not your night, you just get your grunt going and you keep hammering and whacking in.”
