The first of the AFL Round 4 matches will be played tonight between Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats. The game is set to commence at 7:50pm local time with the game to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The current favourites for the match are the home team the Sydney Swans who are looking to stay unbeaten this year. View our match preview, tips and teams for the game between Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats.
Round: Round 4 7:50 PM April 19, 2013
Stadium: SCG
Weather: 21° Shower or two.
Featured Bookmakers:
Sydney Swans $1.66 vs Geelong Cats $2.28 at Sportsbet Australia get a $250 FREE BET on this match
Sydney Swans $1.65 vs Geelong Cats $2.28 at Luxbet Australia get a $500 FREE BET on this match
Odds Comparison:
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| Sydney Swans | 1.66 | 1.62 | 1.65 | 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.65 |
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Geelong Cats
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2.28 | 2.30 | 2.28 | 2.30 | 2.28 | 2.27 |
Preview:
What a great way to kick of round 4! The Swans were gifted a good start to this year’s draw with Gold Coast and GWS their first two matches, which they duly won by 41 and 30 points respectively. The took on North Melb last week and despite being slow out of the blocks, reeled in the Kangaroos to win by 41 points. Geelong has produced outstanding come-from-behind performances to defeat Hawthorn, North Melb and Carlton at their three outings for 2013 thus far, proving that there is still plenty of life in this champion side.Makes for a cracking match – as has been the case the last four times these two sides of met with honours split two apiece. Sydney’s two wins have been by six and thirteen points and come up against their stiffest test to date this season.
Teams:
Sydney Swans:
B: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
HB: Marty Mattner, Ted Richards, Nick Malceski
C: Ryan O’Keefe, Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta
HF: Jude Bolton, Sam Reid, Dan Hannebery
F: Mike Pyke, Adam Goodes, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Shane Mumford, Josh Kennedy, Jarrad McVeigh
I/C: Tony Armstrong, Mitch Morton, Luke Parker, Dane Rampe
Emerg: Craig Bird, Andrejs Everitt, Jesse White
IN: Morton, Rampe
OUT: Bird (omitted), Everitt (omitted)
Geelong Cats:
B: Taylor Hunt, Tom Lonergan, Corey Enright
HB: Joel Corey, Harry Taylor, Andrew Mackie
C: Mitch Duncan, Jimmy Bartel, Billie Smedts
HF: Paul Chapman, James Podsiadly, Steven Motlop
F: Trent West, Tom Hawkins, Steve Johnson
Foll: Mark Blicavs, Joel Selwood, Matthew Stokes
I/C Jared Rivers, Josh Caddy, George Horlin-Smith, Allen Christensen
Emerg: Jordan Murdoch, Mitch Brown, Jackson Thurlow 40
IN: Rivers, Horlin-Smith
OUT: Varcoe (Shoulder), Murdoch (Omitted)
Tip: It looks to be a very good match although Sydney will have an advantage of having the home ground tonight and look very hard to beat having won three from three this season but Geelong if you look at the stats below always do very well against Sydney and at the odds Geelong look to be a good bet having won 117 times from their 212 encounters but it is likely to be a close match.
Stats:
HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 212, Sydney 95, Geelong 117
LAST TIME: Geelong 17.10 (112) def Sydney 11.12 (78), Round 23, 2012 at Simmonds Stadium
Form:
Sydney have yet to be defeated this year and came through their first serious test last week with flying colours. After beating AFL newcomers GWS and Gold Coast in the first two rounds, the Swans overturned a 14-point half-time deficit to comfortably account for North Melbourne thanks to an incredible 11-goal third term.
Geelong have made an equally impressive start to their season and have also yet to taste defeat. After posting comeback victories over Hawthorn and the Kangaroos, the Cats led from the front to take down Carlton last week. The final margin was a lot of closer than what it should have been with Geelong always in control.