Adelaide and West Coast have played 42 times. The Eagles hold the overall advantage, 23 – 19.
The past four meetings between the teams have been split two apiece. The Crows won the most recent clash by 57 points at Adelaide Oval in Round 22 last season.
Adelaide’s last win at Domain Stadium was an 86-point victory in Round 21, 2013.
Crows captain Taylor Walker is set to play his 50th consecutive AFL game on Saturday night. Walker hasn’t missed a match since returning from a serious knee injury in Round Nine, 2014.
West Coast midfielder Chris Masten will celebrate his 150th game against Adelaide.
Only percentage separates the seventh-placed Eagles and eighth-ranked Crows on the ladder. Both teams have a record of seven wins and four losses this season.
The Eagles have won all six of their home games (against Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Richmond, Collingwood, St Kilda, and Gold Coast) by an average margin of 68 points.
West Coast spearhead Josh Kennedy has kicked 38 goals this season – ranked second in the AFL. He’s kicked 24 of his 38 goals at Domain Stadium, at an average of four goals per game.
Crows defender Daniel Talia held Kennedy to three goals across two games last season.
Talia is pressing his claim for another All Australian crown. According to Champion Data, the reliable backman has conceded only nine goals to direct opponents this season.
West Coast star Andrew Gaff has averaged 30 possessions and two goals in his past three outings against Adelaide.
Gaff is averaging 29.3 disposals this season – ranked eighth in the AFL. He also ranks No.1 on average for handball receives (16.7), and leads the Eagles in metres gained.
Crows forward Josh Jenkins has kicked 11 goals in his last three games against West Coast, while Walker has slotted nine. Jenkins (six) and Walker (three) combined for nine goals last time the two teams met.
The Crows score from 49.1 per cent of their forward 50m entries – ranked No.1 in the competition.
Jenkins is ranked equal-first in the competition for goal assists with 14, just one ahead of teammate Mitch McGovern (13). Taylor Walker and Eddie Betts each have 12 goal assists.
McGovern is poised to play against older brother and influential West Coast defender, Jeremy, for the first time at AFL level this weekend.
An excellent reader of the play, Jeremy McGovern is averaging 3.5 intercept marks per game – ranked No.1 in the AFL.
Overall, the Eagles are the second-best intercept marking team behind the Sydney Swans.
Brownlow Medallist Matt Priddis is averaging more contested possessions (17.7) than any other player in the competition in 2016. He also averages 7.7 clearances – second only to young Carlton star Patrick Cripps (7.8).
Priddis is the third-best tackling player in the AFL with 76 – one more than Crow Rory Sloane (75).
Ruckman Nic Naitanui is ranked second in the League for total hit-outs (388) and hit-outs to advantage (129). The Eagles win 55.4 per cent of their total hit-outs – ranked No.1.
The Eagles (1.35) and Crows (1.31) have the highest kick-to-handball ratios in the League.
West Coast averages 14.8 marks inside 50m per game – ranked second in the competition. Adelaide is third with an average of 13.5.