Adelaide and Geelong have met 36 times, with the Cats holding a narrow overall lead 19-17. The teams have split the past four meetings two wins apiece.

The Crows and Cats are yet to meet at Adelaide Oval. The most recent meeting between the two sides was at Simonds Stadium in Round One last season. However, Geelong has experienced success at Adelaide Oval, having knocked off Port Adelaide three weeks ago.

The biggest crowd for a Crows v Geelong game was 46,543 at Football Park back in Round 23, 1992. On that day, Adelaide spearhead Scott Hodges booted 11.4 – the biggest score by a Crow in a game against the Cats – to help guide the home team to a 91-point win.

Jimmy Bartel was the hero in Geelong’s win over Adelaide last season, kicking four goals from 21 possessions in his 250^th game. Bartel has been sidelined with a knee injury since Round Three, but is in the mix to return this weekend.

Ruckman Sam Jacobs will play his 100^th game for the Adelaide Football Club on Sunday. Jacobs played 17 matches for Carlton before joining the Crows ahead of the 2011 season.

Forward Tom Lynch is also set to reach a milestone, notching up his 50^th AFL game. Lynch, who was traded to Adelaide at the end of 2011, also played six game for St Kilda.

The 10^th-placed Cats sit one win behind the seventh-ranked Crows on the AFL ladder. In a quirk of the fixture, the two sides will meet again at Simonds Stadium in Round 23.

Geelong moves the ball through the centre corridor more than any other team. The Cats like to set up a lot of their attack from the back half – ranked second in points from defensive 50m score launches.

Veteran defenders Corey Enright and Harry Taylor are key playmakers for the Cats. Taylor (92) and Corey Enright (88) both rank top five in the competition for marks. Taylor is fifth for intercept marks, while the evergreen Enright is No.1 in uncontested marks and top 10 in effective kicks and rebound 50ms. Enright is also second for metres gained at Geelong this season.

The Cats lead the competition in contested marks, averaging 11.7 per game. Forward Tom Hawkins is second in the AFL for contested marks with 27.

The Crows (13.3) and Cats (13.2) are both ranked top five in the League for average goals per game.

Both teams have had an even share of goalkickers this season. Tom Hawkins leads the way for Geelong with 21, but five other players; Steven Motlop (17), Steve Johnson (16), Mitch Clark (14), Josh Caddy (12) and Cory Gregson (10) are also in double digits for goals. Adelaide also has six players who have kicked 10 or more goals; Eddie Betts (35), Taylor Walker (29), Josh Jenkins (19), Patrick Dangerfield (16) and Charlie Cameron (12).

Geelong is ranked 17^th in the AFL for clearances, while the Crows are the No.2 clearance team.

Cats captain Joel Selwood and Crow Scott Thompson have both won 86 clearances this season – ranked equal-sixth in the AFL.

Since Round Three Thompson, who missed the opening two rounds of the season through injury, has won more clearances than any other player with the exception of raging Brownlow Medal favourite Nat Fyfe.

Selwood is sixth in the AFL for contested possessions (159), two places behind Crow Patrick Dangerfield (178). Selwood, who leads Geelong for total possessions, has won more free kicks (40) than any other player in the competition. He’s also been involved in more Geelong scores than anyone else this season.

Selwood has averaged 27.3 and nearly two goals in his last three games against Adelaide. He earned the three Brownlow Medal votes last time these two teams met, and two votes in the previous encounter in 2013.

Crow Matthew Wright also excels in hit-outs between these two teams, averaging 24 possessions and a goal in his last three clashes with the Cats.

Patrick Dangerfield and versatile Cat Mark Blicavs have each laid 73 tackles – ranked equal-sixth.