Adelaide and Hawthorn sit in seventh and eighth place, respectively, on the AFL ladder.

The Crows snapped a four-game losing streak against Sydney to secure a win last Saturday night, and will need to reverse a similar trend to be victorious this weekend. The Hawks have won the past six meetings between the two sides, including a 74-point win in last year’s Semi-Final.

A crowd of 70,879 turned out to watch the knockout final at the MCG – a record attendance for a match between the Crows and Hawks.

Adelaide’s most recent win over the triple-reigning premiers was at Football Park in Round One, 2011, which was Brodie Smith’s AFL debut and a celebration of the Club’s 20-year anniversary.

Adelaide’s last victory over Hawthorn in Victoria was at the MCG in Round 20, 2009, when Trent Hentschel booted four goals to guide his team to a 27-point win.

In total, Adelaide and Hawthorn have met 37 times. The Hawks hold the overall advantage 19 - 18.

Hawks star Shaun Burgoyne will play his 300^th AFL game on Friday night. Burgoyne played 157 games at Port Adelaide before joining Hawthorn.

Forward Eddie Betts will play his 50^th club and consecutive game against the Hawks. Betts made his Crows debut in Round One, 2014, after 184 games for Carlton.

After suffering Round One losses, the Crows and Hawks have both won their past three games. Hawthorn’s last two wins have each been by three points – against Western Bulldogs and St Kilda.

The Hawks are the lowest-scoring of any of the top-eight teams this season, having scored 365 points across their four games. Adelaide is ranked second with 482 points – 10 behind the undefeated North Melbourne (492).

On the flip side, the Hawks have conceded fewer points (343) to their direct opponents than the Crows (388).

The Crows have four players ranked inside the AFL’s top 13 goalkickers: Eddie Betts (13), Josh Jenkins (11), Tom Lynch (10) and captain Taylor Walker (nine). Young forward James Sicily is Hawthorn’s leading goalkicker this season with nine.

Jenkins has averaged three goals in each of his four games against Hawthorn. This included a four-goal haul in Adelaide’s losing Semi-Final team last year.

The record for most Crows goals in a game against Hawthorn is held by Tony Modra, who kicked 7.3 at Football Park in Round Six, 1993. Brett Burton also slotted seven (7.1) in a win over the Hawks in Round 15, 2006.

The Crows have kicked more play-on goals (42) than any other team in the League this season. The pin-point passing Hawks have kicked the majority of their goals (25) from set shots.

Adelaide has also scored more points from opposition turnovers (282) than any other side.

Hawks skipper Luke Hodge has averaged 26 possessions and 1.5 goals in his past four outings against Adelaide.

Sam Mitchell is the leading possession-getter in the AFL this season with (146) at an average of 36.5 possessions per game. Scott Thompson, who has collected 114 disposals, is the highest-ranked Crow (18^th).

Mitchell is also third overall for clearances (31). Thompson has won 28 clearances for Adelaide – ranked sixth, and is also equal-fourth in tackles (29) in 2016.

The Hawks are the No.1 tackling team in the League, averaging 81.2 per game.

Mitchell and forward Luke Breust have each been involved in 27 Hawthorn scores this season.

The blockbuster clash with the Hawks will be one of two Friday night fixtures featuring the Crows. The second is a home game against Geelong in Round Eight.

Two of the past three meetings between Adelaide and Hawthorn have been played on a Friday night. The first-ever fixture between the two teams, Round One, 1991, was also held on a Friday night.

It will be the first of three Adelaide games at the MCG in 2016.

Josh Gibson, who is set to return from injury, is the No.1 ranked defender according to Champion Data statistics. Gibson has averaged 29.3 possessions, seven spoils and 2.3 marks from opposition kicks in his three matches this season to be one of the best intercept defenders in the game.

Adelaide has the third-highest kick-to-handball ratio (1.28) of any team in the competition. Hawthorn is 16^th with a ratio of 1.09 kicks to handballs.

The Crows and Hawks have never previously met in Round Five of an AFL season.