The Crows and Swans have met 35 times. Adelaide holds the overall advantage, 22 – 13. Sydney has emerged victorious in the past three encounters between the two teams, but the Crows won the most recent clash at the SCG in Round Six, 2012.

Captain Taylor Walker will reach the 100-game milestone at the SCG on Saturday afternoon, while in-form defender Rory Laird will celebrate his 50^th AFL match.

Adelaide and Sydney haven’t played each other since Round Three last season in the Crows’ first-ever game at the new Adelaide Oval. On that day, Lance Franklin and Luke Parker each booted four goals as the Swans cruised to a 63-point win.

Franklin and Parker remain key scoreboard contributors this season. Both players have been involved in 29.7 per cent of Sydney’s scores – more than any of their teammates. Eddie Betts leads the way for Adelaide, involved in 29.2 per cent of all his team’s scores.

Franklin has kicked 42 goals this season to be third in the Coleman Medal race. Betts, who has kicked 41 goals, is fifth overall.

After winning six straight games in the middle of the season, the Swans have dropped their past two against fellow premiership contenders Hawthorn and West Coast. Adelaide has won three of its last four games heading into Saturday’s twilight clash.

The Crows are ranked third for goals per game this season, averaging 14.1 – exactly two more than the Swans (12.1).

Four players share the record for most Crows goals in a game against Sydney. Scott Hodges (Round Three) and Rod Jameson (Round 18) both bagged six back in 1991. Peter Vardy slotted 6.2 in Adelaide’s 1998 Semi-Final win over the Swans and Mark Stevens kicked six in Round Five, 1999

Adelaide forward Tom Lynch leads the competition for score assists (32).

The Crows have kicked more goals from centre bounce stoppages (38) than any other team.

The Swans are a high-possession team, ranked second in the AFL for total disposals behind the Hawks. Sydney average more handballs per game (179.3) than any other side and have the lowest kick-to-handball ratio (1.16). Adelaide has the highest (1.49).

The Swans have a good balance of winning inside and outside ball. They are the only team to be ranked top five in both uncontested (second) and contested (fifth) possession.

Inaugural captain Chris McDermott holds the record for most possessions by a Crow against Sydney. McDermott racked up 40 disposals and a goal against the Swans in Round 14, 1993.

Sydney onballer Dan Hannebery is ranked second in the competition for total disposals (482). Teammate Josh Kennedy (466) is sixth overall. Hannebery is also third for inside 50ms (81).

Kennedy is second for contested possessions (255) – 15 clear of Adelaide star Patrick Dangerfield, who has won 240 contested possessions in his 15 games this season. Swan Luke Parker is sixth (210) in this statistic. Crow Scott Thompson is 12^th (199) despite having played three fewer matches than most of the other players in the top 20.

Kennedy also leads the League in hard-ball gets (120) and is fourth for clearances (121).

The Swans average more tackles (73.8) than any other team in the League. Kieren Jack has laid more tackles (103) than any other Swan. Dangerfield (93) leads the way for Adelaide.

Adelaide’s highest-ever score against Sydney was 23.17 (155) in 1999.

Swan Dane Rampe is a playmaker across half-back, ranked top 10 in the League for rebound 50ms.

Of all players to have played a minimum of 10 games, Rory Laird is ranked fourth for intercept possessions per game, averaging 7.4. West Coast utility Jeremy McGovern, who is the brother of Crows draftee Mitch, is No.1 averaging 8.3 intercept possessions.

Laird is the fifth-ranked defender in the competition according to Champion Data points. Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh is third. Dangerfield is the second-ranked midfielder behind only Fremantle star and Brownlow Medal favourite, Nat Fyfe.