Round 18
Collingwood v Adelaide
Sunday July 27, MCG, 4.10pm (SA time)
Broadcast details
Live on Fox Footy and Channel 7
Head to head
Adelaide – 12
Collingwood – 25
Milestones
Richard Douglas – 150 AFL games
James Podsiadly – 100 AFL games
Latest news
Pie pair likely
Jamie Elliott and Ben Reid look likely to return to bolster the Magpies’ forward line for Sunday’s clash with the Crows
Out of action (estimates only)
Adam Oxley (ankle) – TBA
Jamie Elliott (hamstring) – test
Ben Sinclair (hamstring) – test
Patrick Karnezis (hamstring) – test
Quinten Lynch (broken leg) – test
Matthew Scharenberg (feet) – test
Nathan Freeman (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Dane Swan (foot) – 3-4 weeks
Ben Hudson (shoulder) – 6 weeks
Nathan Brown (shoulder) – season
Collingwood’s last five
2014 Round 17, Essendon 16.7 (103) d Collingwood 5.9 (39), MCG
2014 Round 16, Gold Coast 11.14 (80) d Collingwood 10.15 (75), Metricon Stadium
2014 Round 15, Collingwood 13.13 (91) d Carlton 11.10 (76), MCG
2014 Round 14, Hawthorn 17.13 (115) d Collingwood 13.8 (86), MCG
2014 Round 13, Collingwood 15.8 (98) d by Western Bulldogs 16.10 (106), Etihad Stadium
Recent form against Adelaide?
2014 Round Nine, Adelaide 10.16 (76) d Collingwood 7.13 (55), Adelaide Oval
2013 Round 16, Collingwood 17.9 (111) d Adelaide 12.12 (84), MCG
2012 Round Nine, Adelaide 6.13 (49) d by Collingwood 10.15 (75), AAMI Stadium
2011 Round Nine, Collingwood 20.15 (135) d Adelaide 14.8 (92), Etihad Stadium
2010 Round 21, Collingwood 6.18 (54) d Adelaide 7.9 (51), MCG
Brownlow Medal votes from last meeting?
N/A – Current season
Most recent team
B: Langdon, J. Frost, Toovey
HB: Williams, Maxwell, Lumumba
C: Sidebottom, Macaffer, Seedsman
HF: Goldsack, White, Ball
F: Blair, Cloke, Swan
Foll: Witts, Beams, Pendlebury
Interchange: Adams, Young, J. Thomas, B. Kennedy
News bites
Swan sidelined
Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan will miss Sunday’s clash with the Crows and could be sidelined for up to a month with a foot injury
Maxwell retires
Nick Maxwell has retired from AFL football as the Pies prepare to take on Adelaide in Round 18
AFL.com.au Preview
The team at AFL Media believe Adelaide can continue its late-season charge towards the top eight and upset the Magpies on their home turf
