Showdown 45 sees Adelaide and Port Adelaide enter with the ledger even at 22 wins apiece. Port Adelaide’s five-point win in Round Eight ended a streak of five straight wins for the Crows.

As the home team Adelaide is 13-9, and at Adelaide Oval leads 6-3.

Since 1997 the Crows have scored 602.539 (4151) the Power’s 558.485 (3833). Averaged out, the difference is only seven points per game – 14.12 (94) to 13.11 (87).

Just 21 seconds separated Adelaide from victory in Round Eight, with Steven Motlop’s goal deciding the result.

From the 21st minute of the third quarter to the second minute of the fourth quarter, Port Adelaide kicked six goals.

Richard Douglas has the most Showdown appearances of any active Crow with 21. David Mackay is next with 16, while this will be the 15th Showdown for Taylor Walker, Daniel Talia and Sam Jacobs.

Two of Jacobs’ top 10 hitout performances have come against Port Adelaide: 61 in Round 15, 2012 and 51 in Round 16, 2015.

In Showdown Seven, Mark Ricciuto had a career-best 41 disposals.

Hugh Greenwood has 25 tackles in two games, and individually they rank first and second as personal bests.

Eddie Betts averages 3.8 goals in Showdowns, with his career-average against Port Adelaide sitting at 2.4 (46 goals in 19 games).

Taylor Walker (38) has kicked the most goals in Showdowns, ahead of Betts (34) and Port Adelaide’s Robbie Gray (34).

Walker, Gray and Tom Lynch have kicked six goals in a Showdown, the best of any active players.

A crowd of 50,000 or more would sit in the top 10 of Showdown crowds. The best is 54,468 from Showdown 39.

Wayne Milera is yet to lose to Port Adelaide in two meetings after missing the previous game with injury. Alex Keath also tasted victory in his sole Showdown in 2017.