West Coast Eagles and Port Adelaide will both be hopeful of progress to the NAB Cup semi-finals, although the Eagles are firm favourites
The Eagles kicked off the tournament two weeks ago when they eased past the Essendon Bombers 117-82, while Port Adelaide destroyed fierce rivals Adelaide Crows a day later 123-67 to advance to this Saturday’s quarter-final.
Mitch Brown, Beau Waters, Tom Swift, Eric Mackenzie, Matt Spangher, Andrew Strijk, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls and the combative Pat McGinnity have all been added to the Eagles’ 29-man squad, while ruckman Dean Cox is set to partner Nic Naitanui for only the third time.
Power recruits Cameron Cloke, Scott Harding and Jay Nash all have the opportunity to stake a claim for a first-team spot when the AFL season kicks off after missing the Crows win through injuries.
The last time the Eagles and the Power squared off was in round 16 last season in July when the Power claimed a 112-76 win at the AAMI Stadium.
Sportsbet.com.au have the Eagles as their favourites at 1.50A$ to win the game, while the same company have the Power on offer at 2.60.
Winning points margin bets are very popular in the NAB Cup and Sportsbet.com.au have opted to go for the Eagles to claim a victory with a points margin of 20-39 and that is available at 4.30, while for the Power to once again turn on the style and romp home by 40-59 will bring home 13.00.
Sportsbet.com.au have made the Power 3.90 to get the first points of the game via a behind, while the Eagles to open the scoring with a goal is on offer at 3.40.