Live: Adelaide looking to end 23-year drought in blockbuster Geelong clash

Each Geelong and Adelaide are set to line up as initially chosen this night.

Here is how the 2 groups match up with one another.

CarltonIN: Francis Evans, Jordan Boyd, Blake Acres, Talor ByrneOUT: Cooper Lord

MelbourneIN: Tom McDonald, Bailey Laurie, Max Heath, Paddy CrossOUT: Daniel Turner

Port AdelaideIN: Josh Lai, Dante Visentini, Will Brodie, Mitch Zadow, Ollie Wines, Lachie JonesOUT: Connor Rozee, Miles Bergman, Todd Marshall

West CoastIN: Josh Lindsay, Ryan Maric, Malakai Champion, Sandy Brock, Harry SchoenbergOUT: Harry Edwards, Milan Murdock

EssendonIN: Archer Day-Wicks, Saad El-Hawli, Jade Gresham, Jacob FarrowOUT: Hussein El Achkar, Jayden Nguyen, Max Kondogiannis, Mason Redman

North MelbourneIN: Aidan Corr, George Wardlaw, Callum Coleman-JonesOUT: Griffin Logue, Jacob Konstanty, Jack Darling

Fremantle

IN: Jaeger O’Meara, Brennan CoxOUT: Nathan O’Driscoll, Oscar McDonald

RichmondIN: Luke Trainor, Jonty Faull, Jasper Alger, Campbell GrayOUT: Nathan Broad, James Trezise, Tom Lynch, Toby Nankervis

St Kilda

IN: Dan Butler, Dougal HowardOUT: Hugh Boxshall, Anthony Caminiti

Brisbane LionsIN: Darcy Gardiner, Logan Morris, Zac BaileyOUT: Zane Zakostelsky, Dan Annable, James Tunstill

Collingwood

IN: Oscar Steene, Jeremy Howe, Darcy MooreOUT: Jack Buller, Ed Allan, Wil Parker

GWS GiantsIN: James Leake, Ollie HannafordOUT: Jack Buckley, Harry Rowston

As beforehand talked about, Adelaide hasn’t gained at Kardinia Park in 13 years.

Actually, you have to return to Spherical 1, 2021 to search out Adelaide’s final win over Geelong total.

Here is how the final 5 clashes between the 2 groups have gone:

Spherical 5, 2025: Geelong 18.11 (119) def. Adelaide 15.10 (100) @ Adelaide Oval

Spherical 21, 2024: Geelong 13.12 (90) def. Adelaide 13.7 (85) @ Kardinia Park

Spherical 2, 2024: Geelong 14.12 (96) def. Adelaide 11.11 (77) @ Adelaide Oval

Spherical 8, 2023: Geelong 14.14 (98) def. Adelaide 11.6 (72) @ Kardinia Park

Spherical 11, 2022: Geelong 15.7 (97) def. Adelaide 7.13 (55) @ Kardinia Park

Good night and welcome to ABC Sport’s stay AFL protection!

We have a blockbuster on deck tonight as Geelong hosts Adelaide at Kardinia Park to kick off Spherical 3.

The Crows are looking their first win in Geelong because the 2013 season, however should consider they’re as a great an opportunity as ever tonight.

This might effectively be a finals match-up later within the yr so it’s going to be fascinating to see how the 2 groups fare in opposition to one another.

The primary bounce is about for 7:30pm AEDT so strap yourselves in as we convey you all of the pre-match information from right here and across the AFL earlier than the motion will get underway.