Saturday, 1 September

Brisbane Lions v Geelong, Gabba, 7:10pm

Brisbane Lions
B: Drummond Merrett Selwood
HB: Adcock Roe Begley
C: Notting Lappin Stiller
HF: Rischitelli Brown Copeland
F: Hadley Brennan Leuenberger
FOLL: Wood Black Rover: Power
I/C: Scott Mills Johnson Corrie
EMER: Clark Sherman Moody
IN: Drummond Roe Mills
OUT:: Patfull (collarbone) Clark Sherman

Geelong 
B: Milburn Scarlett Harley
HB: Mackie Egan Wojcinski
C: Kelly Enright Corey
HF: S Johnson Mooney Selwood
F: Chapman N Ablett Stokes
FOLL: Ottens G Ablett Rover: Ling
I/C: Blake Byrnes J Hunt Varcoe
EMER: Gardiner Callan D Johnson
IN: Selwood Ling
OUT: Playfair D Johnson

Head-to-head: Brisbane 16 Geelong 14 Drawn 1

Last time: Geelong 12.13 (85) bt Brisbane 5.5 (35) R12, 2007, Skilled Stadium

Betting: TAB Sportsbet: Brisbane $3 Geelong $1.35 Centrebet: Brisbane $3 Geelong $1.40

Summary: Geelong has an enormous motivation to beat Brisbane this week. While the Cats had the minor premiership sewn up some time ago, their run of 15 wins was broken last Sunday by Port Adelaide. They won't want to go into the finals series on the back of successive losses or the doubters will start to rumble. The Lions, meanwhile, have the slimmest of chances of making the eight, their fate depending on the outcome of other crucial matches, including the Friday night game. Their fate could already be decided before the game through an Adelaide win, and they would then be deflated with little left to give. Brisbane has the manpower, but their main spearhead Jonathan Brown was well beaten last week and might be in the mood to offer little against a spirited Geelong defence.

Key: Redemption is on the agenda for the Cats, for the club itself to enter the finals on a positive note and for fiery forward Cam Mooney in particular, who had one of his least impressive games of the year last week.

Tip: Geelong by 30 points