Giants v Bulldogs 8 ROUND

HEAD to HEAD

Played 16: GWS Giants 6, Western Bulldogs 10.

Past five: GWS Giants 1, Western Bulldogs 4.

Most recent game: round 22, 2022, GWS Giants lost to Western Bulldogs by 5 points at Marvel Stadium.

Highest attendance: 30,672, round 21, 2017, at Marvel Stadium.

Gws Giants

Away record: 2-2

Home record: 4-8

Highest score: 20.13 (133), round 1, 2018, at UNSW Canberra Oval.

Lowest score: 4.9 (33), round 3, 2020, at Marvel Stadium.

Greatest winning margin: 82 points, round 1, 2018, at Manuka Oval.

Longest winning sequence: 3, round 6, 2017, to round 1, 2018. Most goals in a game: 7, Toby Greene, round 14, 2022, at Giants Stadium.

Snapshot

FORM: GWS – LLWLW WB – WWLWW

KEY OUTS: GWS – Aleer (ankle), Jones (knee), Kennedy (knee), Madden (foot), Preuss (back), Stone (back), Taylor (hamstring), Wehr (shoulder); WB – Bedendo (groin), Bruce (ribs), Garcia (groin), R. Smith (foot), Vandermeer (ribs)

WAIT AND SEE: GWS – Davis (groin), Keeffe (thumb), Lloyd (calf); WB – Crozier (ankle), Liberatore (concussion)

MILESTONES: None

WATCH OUT FOR: Hawthorn gave the Bulldogs a run for their money in the first half last week. Will the handball-happy Giants look to follow suit with an onslaught right out of the gates?