Yartapuulti v Narrm 10

IN VAIN: Ollie Wines bursts clear of Charlie Spargo, but it was the Demons who triumphed at Adelaide Oval last season.

HEAD to HEAD

Played 38: Port Adelaide 22, Melbourne 16.

Past five: Port Adelaide 2, Melbourne 3.

Most recent game: round 18, 2022, Port Adelaide lost to Melbourne by 14 points at TIO Traeger Park.

Highest attendance: 40,751, round 14, 2018, at Adelaide Oval.

Port Adelaide

Home record: 14-5

Away record: 8-11

Highest score: 25.13 (163), round 17, 2007, at Football Park.

Lowest score: 4.12 (36), round 4, 2022, at Adelaide Oval.

Greatest winning margin: 89 points, round 17, 2007, at Football Park.

Longest winning sequence:

7, round 24, 2011, to round 10, 2016.

Most goals in a game:

Snapshot

FORM: PA – WWWWW Melb – LWWWW

KEY OUTS: PA – Duursma (knee), Fantasia (quad), Georgiades (knee), Marshall (concussion), Rioli (suspended); Melb – Petty (foot), Sparrow (suspended)

WAIT AND SEE: PA – Byrne-Jones (ill), Dixon (quad); Melb – Petracca (ankle)

WATCH OUT FOR: A great midfield match-up. Demon trio Christian Petracca (if he plays), Clayton Oliver and Jack Viney are the present, while the Power’s Connor Rozee, Zak Butters and Jason Horne-Francis are the future. What the Power don’t have is the ruck power to match Max Gawn and Brodie Grundy, but if they can find a way to negate them, then it’s a winnable game for Port.