Lions v Suns 10 ROUND

HEAD to HEAD

Played 23: Brisbane Lions 17, Gold Coast Suns 6.

Past five: Brisbane Lions 5, Gold Coast Suns 0.

Most recent game: round 19, 2022, Brisbane Lions d Gold Coast Suns by 17 points at the Gabba.

Highest attendance: 27,170, round 15, 2013, at the Gabba.

Brisbane Lions

Home record: 10-2

Away record: 7-4

Highest score: 22.12 (144), round 21, 2019, at the Gabba.

Lowest score: 7.12 (54), round 5, 2015, at Metricon Stadium.

Greatest winning margin: 91 points, round 21, 2019, at the Gabba.

Longest winning sequence: 8, round 22, 2018, to round 19, 2022.

Snapshot

FORM: BL – WWWWW GCS – LWWLW

KEY OUTS: BL – Rich (calf); GCS –Budarick (knee), Miller (knee), Weller (knee)

WAIT AND SEE: BL – nil; GCS –Ainsworth (knee), Holman (foot)

MILESTONES: BL – Lincoln McCarthy (100 club games), Keidean Coleman (50 games)

WATCH OUT FOR: Credit to the Suns midfielders, led by Noah Anderson and Matt Rowell, for stepping up and filling the void left by the absence of injured dual All-Australian Touk Miller. But Brisbane’s engine room is as good as it gets and this year’s addition of Josh Dunkley has completed it. This is where the game will be decided.