Magpies v Swans 8

HEAD to HEAD

Played 231: Collingwood 143, Sydney Swans 87, draws 1.

Past five: Collingwood 2, Sydney Swans 3.

Most recent game: second preliminary final, 2022, Collingwood lost to Sydney Swans by 1 point at the SCG.

Highest attendance: 74,091, Grand Final, 1936, at the MCG.

Collingwood

Home record: 77-31

Away record: 66-56-1

Highest score: 29.11 (185), round 16, 1985, at the SCG.

Lowest score: 0.8 (8), round 11, 1897, at Victoria Park.

Greatest winning margin: 99 points, round 14, 1991, at Victoria Park.

Longest winning sequence: 16, round 15, 1924, to round 3, 1933.

Most goals in a game: 16, Peter McKenna, round 19, 1969, at Victoria Park.

Snapshot

FORM: Coll – WLWWW Syd – LLWLL

KEY OUTS: Coll – Cameron (knee), Howe (arm), Lipinski (shoulder), McStay (finger); Syd – Amartey (hamstring), Rampe (neck), Reid (hamstring), P. McCartin (concussion)

WAIT AND SEE: Coll – Pendlebury (eye), Kreuger (ribs), Murphy (head); Syd – Fox (concussion), Hickey (calf)

MILESTONES: Nil

WATCH OUT FOR: In a match-up that’s been played exclusively in Sydney for the past decade, Collingwood will be eager to get some revenge from last year’s one-point preliminary final defeat, this time at home. While the sides enter with different form lines, there’s plenty of quality match-ups to keep an eye on.