Talking points

u Sydney last met Collingwood at the MCG in round nine, 2013. Since then, the Swans have played 10 consecutive home games against the Pies.

u Tagger Ryan Clarke could be set a task of stopping Nick Daicos, the AFL’s highest disposal winner this season. He kept the young star to 20 and 23 touches in their two meetings last season.

u Star midfielder Jordan De Goey was nullified in the last match-up against the Swans, kept to just 12 disposals in the preliminary final.

Sydney Swans

Away record: 31-77

Home record: 56-66-1

Highest score: 25.15 (165), round 1, 1987, at Victoria Park.

Lowest score: 1.7 (13), round 11, 1898, at Victoria Park.

Greatest winning margin: 91 points, round 1, 1987, at Victoria Park. Longest winning sequence: 8, round 10, 1941, to round 2, 1945.

Most goals in a game: 10, Bob Pratt, round 12, 1935, at the Lake Oval; Tony Lockett, round 7, 1998, at the MCG.

There’s no other