West Coast will be hoping to break a horror losing streak, while St Kilda will be out to atone for a season-worst performance seven days ago when the two teams clash at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.
The Saints (6-11) will be looking to bounce back after last weekend’s poor loss to Adelaide, which saw them register a season-low score of 5.9 (39). They’ve won four of their past five games against West Coast.
The Eagles (3-14) have lost their past seven games, including to Brisbane last weekend. After that match, interim coach Jarrad Schofield said he was not prepared to “hand out games” for the sake of a rebuild.
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The game gets underway at 1:45pm AEST from Marvel Stadium.
Watch it live on Fox Footy (channel 504), streaming on Kayo or via Hubbl from 1:30pm AEST.
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There were no late changes for either side, with Hugo Garcia (St Kilda) and Josh Rotham (West Coast) named the starting subs.
The Saints dominated territory early with the first three clearances and four of the first six inside 50s. After two early behinds, Jack Higgins converted from a set-shot to kick the first goal of the game, before Darcy Wilson added another after winning a holding the ball free kick.
“Their (the Saints’) pressure is through the roof,” Western Bulldogs legend Brad Johnson told Fox Footy.
And when the Saints linked up via hand around the arc, it led to a running goal to Mitch Owens and a 21-0 scoreline.
“Their transition game is in great shape all over the field,” Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley told Fox Footy. “They are absolutely dominant in that part of the game and West Coast can’t find time and space.
“It’s been one-way traffic.”
The Eagles finally broke through for their first goal late in the opening term, with Ryan Maric taking a strong mark to set up a major before co-captain Oscar Allen added another from a tight angle to cut the margin to nine points at quarter-time.
The Saints got the ideal start in the second term, moving the ball from their defensive 50 to Cooper Sharman, who sweetly struck his set-shot from 50m out. But a costly Saints turnover minutes later led to Allen’s second major.
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