AFL Insights

2026 season

GWS

4-6 ENGIE Stadium
Ladder 13th Current position
Power -2.6 15th in league
True form Stable TFR momentum: -0.5
Injuries Major 10.2 pts
Confidence Low Low tipping confidence
Next opponent
BRL
ENGIE Stadium · Sun 24 May, 12:30 PM AEST

Tipping insight

Use caution with GWS

GWS struggle vs top 8 sides (33%) but have not banked bottom 10 games (43%).

Avg next-5 win chance 30%
Stable Very tough run Injuries: Major

Fixture outlook

Next 5 games

Very tough run
Avg opp rank 8.6 Very tough run · 30% avg win prob Toughest Melbourne
H Tough
BRL Ladder 7th · R11 · ENGIE 12% win · -3 pts
True form -10.0 deficit Our own injury load
A Tough
MEL Ladder 5th · R12 · Traeger Park 27% win
True form -17.6 deficit
A Tough
STK Ladder 9th · R14 · Marvel 36% win
True form -7.1 deficit Interstate trip
H Tough
CAR Ladder 16th · R15 · ENGIE 39% win
True form +5.2 advantage
A Tough
HAW Ladder 6th · R16 · MCG 35% win
True form -13.2 deficit Interstate trip

Projected 1.5 wins from the next 5.

Form + Last 5

Recent tipping read

Form: Stable · Mixed trend
Form heat Cold
Last 5 record 2-3
Margin Avg margin -11.4
A L
WCE -17 · R10 Underperformed
H W
ESS +14 · R9 Underperformed
A L
GCS -20 · R8 Result
H W
NTH +7 · R7 Result
A L
SYD -41 · R6 Underperformed

Availability

Injury health

Full injuries
Major 81% 12 listed injuries
Clear Manageable Major
Nick Madden 5-8 weeks
Tom Green Season
Harry Rowston 2 weeks
Darcy Jones 4-6 weeks

As of 12 May 2026 · Stable injury load

Team snapshot

Current read

Power rating -2.6
Lower League avg Stronger
15th power rank
Ladder rank 13th
True form -7.9
Cool Par Strong
13th
Record 4-6
TFR momentum -0.5
Declining Stable Rising
Rate of power-rating change (not results-based)
Avg margin -9.2
Injury load 10.2 pts
Clear Manageable Major
Lower is healthier
Best 22 available 81%
Free-kick ladder 18th -4.8
Close games 1-1 2 close games

Results profile

Biggest scalp and worst loss

Biggest scalp

W v Hawthorn
+27 Opp 9th OR ENGIE Stadium

-3.5 pts vs line

Worst loss

L v West Coast
-17 Opp 16th R10 Optus Stadium

-46.5 pts vs line

Season profile

Where the wins are coming from

Played difficulty Below-average draw SoS -1.0
Remaining difficulty Average run Avg opp rank 8.5
Upset win % 0% 4 games
Win % vs top 8 33% 3 games
Win % vs bottom 10 43% 7 games
Close game win % 50% 2 games · low sample
Home win % 80% 5 games
Away win % 0% 5 games
Interstate win % 33% 6 games
Favourite win % 67% 6 games
Underdog win % 0% 4 games
Fast start rate 40% Led at Q1 in 4 of 10 games
Comeback rate 14% 7 games
Lead held at siren 75% 4 games

Season trend

Ladder, true form, power, injury and momentum by round

OR-R10

Ladder trend

After each completed round

1 10 18 GWS · After OR beat Hawthorn 122-95 (+27) · Ladder 3rd GWS · After R1 lost to Western Bulldogs 53-134 (-81) · Ladder 10th GWS · After R2 lost to St Kilda 74-78 (-4) · Ladder 13th GWS · After R3 lost to Collingwood 54-87 (-33) · Ladder 15th GWS · After R5 beat Richmond 131-75 (+56) · Ladder 12th GWS · After R6 lost to Sydney 66-107 (-41) · Ladder 14th GWS · After R7 beat North Melbourne 105-98 (+7) · Ladder 14th GWS · After R8 lost to Gold Coast 63-83 (-20) · Ladder 14th GWS · After R9 beat Essendon 103-89 (+14) · Ladder 13th GWS · After R10 lost to West Coast 71-88 (-17) · Ladder 13th GWS 13th OR R1 R2 R3 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10

Player power

Top 5 players

Lachie Ash Mid · 9th league
109.4
Lachie Whitfield Mid · 19th league
104.5
Clayton Oliver Mid · 22nd league
101.3
Finn Callaghan Mid · 39th league
95.8
Toby Greene Key fwd
85.8
Venue performance Ground split
ENGIE Stadium vs ESS, STK, HAW 3 games 67% +12.3 +21.5
Marvel Stadium vs COL, WBD 2 games · low sample 0% -57.0 -47.8
One-off venues
Barossa Park vs RIC 1 game · low sample 100% +56.0 +65.2
Manuka Oval vs NTH 1 game · low sample 100% +7.0 +16.2
Optus Stadium vs WCE 1 game · low sample 0% -17.0 -7.8
Carrara vs GCS 1 game · low sample 0% -20.0 -10.8
SCG vs SYD 1 game · low sample 0% -41.0 -31.8
Stat leaders Club leaders
Goals Jake Stringer 18 · 1.8 per game
Accuracy Brent Daniels 88.9% · 1.6 goals per game · 8 goals, 1 behinds from 9 shots
Goal Assists Toby Greene 8 · 0.8 per game
Marks inside 50 Jesse Hogan 19 · 2.7 per game
Marks Lachie Ash 82 · 8.2 per game
One-Percenters Jayden Laverde 58 · 5.8 per game
Disposals Clayton Oliver 312 · 31.2 per game
Clearances Clayton Oliver 82 · 8.2 per game
Contested Possessions Clayton Oliver 155 · 15.5 per game
Tackles Clayton Oliver 47 · 4.7 per game
Clangers Toby Greene 53 · 5.3 per game
Free Kicks Against Clayton Oliver 18 · 1.8 per game

Season projection

Finals race

Finals unlikely
13th projected finish 9.6 wins 4W after 10 played
37% Wildcard round
Top 10
15% Home final
Top 6
9% Double chance
Top 4

Mid season (Rd 10 of 23) · 5,000-season simulation · TFR noise + baseline calibration

Bogey team

Western Bulldogs

5-11 -14.6 avg margin · 16 games · Usable sample

GWS have gone 5-11 against Western Bulldogs across the last 10 seasons.