Round 19

Port Adelaide 15th • 6-11
vs
Fremantle 1st • 15-2

Adelaide Oval  ·  Sat 18 Jul, 12:45 PM ACST

Recommendation

Fremantle  88%

High

Margin: ~66 pts (31–101)

AI edge AI agrees Multi Factor

Leans Fremantle  ·  High

Depleted Power missing Horne-Francis, Butters, Georgiades and Rozee makes blowout likely

Port Adelaide lose four A-graders (Horne-Francis suspended, Butters, Georgiades, Rozee out) against the top side. Umpire crew data adds another 3.9 pts Freo's way, pushing this past the 47.5 line.

Twelve outs and a ladder gap that wide, Dockers cruise Adelaide Oval

Fremantle sit atop the ladder at 15-2 and boast a season average margin of +30, making them comfortably the form side of the competition heading into this one. Port Adelaide, languishing in 15th at 6-11, are already under the pump and now lose key names like Jason Horne-Francis through suspension and Mitch Georgiades to injury, adding to a brutal total of 12 likely outs. The Dockers, by contrast, welcome back Hayden Young and have just two likely absentees, giving them a massive edge on the availability front. While Shai Bolton is managed out, Freo's depth and overall rating advantage dwarf anything the Power can throw at them at Adelaide Oval. Even factoring in the interstate trip, the class gap is simply too wide, and the model has the Dockers winning by around 10 goals.

Match summary

Injury · Form · Venue

Injury FRE · big edge
PORT Outs currently sit 12-2 across the two squads. FRE
Form FRE · big edge
PORT Recent margin form is running 17.8 pts better. FRE
Venue PORT · big edge
PORT true home ground · fortress edge FRE
Umpire edge FRE · solid edge
PORT Crew club residual signal 4.0 pts over 95 samples; context only. FRE
Rub of the green FRE · solid edge
PORT Fremantle +3.9 pts · PORT -2.7 · FRE +1.2 FRE
Travel PORT · solid edge
PORT interstate travel · rest differential FRE

Last time they played

R22 2025 · Adelaide Oval

Fremantle 92 def Port Adelaide 86 Fremantle by 6 Close
Relevance 46% (Low) Overlap 66% Trust: Low

Use last result: With caution

Since they last met

Team selection diff

Port 14 in · 14 out
Port moderately stronger
IN
Jase Burgoyne Logan Evans Miles Bergman Christian Moraes +10 more
OUT
Butters, Zak Jason Horne-Francis Farrell, Kane Rozee, Connor +10 more
Fremantle 4 in · 4 out
Fremantle moderately stronger
IN
Hayden Young Matthew Johnson Judd McVee Mason Cox
OUT
Bolton, Shai Corey Wagner Darcy, Sean Banfield, Bailey +3 more
Change summary
Selection Fremantle improved
Umpires Now favour Fremantle
Venue Same venue (favours Port)
Availability Favours Fremantle
Takeaway

Treat the old result cautiously because availability now favours Fremantle.

Then vs Now

Current tipping inputs against the previous meeting
Metric Trend
Power Fremantle improved
Form Port improved
Availability Fremantle improved
Market Fremantle improved

Umpire crew

Crew read

Compact historical lean by side

Rub of the green PORT -2.7 · FRE +1.2

Crew lean: Fremantle +3.9 pts

Port Adelaide Fremantle

95 combined team-specific lined samples

Weather ✓ Fine · 18.0°C · forecast Sat 18 Jul
Odds Port Adelaide: $9.50  ·  Fremantle: $1.06
Market line 47.5
Recent H2H
Port Adelaide lead the last 5 meetings 3-2 (Adel Oval: 1-1)
FRE +6
R22 2025 Adel Oval
FRE +49
R11 2025 Optus
PORT +20
R24 2024 Optus
PORT +3
R5 2024 Adel Oval
PORT +16
R23 2023 Optus

Biggest scalp

Opponent quality first; margin breaks ties.

Port Adelaide
Upset
def. Adelaide
Margin +26
Opp 5th
Round R16
Venue Adelaide Oval
Fremantle
Rated win
def. Hawthorn
Margin +15
Opp 3rd
Round R9
Venue Optus Stadium

Injury / Availability

Port Adelaide more affected by availability this week

Port Adelaide 12 out · 1 test
Major
Impact 22.7 pts Rating +1.3→-1.6
Out Jason Horne-Francis
Out Kane Farrell
Unavailable Zak Butters
Test Tom Cochrane
Fremantle 2 out · 1 test
Minor
Impact 2.8 pts ±0.6 Rating +4.4→+4.0
Out Charlie Nicholls
Out Sam Sturt
Test Corey Wagner
Injury list
Port Adelaide
Unavailable
Zak Butters indefinite · Key out · 2.35 pts risk
Unavailable
Connor Rozee season · Key out · 1.87 pts risk
Unavailable
Jack Lukosius indefinite · Key out · 1.30 pts risk
Unavailable
Sam Powell-Pepper season · Key out · 0.87 pts risk
Unavailable
Esava Ratugolea season · Key out · 0.33 pts risk
Unavailable
Ewan Mackinlay season
Unavailable
Josh Sinn season
Unavailable
Mani Liddy season
Unavailable
Ollie Lord season
Out
Jason Horne-Francis 3+ weeks · Key out · 2.84 pts risk
Out
Kane Farrell injured · Key out · 2.51 pts risk
Out
Mitch Georgiades injured · Key out · 1.15 pts risk
Test
Tom Cochrane Test / uncertain
Fremantle
Out
Charlie Nicholls 3+ weeks
Out
Sam Sturt 3+ weeks
Test
Corey Wagner Test / uncertain · 1.63 pts risk

Venue performance

Adelaide Oval

Metric PORT FRE
Win rate 61% 33%
Avg margin +13 -27

Based on 161 completed games at Adelaide Oval

Season performance

Metric PORT FRE
Record 6-11 15-2
Avg margin +1 +30
True Form score -9.4 +16.4
Form heat Building Hot
Model Power +1.3 +4.4
Schedule Difficulty Average draw Average draw
Upset win % 20% 50%
Win % vs top 8 17% 100%
Home win % vs interstate 38% 100%
Road win % vs interstate 29% 75%

Season trend

Ladder, true form, model power and injury by round

Rounds 1-18

Ladder trend

After each completed round

1 10 18 Port Adelaide · After R1 lost to North Melbourne 67-113 (-46) · Ladder 16th Port Adelaide · After R2 beat Essendon 133-70 (+63) · Ladder 7th Port Adelaide · After R3 lost to West Coast 90-92 (-2) · Ladder 11th Port Adelaide · After R4 beat Richmond 90-48 (+42) · Ladder 8th Port Adelaide · After R5 lost to St Kilda 67-81 (-14) · Ladder 10th Port Adelaide · After R6 lost to Hawthorn 86-89 (-3) · Ladder 12th Port Adelaide · After R7 beat Geelong 95-65 (+30) · Ladder 11th Port Adelaide · After R8 lost to Adelaide 75-76 (-1) · Ladder 13th Port Adelaide · After R9 lost to Western Bulldogs 72-74 (-2) · Ladder 14th Port Adelaide · After R10 lost to Gold Coast 73-98 (-25) · Ladder 14th Port Adelaide · After R11 lost to Carlton 58-92 (-34) · Ladder 14th Port Adelaide · After R13 beat West Coast 77-71 (+6) · Ladder 15th Port Adelaide · After R14 lost to Sydney 90-93 (-3) · Ladder 15th Port Adelaide · After R15 lost to Collingwood 51-78 (-27) · Ladder 15th Port Adelaide · After R16 beat Adelaide 97-71 (+26) · Ladder 15th Port Adelaide · After R17 beat North Melbourne 73-52 (+21) · Ladder 15th Port Adelaide · After R18 lost to St Kilda 73-87 (-14) · Ladder 15th Fremantle · After R1 lost to Geelong 100-110 (-10) · Ladder 13th Fremantle · After R2 beat Melbourne 118-70 (+48) · Ladder 5th Fremantle · After R3 beat Richmond 103-43 (+60) · Ladder 3rd Fremantle · After R4 beat Adelaide 78-76 (+2) · Ladder 4th Fremantle · After R5 beat Collingwood 45-39 (+6) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R6 beat West Coast 97-41 (+56) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R7 beat Carlton 103-89 (+14) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R8 beat Western Bulldogs 114-102 (+12) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R9 beat Hawthorn 88-73 (+15) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R10 beat Essendon 104-61 (+43) · Ladder 2nd Fremantle · After R11 beat St Kilda 104-74 (+30) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R12 beat Brisbane Lions 103-78 (+25) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R13 beat North Melbourne 155-31 (+124) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R15 beat Geelong 99-90 (+9) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R16 beat Gold Coast 80-29 (+51) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R17 lost to GWS 88-109 (-21) · Ladder 1st Fremantle · After R18 beat Sydney 111-73 (+38) · Ladder 1st Fremantle 1st Port Adelaide 15th R1 R5 R9 R14 R18

Season to date

L
vs St Kilda -14 · R18 Marvel
W
vs North Melbourne +21 · R17 Adel Oval
W
vs Adelaide +26 · R16 Adel Oval
L
vs Collingwood -27 · R15 MCG
L
vs Sydney -3 · R14 Adel Oval
12 older results
W
vs West Coast +6 · R13 Optus
L
vs Carlton -34 · R11 Adel Oval
L
vs Gold Coast -25 · R10 TIO
L
vs Western Bulldogs -2 · R9 Adel Oval
L
vs Adelaide -1 · R8 Adel Oval
W
vs Geelong +30 · R7 Adel Oval
L
vs Hawthorn -3 · R6 Marvel
L
vs St Kilda -14 · R5 Adel Oval
W
vs Richmond +42 · R4 MCG
L
vs West Coast -2 · R3 Adel Oval
W
vs Essendon +63 · R2 Adel Oval
L
vs North Melbourne -46 · R1 Marvel
W
vs Sydney +38 · R18 Optus
L
vs GWS -21 · R17 Manuka Oval
W
vs Gold Coast +51 · R16 Optus
W
vs Geelong +9 · R15 Optus
W
vs North Melbourne +124 · R13 Hands Oval
12 older results
W
vs Brisbane Lions +25 · R12 Gabba
W
vs St Kilda +30 · R11 Optus
W
vs Essendon +43 · R10 MCG
W
vs Hawthorn +15 · R9 Optus
W
vs Western Bulldogs +12 · R8 Marvel
W
vs Carlton +14 · R7 Optus
W
vs West Coast +56 · R6 Optus
W
vs Collingwood +6 · R5 Adel Oval
W
vs Adelaide +2 · R4 Adel Oval
W
vs Richmond +60 · R3 Optus
W
vs Melbourne +48 · R2 Optus
L
vs Geelong -10 · R1 Kardinia

Team selection

Official AFL team sheet · updated Friday Jul 17, 2026

Port Adelaide

FB [32] Harrison Ramm, [25] Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, [14] Miles Bergman
HB [33] Darcy Byrne-Jones, [21] Aliir Aliir, [34] Lachie Jones
C [11] Christian Moraes, [35] Joe Richards, [7] Jase Burgoyne
HF [46] Xavier Bamert, [4] Todd Marshall, [5] Joe Berry
FF [44] Corey Durdin, [17] Jack Whitlock, [3] Jackson Mead
FOL [24] Jordon Sweet, [16] Ollie Wines, [28] Willem Drew
IC [39] Mitch Zadow, [22] Logan Evans, [43] Josh Lai, [41] Balyn O'Brien, [38] Dante Visentini
EMG [15] Jacob Wehr, [47] Alex Van Wyk, [37] Jack Watkins
[32] Harrison Ramm, [25] Brandon Zerk-Thatcher, [11] Christian Moraes, [4] Todd Marshall, [39] Mitch Zadow, [41] Balyn O'Brien
Jack Lukosius - Injured, Jason Horne-Francis - Suspension, Mitch Georgiades - Injured, Zak Butters - Injured, [15] Jacob Wehr - Omitted, Kane Farrell - Injured
[41] Balyn O'Brien - Debut game

Fremantle

FB [36] Brennan Cox, [25] Alex Pearce, [5] Heath Chapman
HB [6] Jordan Clark, [13] Luke Ryan, [23] Karl Worner
C [28] Neil Erasmus, [8] Andrew Brayshaw, [30] Nathan O'Driscoll
HF [16] Murphy Reid, [32] Michael Frederick, [39] Sam Switkowski
FF [20] Patrick Voss, [24] Jye Amiss, [35] Josh Treacy
FOL [9] Luke Jackson, [3] Caleb Serong, [26] Hayden Young
IC [17] Judd McVee, [44] Matthew Johnson, [43] Isaiah Dudley, [2] Jaeger O'Meara, [18] Mason Cox
EMG [21] Oscar McDonald, [31] Brandon Walker, [45] Christopher Scerri
[26] Hayden Young
Shai Bolton - Managed
[36] Brennan Cox - 150th game, [18] Mason Cox - 150th game