Footy Form Guide, Round 22, 2007

Melbourne v Carlton,
Sunday September 2, MCG, 5.10 AEST

Reduced to a farce, with the Demons likely winners.

Sports Acumen Odds and Markets

Fixed Odds

Spreads

 

To
Win

Line @
$1.90

Margin
1-39

Margin
40+

Draw

Supremacy

Melbourne

1.34

x

x

x

61.00

x

Carlton

3.30

½

x

x

x

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The Last Five

Year

Round

Venue

Melb
1/2 Score

Carl
1/2 score

1/2 margin

Melb
score

Carl
Score

Full Time Margin

Combined
total score

2007

14

MCG

58

55

3

124

101

23

225

2006

18

TD

32

47

-15

73

80

-7

153

2006

1

TD

33

43

-10

72

93

-21

165

2005

9

Optus

73

46

27

110

92

18

202

2004

21

Optus

33

45

-12

62

93

-31

155

   

The Teams

 


MELBOURNE
Backs: Carroll Ferguson Brown
Half-backs: Bizzell Miller Bruce
Centres: Green McDonald Johnstone
Half-forwards: Pickett Robertson Dunn
Forwards: Bate Newton Bode
Followers: White McLean Jones
Interchange: From: C Johnson Ward P Johnson Jamar Wheatley Garland Buckley
In: McDonald Bate Bizzell Wheatley Garland
Out: Neitz (knee) Sylvia (hip)

CARLTON
Backs: Jamison S O'hAilpin Bower
Half-backs: Scotland Austin Walker
Centres: Murphy Bentick Jackson
Half-forwards: Simpson Kennedy Waite
Forwards: Carrazzo Whitnall Hampson
Followers: Ackland Houlihan Gibbs
Interchange: From: Bannister Betts Blackwell Grigg Russell Saddington Wiggins
In: Austin Blackwell Houlihan Wiggins
Out: Fisher (knee)
New: Mark Austin, 18, Glenelg (SA)

The Melbourne Missing
Clint Bartram
(23 games, 6 goals)
Daniel Bell
(45 games, 1 goals)
Aaron Davey
(82 games, 119 goals)
James Frawley
(9 games, 0 goals)
Simon Godfrey
(105 games, 23 goals)
Ben Holland
(189 games, 175 goals)
Brent Moloney
(61 games, 14 goals)
David Neitz
(301 games, 628 goals)
Ricky Pettard
(9 games, 6 goals)
Jared Rivers
(64 games, 4 goals)
Colin Syliva
(52 games, 31 goals)
Adem Yze
(264 games, 229 goals)

Club Suspension
Daniel Hayes

(0 games, 0 goals)

The Carlton Missing
Joe Anderson
(5 games, 0 goals)
Brendan Fevola
(142 games, 387 goals)
Brad Fisher
(70 games, 93 goals)
Shaun Grigg
(3 games, 0 goals)
Adam Hartlett
(4 goals, 1 goal)
Josh Kennedy
(20 games, 9 goals)
Simon Wiggins
(89 games, 20 goals)

Out for Season
Cameron Cloke
(27 games, 14 goals)
Aisake O'hAilpin
(0 games, 0 goals)
Nick Stevens

(201 games, 110 goals)
Bret Thornton
(109 games, 1 goal)

Retired
Anthony Koutoufides
(278 games, 226 goals)

 

Melbourne at Telstra Dome
Won 1 of the last 8
Lost Rd 19 2007 v West Coast
Lost Rd 16 2007 v Kangaroos
Lost Rd 13 2007 v Essendon
Lost Rd 7 2007 v Western Bulldogs
Lost Rd 18 2006 v Carlton
Won Rd 12 2006 v Essendon
Lost Rd 2 2006 v Western Bulldogs
Lost Rd 1 2006 v Carlton

Carlton at Telstra Dome
Won 1 of the last 8
Lost Rd 21 2007 v Kangaroos
Lost Rd 17 2007 v St Kilda
Lost Rd 12 2007 v Hawthorn
Won Rd 11 2007 v Port Adelaide
Lost Rd 9 2007 v Adelaide
Lost Rd 6 2007 v St Kilda
Lost Rd 5 2007 v Brisbane
Lost Rd 2 2007 v Geelong

Footyratings Tip
Melbourne

Overall Record
Melbourne: 87
Carlton: 109
Drawn: 2

Record at MCG
Melbourne: 47
Carlton: 43

Coaches Head to Head
Mark Riley: 0
Brett Ratten: 0

The Last Six
Melbourne: 3
Carlton: 3

Rd 14, 2007
Melbourne 19. 10 (124) def Carlton 14. 17 (101) MCG
Rd 18 2006
Carlton 12. 8 (80) def Melbourne 10. 13 (73) Telstra Dome
Rd 1 2006

Carlton 13. 15 (93) def Melbourne 10. 12 (72) Telstra Dome
Rd 9 2005
Melbourne 15. 20 (110) def Carlton 13. 14 (92) Optus Oval
Rd 21 2004
Carlton 14. 9 (93) def Melbourne 8. 14 (62) Optus Oval
Rd 6 2004
Melbourne 25. 10 (160) def Carlton 8. 7 (55) MCG

The Form
Melbourne: Have won 4 from 21 for the season. Coming off a 59 point loss to Fremantle at Subiaco in Round 21, following an 11 point loss to Collingwood at the MCG in Round 20, and a 42 point win over the Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome in Round 19. Currently in 14th place on the ladder at 75.80%

Carlton: Have won 4 from 21 for the season. Coming off an 82 point loss to the Kangaroos at Telstra Dome in Round 21, following a 10 point loss to Essendon at the MCG in Round 20, and a 22 point loss to Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 19. Currently in 15th place on the ladder at 74.28%