ESSENDON v PORT ADELAIDE

Venue Telstra Dome Date Sunday, May 4
Time 4.40pm
Head to head Essendon 6 Port Adelaide 11 Drawn 0
Last time Port Adelaide 19.12 (126) bt Essendon 13.17 (95) R12, 
2007, AAMI Stadium
Betting TABSportsbet: Essendon $3.25 Port Adelaide $1.30 Centrebet: Essendon $2.97 Port Adelaide $1.40

ESSENDON
B: Bachar Houli, Mal Michael, David Myers
HB: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Patrick Ryder, Ricky Dyson
C: Jarrod Atkinson, Jobe Watson, Henry Slattery
HF: Andrew Welsh, Adam McPhee, Darcy Daniher
F: Tom Hislop, Matthew Lloyd, Andrew Lovett
Foll: David Hille, Brent Stanton, Leroy Jetta
I/C (from): Tom Bellchambers, Courtney Johns, Jason Johnson, Angus Monfries, Jay Nash, Jay Neagle, Tayte Pears
In: Atkinson, Bellchambers, Hislop, Jetta, Johnson, Myers, Neagle
Out: Fletcher (groin), Laycock, Ramanauskas (virus), Reimers (foot), Winderlich (groin)

PORT ADELAIDE
B: Michael Pettigrew, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
HB: Peter Burgoyne, Toby Thurstans, Dom Cassisi
C: Travis Boak, Adam Thomson, Kane Cornes
HF: David Rodan, Warren Tredrea, Brett Ebert
F: Daniel Motlop, Justin Westhoff, Brendon Lade
Foll: Dean Brogan, Steven Salopek, Shaun Burgoyne
I/C (from): Paul Stewart, Danyle Pearce, Troy Chaplin, Tom Logan, Nathan Lonie, Nick Lower, Robbie Gray
In: Gray, Stewart, Lower, Lonie
Out: Chad Cornes (suspended)

Summary After spending the early part of the season in hibernation, the Power are starting to stir. Two wins on end contrast with three losses for the Bombers. Port were impressive in holding out St Kilda last week and are poised to capitalise this week against a side which showed little spirit against Collingwood. But they will miss the irreplacable Chad Cornes (broken hand). With 14 players unavailable due to illness or injury, Matthew Knights has gone all out for youth and will hand debuts to three players - father-son selection Darcy Daniher, first-round draft pick David Myers and mature-age rookie Jarrod Atkinson.

Key Experience. Port have it. The Bombers don't.

Tip Port Adelaide by 20 points.