Match details
Port Adelaide v Melbourne, Sunday, August 22, AAMI Stadium, 12.40pm local time (1.10pm Victorian time)

Teams
Melbourne
B: Colin Garland, Matthew Warnock, Clint Bartram
HB: Cameron Bruce, James Frawley, Jared Rivers
C: Brad Green, James McDonald, Nathan Jones
HF: Jack Watts, Liam Jurrah, Colin Sylvia
F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Lynden Dunn, Jamie Bennell
FOLL: Mark Jamar, Jack Trengove, Tom Scully
I/C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Jordie McKenzie, Michael Newton
Emg: Rohan Bail, Paul Johnson, Matthew Bate
In: Moloney, Newton, Warnock, Morton
Out: Aaron Davey (leg), Joel Macdonald (ankle), Johnson, Bail

Port Adelaide
B: Paul Stewart, Alipate Carlile, Andrew Moore
HB: Nick Salter, Troy Chaplin, Danny Meyer
C: Kane Cornes, Domenic Cassisi, Travis Boak
HF: Cameron Hitchcock, Jay Schulz, David Rodan
F: Justin Westhoff, Daniel Stewart, Brett Ebert
Foll: Dean Brogan, Danyle Pearce, Robbie Gray
I/C: Matthew Broadbent, Matt Thomas, Jack Trengove, Jay Nash
Emg: Michael Pettigrew, Jason Davenport, Marlon Motlop
In: Nash, D.Stewart
Out: Tom Logan (concussion), Davenport

Media coverage
Television: Fox Sports (1pm - Melbourne LIVE), Radio: ABC, SEN

2010 form
Melbourne: LLWWWLLLWLLDLLWLWWWL
Port Adelaide: WWLLWWWLLLLLLLLLWWLW

Ladder position
Melbourne: 10th, Port Adelaide: 12th

Head-to-head
Played: 21, Melbourne: 10, Port Adelaide: 11

At this ground
Played: 12, Port Adelaide: 10, Melbourne: 2

Last time they met
Round 9, 2010: Melbourne 17.9 (111) d Port Adelaide 16.14 (110), TIO Stadium (Darwin)

Coach v coach
Dean Bailey: 0 wins, 0 losses
Matthew Primus: 0 wins, 0 losses

Milestones
James McDonald (Melbourne) - 250 matches. McDonald is due to become the seventh player in the history of the club to reach 250 games, joining David Neitz (306 games), Robert Flower (272 games), Adem Yze (271 games), Jim Stynes (264 games), Steven Febey (258 games) and Brian Dixon (252 games).

Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) - consecutive games. Kane is due to play his 170th consecutive game this week, dating back to Round 17, 2003. This will equal the tenth best streak in the game’s history, established by Marcus Ashcroft. The leading streaks in history are Jim Stynes (244 games between 1987-98), Adem Yze (226 games between 1997-2007), Adam Goodes (204 games between 1999-2007), Jack Titus (202 games between 1933-43), Brett Kirk (currently at 196 games since 2002), Jared Crouch (194 games between 1998-2006), Jock McHale (191 games between 1906-17), Andy Collins (189 games between 1988-96), Kevin Bartlett (173 games between 1975-82) and Marcus Ashcroft (170 games between 1992-2000).

Troy Chaplin (Port Adelaide) - 100 matches

Injury list
MELBOURNE
Aaron Davey (leg) - season
Max Gawn (knee) - season
Jack Grimes (hamstring) - season
Jordan Gysberts (back) - season
Neville Jetta (shoulder) - season
Stef Martin (hip) - season
John Meesen (foot) - season
Brent Moloney (quadriceps) - test
Ricky Petterd (shoulder) - season
Jake Spencer (back) - season
Luke Tapscott (shoulder) - test

Port Adelaide

Chad Cornes (finger) - season
Hamish Hartlett (quad) - season
Matt Lobbe (hamstring) - test
Steven Salopek (shoulder) - season
Jacob Surjan (knee) - season

Summary

Melbourne entered last round looking to win its fourth match in succession, after notching up four wins from five matches. It faced Hawthorn, which had come off a loss to the Sydney Swans, plus a stinging attack from its own president, Jeff Kennett. Plenty was at stake for both sides - with finals on the line. Hawthorn was expected to make finals; it was a bonus for Melbourne, considering where it had been. Internally, the Demons simply saw the Hawks as a great challenge - the Dees wanted to see where they were at against a quality outfit. And although Hawthorn got over the line by 21 points, it was a vast improvement from round one, when the brown and gold smacked Melbourne.

On this occasion, it was a competitive showing from the Demons, until the Hawks slipped away in the latter part of the final term. Although finals were all but ended for Melbourne - it remains a mathematical chance for September, although it is highly unlikely - there is another challenge now for the Dees. The first is to end almost a decade of losses at AAMI Stadium. Secondly, the Demons must give skipper James McDonald a fitting finale on the road in what will be his penultimate game for the club.

Players to watch

Melbourne - James McDonald: The next two weeks will be huge for McDonald. He has just two more games with the club, after starting way back in 1997. It will be fascinating to see the tenacious and much-admired skipper go about his business.

Hawthorn - Kane Cornes: The Power stalwart was outstanding against West Coast Eagles last round, notching up 38 disposals - his best effort since accumulating 39 touches in round one this year.

Leading disposal winners so far in 2010
Melbourne: Cameron Bruce (449)
Port Adelaide: Kane Cornes (555)

Leading goalkickers so far in 2010
Melbourne: Brad Green (49)
Port Adelaide: Brett Ebert (30)

How’s stat?
Melbourne has lost its past 14 matches at AAMI Stadium.

Memorable match
Round 9, 2010: Melbourne 17.9 (111) d Port Adelaide 16.14 (110), TIO Stadium (Darwin)

The last time the two sides met was Melbourne won in thrilling fashion. It held on for a one-point victory after the Power mounted a serious comeback. Brad Miller, playing his first match since round one, booted five goals. Speedster Jamie Bennell booted four goals and Brad Green kicked three in a nail-biter.

Foot in both camps
Matthew Bishop, Brent Heaver, Peter Walsh, Byron Pickett, Dean Bailey, Peter Rohde, Josh Mahoney

What Dean says …
“A couple of [Hawthorn’s] clearances were quite good [last round] and they were certainly inside some of our guys so we’ll look at the tape and analyse that. That will be something that we’ll talk about to make sure that it doesn’t happen again next week [against Port Adelaide].”

Key Melbourne question
Can Melbourne end its South Australian hoodoo with its first win at AAMI Stadium since round two 2001 and its first win over Port Adelaide at the venue since round eight, 2000?