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SUMMARY
This will be the Fremantle Dockers' final game at Domain Stadium before moving to the new Perth Stadium in 2018. Fremantle has lost nine of their past 11 games but the long-awaited debut of star Harley Bennell could give them a lift. The Tigers were disappointing against Geelong last Saturday and may need to win their final two games to keep their top-four spot. Richmond has a strong recent record in Perth, and will be searching for a fifth win from six visits. If it transpires, the midfield battle between raging Brownlow Medal favourite Dustin Martin and 2015 winner Nat Fyfe could be worth the price of admission alone.
WHERE AND WHEN: Domain Stadium, Sunday 20 August, 2.40pm AWST
TV AND RADIO: Click here for broadcast guide
LAST FIVE TIMES
R8, 2017, Fremantle 10.12 (72) d Richmond 10.10 (70) at the MCG
R9, 2016, Richmond 11.17 (83) d Fremantle 6.9 (45) at Domain Stadium
R17, 2015, Fremantle 12.10 (82) d Richmond 10.18 (78) at the MCG
R10, 2015, Richmond 15.7 (97) d Fremantle 10.10 (70) at Domain Stadium
R13, 2014, Fremantle 16.9 (105) d Richmond 12.13 (85) at the MCG
THE FIVE POINTS
1. This will be Fremantle's final game at Domain Stadium, where the club has notched 152 wins and 112 losses. Richmond has played at the venue 34 times for 11 wins, including four of their last five.
2. The Tigers will want revenge for a heartbreaking loss in round eight. The Freo Dockers led by 30 points at three-quarter time in round eight at the MCG before Richmond hit the front, but David Mundy's goal after the final siren got Freo home.
3. Fremantle and Richmond meet for the 35th time, and the Tigers hold a narrow advantage winning 18 games to 16. Since 2013 it's four wins to three in Fremantle’s favour.
4. Richmond's defence has stood tall this season and averages only 77 points against per game (AFL No.2).
5. The midfield battle should be a cracker. Richmond stars Dustin Martin (second overall in the Schick AFL Player Ratings) and Trent Cotchin (15th) going head-to-head with Lachie Neale (11th) and Nat Fyfe (67th) could be pivotal to the outcome.