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Freo the form side?
Fremantle has won six of their past seven games while Adelaide have won one of their past three.
But the Crows have been in ominous form all year and seem to have hit their straps again after an 80-point win over Brisbane in round nine.

Attack v defence
Fremantle boasts the second best defence since making significant changes after round two, conceding just 77 points per game between rounds three and nine.
On the other hand, the Crows have the most prolific forward line in the competition, averaging 122 points per game in 2017. 

How handy is Sandi?
The numbers say ‘very’.
Sandilands, who will miss the clash through injury, leads the league in hit outs and is second in hit outs to advantage. Fremantle have won just three of their past 15 games without Aaron Sandilands in the lineup.
As great as Sandilands has been, hit outs aren’t always the be all and end all. Just ask Adelaide, who lost to Melbourne in round seven despite winning the hit outs 76-29.

Griff “in”
In place of Sandilands, the experienced Jon Griffin returns in solid form from the WAFL. The former Crow has averaged 31 hit outs during six games and adds some potency up front with three goals and 14 marks from his past two Thunder appearances.
Griffin played the opening two rounds of the 2017 season as the back-up ruckman to Sandilands, averaging 13.5 hit outs and kicking a goal. Expect these hit out numbers to increase as Griffin takes on the primary ruck role with defender Michael Johnson and forward Matt Taberner working in relief.

Don’t turn it over
It’s easier said than done but Fremantle has done admirably in keeping possession, giving the ball away 617 times in 2017 (12^th in AFL) compared to Adelaide’s 676 (1^st AFL).
But Adelaide are also notorious for drawing mistakes form the opposition with 727 possession gains (1^st in AFL) while averaging 100.7 points scored per game from these turnovers (1^st in AFL).
Fremantle are less likely to snatch the ball off the opposition with 574 possession gains (17^th in AFL) and averaging 63.1 points per game from these turnovers (18^th in AFL).

Clearance kings
Expect an entertaining midfield battle with both Adelaide and Fremantle performing strongly in the clearances. Both sides average just under 39 clearances per game with Adelaide 4^th and Fremantle 5^th in the AFL.
Fremantle’s leaders at the clearance are the usual suspects in Lachie Neale (60), Nat Fyfe (49) and David Mundy (42) while Adelaide has been led by Rory Sloane (61) and Matt Crouch (55). 

Stop Sloane, stop the Crows?
When Sloane does well, so does Adelaide, with the 27-year-old averaging 29.7 possessions per game from the Crows seven wins and 14.5 possessions per game from their two losses.
Young Freo midfielder Blakely has done well in a tagging role in 2017, shutting down the likes of Melbourne’s Nathan Jones and North’s Jack Ziebell, and Sloane poses as his biggest test yet.
Against Carlton, Blakely racked up 33 possessions and seven marks, however senior coach Ross Lyon noted that his opponent Marc Murphy was free to collect 32 touches and a goal.
“I think (Blakely and Murphy) shook hands and said goodbye, its not exactly how we want him to play,” Lyon said.
“(Blakely) knows that and he was a little bit disappointed in some respects.”

Eight
Barring any late changes, Fremantle will break a record during Indigenous Round with eight indigenous players named in their starting 22.
The previous record of seven was first set by Fremantle in round seven of the 2003 season when Troy Cook, Des Headland, Jeff Farmer, Antoni Grover, Roger Hayden, Steven Koops and Dion Woods lined up against the Western Bulldogs.
Fremantle’s indigenous players in Saturday’s line-up are Danyle Pearce, Michael Johnson, Michael Walters, Stephen Hill, Bradley Hill, Joel Hamling, Jon Griffin and Brady Grey.