Goal-by-goal report: The Cats and Lions meet at the MCG with a place in the AFL grand final up for grabs. Join Craig Little for updates
Geelong Cats host Brisbane Lions in a 2024 AFL preliminary final at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. Follow for live updates and scores. Start time is 5:15pm AEST.Geelong Cats host Brisbane Lions in a 2024 AFL preliminary final at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. Follow for live updates and scores. Start time is 5:15pm AEST.Brisbane is the first team to run onto the MCG and if the response is anything to go by, we have a largely partisan Cats crowd here today.
The Cats enter this win-or-go-home game with a week’s rest after blowing Port Adelaide’s doors off in the Qualifying Final. Brisbane, on the other hand, had to come back from seven-goals-and-interest down last week to win in their Semi-Final against GWS. Both sides come into this game with a similar rich vein of form, winning eight out of their past ten games. Courtesy of the proliferation of online gaming promotions – the true weeds of the advertising garden – it appears that it is Geelong is a slight favourite, perhaps courtesy of the aforementioned week’s rest.
Those using history as a guide will also tend to lean towards the Cats, with Geelong having won both times these teams have met in a Preliminary Final . It is 20 years since the Lions last took the honours in a final between these sides.One thing Brisbane will need in its favour is accuracy in front of goal, particularly up against an opponent averaging 94 points per game this season .
One thing for sure is that with Jeremy Cameron and Joe Daniher at either end of the ground, it’s a game that’s bound to be entertaining.
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