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Geelong and Brisbane: Comparison of all matches played plus last 200, 100, 50, 25, and 10 .
(Back from round 1 2014.)



Geelong played for premiership points in Queensland 35 years before any Bears or Lions did. In round 8, 1952 Geelong played Essendon under lights at the Brisbane exhibition ground.

Geelong and Brisbane have met most often in rounds 6, 13 and 15 (4 matches in each). 2014 will be the second time the two have played in round 2. The previous meeting in round 2 was their first in 1987 - Geelong 19.17-131 vs Brisbane 23.12-150. Brisbane had previously defeated Nth Melbourne in round 1 at the MCG, but were not to win consecutive matches again in Victoria until rounds 16 and 18, 1996.

Geelong lost their first 2 matches against Brisbane in 1987.  The Cats then won 10 of the next 12 matches 1988-1995. Then after the only drawn match between the two in round 10 1996, Geelong only won one (round 13 2004 at Kardinia Park) of the next 13 matches against the Lions to the end of 2005. Since then Geelong have won 11 of 13 matches played against Brisbane.

All of Geelong vs Brisbane matches have been played on either Saturday (26) or Sunday (15). Geelong have won 14 and drawn one of the Saturday matches and won 8 of those played on Sunday.

Geelong have won 12 and drawn 1 of 21 matches in Victoria  vs. Brisbane.

Brisbane won 5 consecutive matches at Kardinia Park 1996-2003 and Geelong have won the last 7 encounters there against the Lions 2004-2013.

Geelong have won 10 and lost 10 vs Brisbane in Queensland - 3 wins from 5 matches at Carrara and 7 wins from 15 matches at the Gabba.

 Geelong's most consecutive wins against Brisbane at the Gabba are 3 - 2010-2012. Brisbane won 6 consecutive at the Gabba 1997-2005.

 Now that Football Park in Adelaide is gone, of venues that Geelong has played more than a couple of matches at since 1991, their lowest match/win% is at the Gabba (46.7%). Next lowest: 52.6% at the SCG.

Should Geelong lose to Brisbane, they will join Richmond on 8 wins and 8 loses from matches against Brisbane at the Gabba. (Only West Coast has a lower match/win percentage (47.06%) from matches at the Gabba vs Brisbane.)

Geelong's biggest win at the Gabba: 102 points - 27.28-190 vs Brisbane 12.16-88, round 4, 1991.

Geelong's biggest loss at the Gabba: 69 points - 6.11-47 vs Brisbane 17.14-116, round 13 2005.

 In all matches played at Carrara (including against Gold Coast at the rebuilt stadium), Brisbane have a match/win% of 37.1. At Kardinia Park, Brisbane's match/win% is currently 37.5%.

In the last 10 seasons, Geelong's average winning margin in their 12 wins vs Brisbane has been 45.4 points and their average losing margin in their 4 losses has been 31.5 points.

 In 4 matches 1991-2 Geelong scored 111.73-739 to Brisbane 40.39-279 for an average winning margin of 115 points. In the two matches in 1992, Geelong scored 60.30-390 to Brisbane 20.13-133.

The only time Geelong has won consecutive matches against Brisbane in all 4 quarters was in rounds 8 and 17 2010. Geelong have lost consecutive matches in all 4 quarters to Brisbane only once, round 9 1999 and round 15 2000.

Geelong won four consecutive matches by 40 points or more against Brisbane 1988-1990 and 1991-92. They  lost six consecutive matches by 40 points or more to the Lions 1999-2002.

Matches decided by under one goal: 3: Geelong two wins by a point (1993 and 2013) and one loss by five points (2013).

The last time that Brisbane "kicked the sweep" (highest score of a round of matches) was round 8, 2009, equal with Geelong 18.11-119. Since then, Geelong and Hawthorn have each kicked the sweep 13 times.

Geelong and Brisbane have each scored 21 centuries against each other, 7 in the same match. The only time Geelong has come from behind at 3/4 time to defeat Brisbane was in round 3 2011, trailed by 3 points and won 20.13-133 vs 15.14-104.

The only time Brisbane has come from behind at 3/4 time to defeat Geelong was in round 17 2013.  The 38 point lead at 3/4 time in this match at the Gabba is the biggest in a match lost by Geelong. Next biggest: 36 points, round 10 2006 vs. West Coast (lost by 3) and 32 points, round 5 1989 vs Fitzroy (lost by 1 point).

Geelong have played 29 home and away matches against Brisbane when they were placed higher on the ladder than Brisbane. Geelong won 20 of them (68.97%).

Geelong have played 10 home and away matches against Brisbane when they were placed lower on the ladder than Brisbane. Geelong won 1 and drew 1 of them (15.0%).

The highest home and away attendance for a Geelong and Brisbane match is 34,274 in round 15 2009 at the Gabba. Highest at Geelong is 27,467 round 23 2013.

The attendance of 55,768 at the Brisbane vs Geelong 2004 Preliminary Final was lowest for a preliminary final at the MCG since 50,985 saw Geelong vs Melbourne in 1954.

No preliminary final since 1931 has had smaller quarter margins than the Brisbane vs Geelong match in 2004 - each quarter won by under 6 points.

The Geelong player with the most matches played against Brisbane is Joel Corey - 20. Current most: Corey Enright 19.

Most goals for Geelong vs Brisbane: Gary Ablett Snr. 67. Current: Steve Johnson 37.

Most individual goals for Geelong in a match vs Brisbane: Gary Ablett Snr. 11 round 10 1988 at Carrara and Billy Brownless 11 round 4 1991 at the Gabba.

   Most wins played in against Brisbane: Paul Chapman and Andrew Mackie 12.

   Highest winning percentage (10 games or more): Andrew Mackie 92.31%. (12/13).

   Most losses played in against Brisbane: Ben Graham 11.

   Lowest winning percentage (10 games or more): Brenton Sanderson 19.23% (2 wins and a draw in 13 matches.)

    Most matches played - all wins: Travis Varcoe 7.

   Most matches played - all losses: David Clarke 8.