Game day has arrived with the Cats to face the Crows at Adelaide Oval from 1.05pm AEST today.

Geelong has played some brilliant football in recent weeks and are chasing their fourth consecutive win after defeating Port Adelaide, St Kilda and North Melbourne in recent weeks.

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Their opponent Adelaide are still in pursuit of their first victory of the season, but will no doubt have a bit more hunger this week with Taylor Walker set to play his 200th game.

How the teams stack up

Disposals: Geelong (3rd) v Adelaide (18th)
Centre Clearances: Geelong (2nd) v Adelaide (18th)
Stoppage Clearances: Geelong (2nd) v Adelaide (15th)
Marks Inside 50: Geelong (1st) v Adelaide (18th)
Highest Scoring: Geelong (1st) v Adelaide (18th)
Hit Outs: Geelong (13th) v Adelaide (8th)
Tackles: Geelong (5th) v Adelaide (4th)

Team Changes

Geelong has made five changes with Luke Dahlhaus named to play his first game since Round 7. Esava Ratugolea, Jack Steven, Jordan Clark and Brad Close also get an opportunity this week.

Captain Joel Selwood, Zach Tuohy and Sam Simpson miss through injury, Harry Taylor has been managed and Lachie Fogarty omitted.

Adelaide has made four changes with Darcy Fogarty, Chayce Jones, Ben Crocker and debutant Jordan Butts coming into the side this week.

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Key Matchup

Mark Blicavs v Taylor Walker

After being used up the ground in recent weeks Mark Blicavs has been named to start at centre half back and a likely opponent for star Crows forward Taylor Walker who will be playing his 200th game.

Walker may not of reached the heights of previous years, but he’s a barometer for his side and has been the Crows most dangerous forward this year kicking 11 goals.

Blicavs is having an outstanding year and will be looking to continue his hot streak after being named in Geelong’s best two games in a row.

Prediction: Tom Hawkins to kick another bag of five goals