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2025 AFL Rd 10 Preview – SYDNEY v CARLTON
Racing and Sports will provide analysis of games in the 2025 AFL Season.
We'll endeavour to run through the form, incorporate appropriate stats and also supply a betting prediction which won't always just be who will win.
SYDNEY v CARLTON
Friday 16 May @ SCG
This is definitely last chance saloon for the home side with implications going forward for the rest of the season so obvious.
Sydney won a lot of close games in 2024. It helped them build that buffer early in the year so by the time they hit hurdles in July/August, they were safe.
That isn't happening this time around and last week in Melbourne showed. Essendon established a 5 goal lead with one to go and yet only scored a point to end the game.
Yet 3.5 was the way the Swans came home. They really should have won. That continuity break down with the lack of forwards and injuries to key players strikes hard.
| Match | Sydney | Carlton | Ground |
| Last time they met | 17.15 [117] | 9.11 [65] | SCG |
| Last 10 matches | 6 wins | 4 wins | |
| Notes | Last 6 games have been W/L/W/L/W/L in these contests. | ||
| Last 10 SCG games it is 9/1 to Sydney. | |||
If they can get Curnow and McKay to handle the lack of a CHF structure at the SCG, they should find enjoyment.
Sydney may well be having the perfect losing season. Lose with some obvious frailties but be competitive, have the unmistaken excuse of injuries, get a high draft selection and reset after the shock of 2024.
And this is the sort of game Carlton just lose for fun. Much as they did to Adelaide recently.
But surely there is too much firepower in their forwards for the depleted Swans. So the Blues one last time even at the SCG.
Match Selection: Carlton by 16 points
Suggested Bets: Carlton @ $2.10