The Eagles are hot favourites for their clash with the Magpies and there are no surprises why. Every finalist’s burning question ahead of finals week one, as well as the Fox Footy Podcast ‘Cups’, tips and commentators for every Fox Footy game in our ultimate weekly preview: The Blowtorch. Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >, Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. As I said to a good friend last night, I’m not committing to making a prediction for who wins the 2020 AFL Grand Final. Finals experience counts for a lot and even though the Saints had a taste last week, the players in the Richmond side have walked the walked on numerous occasions. See our analysis of the eight teams and four games below. Since the current finals system was introduced in 2000, it’s been pretty simple - you need to finish in the top three (not just the top four) to have a real shot at the flag. We looked at every final between teams from different states since 2000 (because a Marvel Stadium team playing at the MCG isn’t quite the same thing as an interstate side doing it). 7:55. “Why are we playing the 23 weeks? It won’t be easy but with retaliation on the cards after a first-week defeat, the Tigers should be experienced, composed and strong enough to get over the line, but not without a fight from the Saints. David King told AFL 360: “This is a fantastic opportunity for this young man to really bounce and get himself up and going. The 2020 Semi Finals are upon us after quite an extraordinary opening weekend of finals. The 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Season… a season that well and truly went off-script. This season the Eagles are ranked 12th for contested possession differential and now come up against a Collingwood side that’s ranked second in the same category. Predictions and Betting Picks for Week 1 of the 2020 AFL Finals. Not yet, at least. They’ve won their past three consecutive qualifying finals convincingly, defeating Geelong by 51 points (2017), Hawthorn by 31 (2018) and Brisbane by 47 (2019). How to watch on Fox Footy: Channel 504 from 3.30pm, hosted by Sarah Jones with Dermott Brereton, Jordan Lewis, Eddie McGuire, Alastair Lynch and Jon Ralph. There’s a similarly eerie feeling around the Bulldogs’ build-up to both the 2019 and 2020 finals series. West Coast is the not the same side that won the 2018 premiership and while they did beat Collingwood quite comfortably earlier in the year, coach Nathan Buckley is right when he acknowledges the freak nature of that clash, where just about everything went right for the Eagles and very little worked for the Pies. In his past five games against the Lions, Martin has kicked 16 goals — including two hauls of six — and averaged 23.2 disposals, 12.2 contested possessions and 7.1 inside 50s. This win led to the Power finishing the season with an impressive 14-3 record, the team’s only losses coming at the hands of Brisbane, St Kilda and Geelong. If the Tigers bring in both Prestia and Shai Bolton, which is expected, they will need to make a decision on two players who were in the 22 that beat Adelaide in Round 18. Ratten has never lost a game as coach against Damien Hardwick, winning all seven previous meetings. We’ve had as many teams play four finals in the last four years (Bulldogs 2016, Swans 2016, Magpies 2018, Giants 2019) as we did in the previous 16 seasons. But Stephenson has been a crucial contributor for the Pies in their past two finals campaigns, booting at least one goal in five of his six finals. Reigning premiers Richmond meet St Kilda, who last week broke a decade-long finals drought, while Geelong and Collingwood clash in an intriguing battle of finals regulars. Overall prediction: Western Bulldogs by 7 points. Home & Away finishing position of AFL Grand Finalists and premiers (since pre-finals bye introduced). All times AEST . They’re well placed to blunt Nathan Buckley’s side and silence their critics, which have only grown since their Qualifying Final loss a week ago. As long as the Bulldogs keep control of the ball and don’t allow St Kilda to hurt them off mass turnovers, they should have the firepower to overwhelm the Saints. St Kilda will look to carry the momentum from their final round win over GWS into Saturday's Elimination Final showdown against the Western Bulldogs. How to watch on Fox Footy: Channel 504 from 7pm, hosted by Sarah Jones with Jason Dunstall, Nick Riewoldt, Eddie McGuire, Alastair Lynch and Jon Ralph (followed by First Crack with Kath Loughnan, David King and Nick Dal Santo). But Saturday night’s do-or-die Semi Final against Collingwood at the Gabba is the perfect opportunity for them bounce back and perform on the big stage. They were unable to gain any sort of ascendency from defence, where plenty of their attacks begin, so trying to wrestle control from that position is likely to be a major focus. Qualifying final winner - 28 (12 premiers), Qualifying final loser or bottom half of the eight team - 4 (four premiers), Winners of preliminary finals (since pre-finals bye introduced), Well rested (had pre-finals bye AND post-qualifying final bye) - 4 (three premiers), Not rested (had pre-finals bye then two consecutive finals) - 4 (one premier). Based on this it would be a big surprise if at least one of the Power or Lions didn’t make the preliminary finals. The 2020 Australian Football League finals series will be the 124th annual edition of the VFL/AFL finals series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2020 AFL premiership season. The 2020 Semi Finals are upon us after quite an extraordinary opening weekend of finals.

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