Adelaide v West Coast AFL Round 11: Live updates, SuperCoach scores, teams

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24-05-2025

Adelaide returns to home comforts to take on West Coast, a game in which the Crows' faithful will be expecting a win on Sunday.
And with good reason, because once again the Crows are a much stronger side at Adelaide Oval than it is on the road.
Matthew Nicks' squad lost no fans in their 10-point loss to Collingwood at the MCG last week, but it did not do anything to dispel one of the big knocks on the Crows in recent years – they struggle away.
Through the first 10 games of 2025, the Crows are 1-3, with the sole win a convincing one over Essendon at the MCG.
Last year it was 3-7 with wins over Carlton, North Melbourne and the Bombers outside of Adelaide, while in 2023 it was 2-8 with wins over Hawthorn and the Eagles.
Defender Mitch Hinge said he did not think the travel was contributing to the close losses away from home, including by one point to Gold Coast in round 4.
'It is probably a funny one, we look at this year and we had that really close one against Gold Coast and we see the quality of opposition they are at the moment so that's one we would have loved to steal,' he said.
'On the weekend you look at Collingwood, who are such a good side.
'Trends exist but I don't look too far back with how our form has been on the road.'
But for some Crows, the drop-off in form out of South Australia compared to games at Adelaide Oval is becoming stark.
Max Michalanney's discrepancy between home and away Champion Data rating points is 47 per cent, Alex Neal-Bullen and Mark Keane's is 30 per cent.
Isaac Cumming's rating points for away games is 28 per cent less than his ones at home, Josh Rachele 27 per cent and Rory Laird 20 per cent.
For the Crows to end their finals drought, they will be hoping these discrepancies are shortened in their away games to come.
After the Eagles on Sunday, the Crows take on Sydney at the SCG where they haven't won since 2019.
Other away games to come include Hawthorn in Launceston, Richmond at the MCG, the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium, the Eagles at Optus Stadium and North Melbourne at Marvel.
The Crows have a good opportunity to change the perception around them.
'I think we are a different side,' Hinge said.
'We are looking to win more games and I think we are in the spot to win these games, whether or not it is the away stuff I am not too sure.
'It is something we talk about, Nicksy is big on us being over there for a job and to get the four points and what are the things that you are doing personally at home or what can we do as a group to set us up well to win these games.'