* Where: Adelaide Oval
* The form:
Port Adelaide (home-and-away season: second, 16 wins, 7 losses): On a six-game winning streak; just one loss in past nine games.
Geelong (home-and-away season: third, 15 wins, 8 losses): Winners in seven of their past nine matches.
* Head-to-head
Overall: Played: 42. Port 14 wins, 27 losses 1 draw
In finals: Played: 5. Port 3 wins 2 losses
Last time: Round 10, 2024: Port 15.11 (101) bt Geelong 14.11 (95) at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Last final: Qualifying final, 2021: Port 12.14 (86) bt Geelong 5.13 (43) at Adelaide Oval
* Key players:
Zak Butters (Port). The brilliant midfielder earnt his second All Australian jumper after averaging a career-high 28.7 disposals a game. Winner of the AFL Players Association's most courageous player award in the past two seasons.
Jeremy Cameron (Geelong). Booted 58 goals in the regular season to finish second in the Coleman medal. The four-time All Australian tuned up for the finals with nine goals against West Coast last start.
Miles Bergman (Port). Likely to be tasked with stopping Cameron after doing just that in round 10, when he kept the key Cat to one goal. Boasts great speed and is deceptively strong in marking contests.
Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong). Aged 34, the captain remains the Cats' premier on-baller. Peaking at the right time, evidenced by a peerless ability to win clearances (34 in the past four games) and drive inside 50 (33 in past four matches).
* The stat: Since Ken Hinkley took over as Port coach in 2013, he's beaten Geelong only four times in 15 meetings. But the victories include their past two finals encounters, in qualifying finals in 2021 and 2020.
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