Jake Waterman closes in on 200 career goals
West Coast Eagles meet Port Adelaide at Optus Stadium, Sunday 6:10pm (AFL, Round 3). Port Adelaide have won 25 of the 42 meetings with West Coast Eagles since 1997.
The big picture
West Coast Eagles are 4–19 in AFL 2026, averaging 70.2 points for and 101.4 against.
Port Adelaide are 7–16 in AFL 2026, averaging 78.4 points for and 89 against.
Form
West Coast Eagles have won zero of their last five and most recently lost to Hawthorn 45–107.
Port Adelaide have won one of their last five and most recently beat Essendon 105–95.
West Coast Eagles have lost their last six.
Head to head
These sides have met 42 times on our records since 1997: West Coast Eagles 17, Port Adelaide 25.
Last time out (2026, Round 13), Port Adelaide won 77–71 at Optus Stadium.
Biggest margin between these two: West Coast Eagles by 117 points in 2005 (179–62).
Players to watch
For West Coast Eagles, watch Harley Reid (24.6 disposals a game, 15 goals in 2026) and Tim Kelly (24 disposals a game, 2 goals in 2026).
For Port Adelaide, watch Zak Butters (29.8 disposals a game, 5 goals in 2026) and Jason Horne-Francis (23.3 disposals a game, 27 goals in 2026).
Milestone watch
Jake Waterman is 2 goals short of 200 for their career.
At Optus Stadium
West Coast Eagles have won 4 of their last 22 at Optus Stadium.
What the numbers say
On the numbers this is too close to split.
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