WAFL Round 10 Match Preview

Swan Districts is back home to Steel Blue Oval on Saturday looking to knock off the reigning premier Subiaco and attempt to return to the WAFL's top five in the process.

The three-game winning streak of Swan Districts came to an end last week at the expense of West Perth at Joondalup which also saw the black-and-whites slip to sixth position on the WAFL ladder now coming into Round 10 of the 2022 season.

Swans are back to Steel Blue Oval on Saturday for their Round 10 match up with Subiaco with both teams looking for an important win as they attempt to break into the top five.

Swan Districts comes into the game in sixth position with a 5-4 record while Subiaco is seventh at 4-5 with both trying to chase down Peel Thunder who is in the fifth position at 5-4 just percentage in front of the Swans.

Prior to last week's narrow loss to West Perth, Swans had won their past three matches since losing to Subiaco back in Round 5 in Kalgoorlie.

Swans lost that game to the Lions by 14 points despite three goals from Chris Jones and Sam Fisher racking up 35 possessions, Jesse Turner 33, Aidan Clarke 24, Mitch Bain 20 and Tobe Watson 20.

On the back of that last meeting, Swan Districts beat South Fremantle, West Coast and Peel Thunder before last Saturday's 18-point defeat at the hands of West Perth at Joondalup.

Coming into Saturday's game at Steel Blue Oval, Subiaco has won 13 of the last 14 clashes with Swan Districts including that 14-point win in Kalgoorlie back in Round 5.

Swans did beat the Lions in Round 12 last year but prior to that it was Subiaco winning 12 in-a-row against Swan Districts by an average of 49.8 points.

That last win for Swans over Subiaco was at Leederville Oval last year as well so the last time they beat the Lions at the Bassendean venue was by a solitary point back in Round 20, 2015.

Subiaco has enjoyed their trips to Steel Blue Oval in recent times including winning on their last six visits with the last being in Round 7 last year with a narrow eight-point victory.

Scoring hasn’t been a strong suit for either team so far this season with Swans ranked seventh in attack with 72.2 points a game and Subiaco eighth at 71.2. However, the Swans back-line has been significantly better conceding just 72.0 points while the Lions have been giving up 76.4.

Breaking it down further and both teams have been strong starting sides this season. Subiaco is ranked third in first quarters over the first nine rounds and Swan Districts fourth.

Second quarters have been more of a struggle with Subiaco having been outscored by 73 points to be ranked eighth while Swans have been outscored by 102 points to be ranked second last.

Things get significantly better for the black-and-whites in third quarters where they have outscored their opponents by 81 points to be ranked second while Subiaco has struggled being outscored by 37 points to be ranked seventh.

Not much separates the two teams in last quarters with Subiaco coming in ranked fifth so far this season and Swan Districts seventh.

The day's action at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday begins with the colts match up from 9.10am with Swan Districts attempting to get off the bottom of the ladder and improve on a 2-6 record against a Subiaco team sitting third at 4-4.

The reserves match up will then bounce down at 11.40am with Swan Districts also coming into the contest with a 2-6 record ahead of taking on the 5-3 Subiaco.

Following Round 10 there will be a general bye in the WAFL competition next weekend before Swan Districts is back in action on Saturday July 9 against Perth also at Steel Blue Oval.