AFL live scores: Fremantle hope to secure minor premiership in Friday night blockbuster

The Crows have levelled the scores through Brayden Cook.

Freo skipper Pearce is also showing some discomfort in his strapped up knee after colliding with a teammate.

He’s staying on the field.

FRE 48, ADE 48

The Dockers had much of the play for the term but come away with only two goals to three from Adelaide.

The Crows were able to clog space in the forward line and didn’t allow their big men to take marks, instead getting the ball to ground and hunting tackles.

They were also very smart in the way they countered. The visitor’s problem is sustaining their ability to score while stopping the Dockers who only need a few metres of clean space at any given time.

Rankine has been huge with 18 touches and four clearances and his contest work has been felt in this term.

Serong leads the Dockers with 15 touches and a game-high seven clearances.

The Dockers lead the overall clearance numbers by three but are slightly behind at centre ball ups.

Brennan Cox is having a tough night for Freo, he just can’t find his footing.

Both coaches will be very pleased with how this quarter is developing.

Both defenses have managed to impose themselves and restricted the clean forward 50 entries.

It’s not half as entertaining but Nicks and Longmuir will be pleased.

The flip side for the Dockers is they are retaining possession from only 29 per cent of their inside 50 kicks and scoring from just 12.5 per cent of their entries.

FRE 35, ADE 29

The Dockers pushed to have the first goal of the term but Adelaide repelled and went end-to-end to find Rachelle.

It’s his first touch and he makes it a goal to close the margin.

FRE 35, ADE 27

The Crows started well with Freo sloppy in defence.

However, the turnaround was startling.

When the Dockers get first hands or do manage an intercept they look real hard to stop.

Amiss is towling Mark Keane up and even Serong has got in on the goalkicking act.

Young and Bolton are the leading ball winners through the middle and while Rankine has had a bit of the footy, his influence is not hurting.

Amiss missed from point blank to start the night the but now has three majors!

He popped two through from the flanks and then nails one from 35 on a slight angle.

He looks a huge issue on the lead and in the one-on-ones.

FRE 28, ADE 19

The pressure is high early and both teams are struggling to be clean at ground level.

Freo’s one major and two of Adelaide’s three have come from someone getting ba clean pick up off the ground and then being away.

Also does not help when Amiss hits the post from 13 metres out dead in front.

FRE 8, ADE 19

Laird is the unlikliest of first goal kickers and it prompts a quick meeting for the Dockers defenders.

Pearce huddles them up but it didn’t help much as the Crows go forward again and goal from the next clearance.

Fogarty on the board.

FRE 0, ADE 12

Serong to Bolton to Jackson and the Dockers are away.

The deep inside 50 is intercepted by Key but perfect start from the middle for Fremantle.

FRE 0, ADE 0

Freo have won six of the last seven outings against the Crows by an average margin of 15 points.

And earlier this year Fremantle won by two points after a super smoother from Alex Pearce who returns to the side tonight after being rested last week.