Geelong and Hawthorn meet this evening in the first qualifying final of the 2014 AFL season.
The teams have met twice during the regular season.
Game 1
Scores By Quarter (Geelong won 106 v 87)
Game 2
Scores By Quarter (Hawthorn won 94 v 71)
The comparative rhythm of points scoring for both teams during the whole season has been:
The performances of both teams against the season’s average winning score of 104 points and the average losing score of 69 points have been:
Geelong
Hawthorn
This a great game to start the AFL Finals. Data over the whole season suggest to me a Hawthorn win. I am mindful that both teams are great rivals with a history of very competitive games.
Photo Credits
Hawthorn v Geelong at the G (Mal Booth, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
312246866.jpg (Craig Sillitoe, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Postscript
Hawthorn did win (104 v 68).
Scores By Quarter
