LIVE AFL: Freo aiming for home scalp of sizzling Swans as both sides combat key outs

Fremantle and Sydney do battle at Optus Stadium on Friday night, with both sides compensating for the losses of key senior players .

The Dockers are catapulting from a convincing win over Richmond last Sunday, but will plan to topple the Swans without bulldozing ruckman Sean Darcy , who will miss. Meantime, the Swans are on a high of their own, coming off a smashing Sydney Derby win over arch-rivals GWS last Saturday — but they unfortunately lost reliable defender Tom McCartin to another concussion.

Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?McCartin — whose return is presently indefinite — is replaced by ex-Bomber Aaron Francis in John Longmire’s defence.On the other hand, Dockers coach Justin Longmuir made a pair of changes, welcoming back pressure forward Sam Switkowski and one-game goalkicker Patrick Voss in place of Darcy and another recent debutant in Cooper Simpson .

Sydney has won three of its past five matches against Fremantle, with the Swans winning their past two against the Dockers at Optus Stadium by an average margin of 23 points.Watch it live on Fox Sports 503, streaming on Kayo or via Hubbl, from 8:20pm AEST.

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