Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney have played six times.

The Crows hold the advantage 5-1, but the Giants won the most recent meeting between the two teams at Spotless Stadium in Round Eight last season.

Greater Western Sydney is yet to taste victory at Adelaide Oval against either the Crows or Port.

GWS sit third on the AFL ladder with a record of seven wins and two losses. The Giants have won their last six games straight. The Crows are eighth on five wins and four losses.

Adelaide will be hoping to help GWS set a new record on Saturday night. The biggest crowd Greater Western Sydney has ever played in front of was 44,770 also at Adelaide Oval in Round Five, 2014.

Saturday night’s clash will be part of the AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round. See more stats about Adelaide’s Indigenous history

Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney are the two highest-scoring teams in the competition after nine rounds. The Crows have scored 1,017 points, while the Giants have scored 1,012.

All Australian defender Heath Shaw is critical to Greater Western Sydney’s success. Shaw, who helps set-up play from the back half, leads the AFL in rebound 50ms (76).

He ranks No.1 in the competition for kicks (212). Of Shaw’s kicks, 162 have been effective – also ranked No.1. The majority of his kicks (117) have been short. Shaw has also taken more uncontested marks (84) than any other player.

Last weekend, Shaw gained a season-high 1,094 metres – the second-highest ever meterage by a player since Champion Data started recording the statistic in 2007.

Fellow Giants backman Nathan Wilson leads the League in long kicks (62) ahead of Crow Brodie Smith (55). Wilson also ranks fifth for rebound 50ms (42).

Fifteen Crows have played every game this season – the equal-most of any Club in 2016.

Giants ruckman Shane Mumford is third for hit-outs to advantage (103). Crow Sam Jacobs is sixth.

Mumford has given away more free kicks (23) than any other player in Season 2016.

Impressive Giants tall forward Rory Lobb leads the AFL in contested marks (26).

Crows captain Taylor Walker needs only one more goal to move into outright third place on Adelaide’s all-time leading goalkicker list. Walker is currently level with Crows and AFL legend Andrew McLeod on 275 goals.

Josh Jenkins is three shy of his 150^th AFL goal, while Tom Lynch needs two more goals to reach 100 goals for the Crows.

GWS star Dylan Shiel is ranked top-10 in the League for possessions (258) and also handball receives (121).

Giants co-captain Callan Ward (116) and hard-running Crow Rory Sloane (111) are both top-15 in contested possessions this season.

Link-up forward Toby Greene is the leading score assist player (20) in the League. He also ranks equal-third for inside 50ms (47).

Adelaide has scored the second-most points from intercepts (151) this season.

The Giants have launched 24.3 per cent of their scores from forward 50m – the highest percentage of any team. In contrast, the Crows have launched only 16.3 per cent of their scores from attacking 50m – ranked bottom four.

Giants forward Jeremy Cameron is 10^th in the Coleman Medal race (21 goals) despite missing having missed the opening month of the season through suspension. Cameron has enjoyed a good battle with Adelaide’s All-Australian defender Daniel Talia over the years.

Cameron’s teammate Steve Johnson has also kicked 21 goals. Jenkins leads the way for Adelaide with 26. Eddie Betts has 22 and Walker 19.

Jenkins, Betts and Lynch each average three goals in games against the Giants.

The Crows have kicked a goal from 31.5 per cent of their forward 50m entries – ranked No.1

The slick Giants average 47.2 more disposals and 21.7 more marks than their opposition this season. They have the second-best clearance differential (9.1) of any team.