Teams

Richmond’s Oleg Markov, will make his senior league debut in Saturday night’s match against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.

Tiger’s Ruckman Shaun Hampson will return after a minor knee injury, while three other young players Rioli, Castagna and Liam McBean have been recalled.

Shaun Grigg will miss after suffering a knee injury.

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Form

The Tigers went down to Port Adelaide last week by 38-points but have won three of their last five.

Stats Box

Ranked eighth in average marks per game.

Ranked fifth in average hit-outs per game.

Ranked fifth in free kicks against per game.

Ranked 18^th in tackles per game.

Talking Heads

“Their contested ball, tackles, clearances, pressure, they’ve been very good all year, so, for us, we’re going to have our work cut out around the ball.

“But we have absorbed a fair bit of pressure through our midfield this year, and hoping to do the same again on Saturday night.”

“They’ve got a great mix there (in the midfield) . . . They’re really high in contested ball (numbers), they all win their own footy . . . a lot of them win clearances and (Marcus) Bontempelli has shown he can go forward and dominate as well.”

- Richmond assistant coach Brendon Lade

Last time we met

Round 2, 11 April 2015. Western Bulldogs defeated Richmond 85- 66 at the MCG. Marcus Bontempelli was outstanding with 27 touches, a game-high 10 tackles and eight inside 50s.