Despite Steven May being out of the side and the game being in South Australia, Kane Cornes is tipping Melbourne to beat Port Adelaide on Saturday night.
The Power great feels the Dees, who smashed Hawthorn last week, beat the Bulldogs in Round 1 and lost to Sydney in Opening Round, take better form into the matchup.
Port has beaten West Coast and Richmond comfortably in successive weeks, two teams expected to be out of finals contention.
“My tipping was poor last year because I tried to be too cute with it,” Cornes told SEN’s Sportsday.
“I tried to pick upsets or think that a team was due for a win or due for a loss.
“This year, I’m just going to go with the team that is in better form.
“I think Melbourne are in far superior form than Port Adelaide. Albeit, Port has played West Coast and Richmond.
“I just don’t see too many holes in Melbourne’s side at the moment.”
Port Adelaide has recalled Jed McEntee for the game, with Dylan Williams making way.
