Match details
Hawthorn v Melbourne, Sunday, August 15, MCG, 2.10pm

Teams

Melbourne
B: Colin Garland, Jared Rivers, Clint Bartram
HB: Joel Macdonald, James Frawley, Rohan Bail
C: Tom Scully, James McDonald, Cameron Bruce 
HF: Jamie Bennell, Jack Watts, Austin Wonaeamirri 
F: Liam Jurrah, Brad Green, Colin Sylvia 
FOLL: Mark Jamar, Lynden Dunn, Aaron Davey
I/C (from): Jordie McKenzie, Nathan Jones, Jack Trengove, Brad Miller, Matthew Warnock, Paul Johnson, Cale Morton
In: Miller, Warnock, Morton     
Out: - 

Hawthorn
B: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Thomas Murphy
HB: Ben Stratton, Josh Gibson, Grant Birchall
C: Chance Bateman, Sam Mitchell, Rhan Hooper
HF: Jordan Lewis, Lance Franklin, Shaun Burgoyne
F: Michael Osborne, Jarryd Roughead, Wayde Skipper
Foll: Brent Renouf, Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell
I/C (from): Campbell Brown, Xavier Ellis, Rick Ladson, Jarryd Morton, Garry Moss, Carl Peterson, Brendan Whitecross
In: Skipper, Brown, Hooper, Morton, Whitecross, Peterson
Out: Clinton Young (soreness), Simon Taylor, Matt Suckling

Media coverage
Television: Channel 7 (Melbourne, 3.00pm - One hour delay); Radio: Triple M, 3AW

2010 form

Melbourne: LLWWWLLLWLLDLLWLWWW
Hawthorn: WLLLLLLWWWWWWWLWDLL

Ladder position
Hawthorn: 8th, Melbourne: 10th

Head-to-head
Played: 151, Hawthorn: 77, Melbourne: 74

At this ground
Played: 71, Hawthorn: 36, Melbourne: 35

Last time they met
Round 1, 2010: Hawthorn 17.15 (117) d Melbourne 8.13 (61), MCG

Coach v coach
Alastair Clarkson: 4 wins, 0 losses
Dean Bailey: 0 wins, 4 losses

Injury list
Melbourne
Max Gawn (knee) - season
Jack Grimes (hamstring) - test
Jordan Gysberts (back) - indefinite
Danny Hughes (ankle) - test
Neville Jetta (shoulder) - season
Stef Martin (hip) - season
John Meesen (foot) - season
Brent Moloney (quad) - 1 week
Ricky Petterd (shoulder) - season
Jake Spencer (back) - indefinite

Hawthorn
Max Bailey (knee) - indefinite

Summary
The Demons have won four of their past five matches - their best streak under Dean Bailey. Remarkably, after 14 rounds, the Dees had just four wins and a draw to show. But wins over Essendon, Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions and Richmond, now puts Melbourne in the picture for September. The Demons enter round 20 in 10th position with 34 points and a win over the Hawks will put them level with the brown and gold. Still, the fact Melbourne has come from a dark place - winning back-to-back wooden spoons in 2008/09 - means Bailey is hellbent on winning quarters and maintaining consistency first and foremost. Understandably, the red and blue faithful is excited at the prospect of finals action, having not tasted it since 2006. The momentum is building and this Sunday’s clash against Hawthorn will be Melbourne’s biggest test this season. It’s a far cry from when the Hawks smashed the Demons in the opening round this season - arguably Melbourne’s worst performance for 2010. Yet Hawthorn’s season quickly went south when it lost six in succession, before bouncing back significantly with seven wins in a row. But just one victory and a draw from its past five matches adds further intrigue, meaning Melbourne enters this match as clearly the form team.

Players to watch

Melbourne - Lynden Dunn: Since settling back into the side, following his recall in round 12, Dunn has grown in statue. Last round against Richmond, he kicked a career-best five goals, giving him 11 majors from his past three matches.

Hawthorn - Lance Franklin: The superstar Hawk booted 4.4 in Hawthorn’s 44-point loss to Sydney Swans last round. He has now booted 48 goals for the year. His duel with in-form defenders Colin Garland or James Frawley will be intriguing.

Leading disposal winners so far in 2010
Melbourne: Cameron Bruce (423)
Hawthorn: Luke Hodge (289)

Leading goalkickers so far in 2010
Melbourne: Brad Green (47)
Hawthorn: Lance Franklin (48) 

How’s stat?
Melbourne has not defeated Hawthorn since round eight, 2006. The Demons have lost their past five encounters against the Hawks.

Memorable match
Round 9, 1926: Melbourne 21.28 (154) d Hawthorn 1.7 (13), MCG

Melbourne’s greatest winning margin occurred in this match, when the red and blue won by a whopping 141 points. It was the final in a sequence of five wins, and was said to be one of the easiest victories in Melbourne’s history. It was played on an extremely wet, muddy MCG. Harry Moyes kicked six goals and acting captain Ivor Warne-Smith controlled the entire game, as well as kicking three goals himself. For the record, Melbourne went on to win its second premiership in 1926.

Foot in both camps
Gordon Bowman, Michael Byrne, Robert Carroll, Albert Chadwick, Bert Chandler, Alastair Clarkson, Chris Connolly, Bill Deague, David Elliman, Roger Ellingworth, Ken Feltscheer, Tom Ferguson, David Flintoff, Lew Gough, Bob Herbert, Clarrie Lethlean, Les Meade, Keith Molloy, Jack O’Keefe, ‘Jack’ Pickford and Ralph Shalless

What Dean says …
“It’s clearly a very important game, absolutely. It’s going to be a great challenge for us, and if we play the way we did [last Sunday], it’s going to be a real struggle for us, because the Hawks certainly make you pay on the turnover. Eventually you like to play in as many of these types of games as you can. It’s coming to the end of the year for us, so it’s a great challenge and there’s going to be an enormous amount of pressure on us as there is the Hawks".

Key Melbourne question
Can Melbourne record its fourth win in a row, which would be a first under Dean Bailey, and keep its September flame alive?