Geelong was in the match until the dying minutes of the match, when the Dockers slammed on four quick goals to claim the match by 26 points.
"We're looking forward to it because we felt we played pretty well in Perth and never got the points. We really did challenge them after they broke away with a pretty good start. I think the players are looking forward to playing Fremantle," Cats coach Mark Thompson said on Wednesday.
Geelong, which now has a top four finish in its sites after equalling Brisbane in its number of wins last weekend, play the Dockers, Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, and Hawthorn at the hostile Skilled Stadium in its remaining three scheduled matches.
Thompson believes the home ground advantage is of particular worth against the Perth teams.
"We're just hard to play against at this ground. It's quite different, it's quite narrow and if they've played a lot of games at Subi, which is a lot wider than this ground, they tend to struggle a little bit when they're here, the Perth sides," he said.
Fremantle has not won in seven attempts at Geelong's home ground, but has an admirable travelling record this season, but has won four from five in Victoria. The Cats' travelling form has been equally poor, and they will attempt to win their first interstate game for 2004 in a meeting with Adelaide next week.
Meanwhile, defender Brenton Sanderson is set to return to the side after recovering from a knee complaint and training with his teammates on Wednesday. David Wojcinski (groin) did not partake in the session, but completed his work in the pool. Paul Chapman, who wore sandshoes during training, and Cameron Mooney both left the track after approximately 30 minutes.
And it would appear David Spriggs' plight to crack the senior line-up will be circumvented again in round 20. The midfielder who has been named as an emergency for countless weeks, ran laps of Skilled Stadium while his teammates trained on Wednesday.
