WHERE AND WHEN: Metricon Stadium, Saturday 30 July, 7.10pm
HEAD TO HEAD: first meeting
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A full replay will be available on afl.com.au 12 hours after the completion of the match
FORM: Gold Coast: LLLWL St Kilda: BWWWW
 
SUMMARY
The rest of the competition can hear St Kilda's footsteps. After four straight wins, the 2009 and 2010 runners-up have moved into the top eight for the first time this season.

Last Friday night's 103-point hammering of Adelaide continued a terrific form resurgence that saw them leapfrog Essendon into the eight on percentage.

Nick Riewoldt's one-match suspension means he won't return to his Gold Coast home to play the Suns, but Stephen Milne (eight goals) and Adam Schneider (five) showed there were other avenues to goal last week.

Nick Dal Santo is in great form, Brendon Goddard continues to improve, and the Saints' defence has got back to its best in recent weeks.

Gold Coast is coming off a heartening second half performance against Collingwood where they were level with the premiers after conceding a nine-goal head start in the first half.

They have struggled stringing four quarters together all season and will need to do so against the rejuvenated Saints.
 
QUESTION MARKS
Can the Saints keep rolling towards September? A win over the Suns would see them jump the Sydney Swans (bye) and move another spot up the ladder and closer to a top-six finish. This would ensure home ground advantage in the first week of the finals against a likely interstate opponent.
 
Can the Suns start giving their forwards a chance? Gold Coast continued its remarkable work in the clearances against Collingwood, winning the count 40-37. Somehow they only managed to get the ball inside 50 a lowly 41 times though, and when it went forward, big targets Tom Lynch and Josh Fraser had little chance to mark. They have capable forwards if they get the ball in there more often and with more quality.
 
PREDICTION
St Kilda by 26 points
 
TOYOTA AFL DREAM TEAM WATCH
The 35,980 players that have Gold Coast's Danny Stanley ($326,600) would be more than happy with his progress. Stanley scored 110 points against Collingwood last week to take his season average to almost 80 and his average over the past three weeks to 98. His price has soared $220,200 since the start of the season.

After a slow middle of his season, Nick Dal Santo ($427,300) has been on fire of late. His 140 points against Adelaide last week was a season high. Over the past five matches he has averaged 125 per match to see his price fall just $400 short of what it was at the start of the season.
 
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