What time is the AFL tonight? Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide start time, team lists for Round 8 Thursday night footy

Joshua Mayne

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Round 8 of the AFL will begin with 'The Showdown', which will see local rivals Adelaide and Port Adelaide go tête-à-tête.

Port (5-2) have had a far better start to the season than the Crows (2-5), although Thursday night good be the perfect opportunity for the latter to turn their campaign around.

Here's how you can catch the game in your state or territory.

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What time is the footy tonight? Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide start time 

Thursday's game between Adelaide and Port Adelaide is scheduled to start at 7:00 pm local time (7:30 pm AEST) on May 2.

The game will be played at Adelaide Oval in South Australia's capital. 

Timezone AEST ACST AWST
Start time 7:30 pm 7:00 pm 5:30 pm

How to watch or live stream Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide

Region Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane Perth Tasmania Darwin
Channel Fox Footy/Channel 7 Fox Footy/7mate Fox Footy/Channel 7 Fox Footy/7mate Fox Footy/7mate Fox Footy/Channel 7 Fox Footy/Channel 7
Broadcast time 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 6:30 pm

This match, and every match across the home-and-away season, will be available for live streaming and replay on Kayo Sports.

Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide betting odds 

Per bookmaker TAB, Port Adelaide is the $1.60 favourite to win this match, while Adelaide is the underdog at $2.35.

Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide: AFL Round 8 team lists

Adelaide:

IN: Daniel Curtin, Jordon Butts, Brodie Smith

OUT: Will Hamill (Omitted), James Borlase (Omitted), Luke Pedlar (Injured)

Port Adelaide:

IN: Ryan Burton, Jed McEntee

OUT: Aliir Aliir (Injured), Sam Powell-Pepper (Injured)

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. While Joshua’s main passions are football, rugby league, basketball and F1, he will watch any sport that's on. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.