Fremantle take on the Western Bulldogs in Saturday night’s Len Hall Anzac Tribute Game at Optus Stadium. 

Here are some interesting numbers to look out for.

81.1% rebound 50 rate
After five rounds, Fremantle rate as the best team at defending an opposition’s inside 50.
For every inside 50 conceded, Fremantle’s defence have generated a rebound 50 81.1 per cent of the time, the highest percentage in the AFL.
Conversely, the Western Bulldogs have a rebound 50 rate of 75.8 per cent, ranking them 12th in the AFL. 

32 hitouts
It will be an interesting ruck battle on Saturday night because neither Fremantle nor the Western Bulldogs have dominated the stat this season.
Fremantle ranks 15th in the AFL for hitouts, averaging 32 hitouts per game. The Western Bulldogs are averaging 17.8 hitouts per game, the lowest in the AFL.

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7 loose ball gets
Fremantle have excelled in finding the footy at ground level in 2019, leading the league in loose ball gets.
David Mundy, who will play his 300th game on Saturday night, leads Freo in this statistic and is ranked second in the AFL with an average of seven per game.
Fun fact: A loose ball get is defined as a non-disputed ball which is claimed within one metre of an opponent. The stat is counted as a contested possession, which also includes hard-ball gets, contested marks, gathers from a hitout and free kicks.

6.2 hard ball gets
Nat Fyfe has ensured that Fremantle is keeping up in the hard-ball count. Fyfe is averaging 6.2 hard ball gets per game, ranking him fourth in the AFL.
Tom Liberatore of the Bulldogs sits just behind Fyfe with an average of six hard ball gets per game, the fifth best in the AFL.
Incidentally, the last time these two teams met Fyfe collected a cereer-high 43 disposals in a best on ground performance.

11 goals
Michael Walters leads Fremantle’s goalkicking with 11 goals so far this season, however the forward/midfielder is 10 goals behind Coleman leader Jeremy Cameron.
Importantly, Freo have a good spread of goalkickers, with Cam McCarthy and Matt Taberner (10 goals each) joining Walters in the top 15 in the AFL.