North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide Tips
Round 1 2027, Sun 21 Mar, 1:10pm AEDT at Marvel Stadium: we tip North Melbourne by 13 with a 66% win chance.
- Our tip
- North Melbourneby 13 points
- Win chance
- 66%North Melbourne 65.6%, Port Adelaide 34.4%
- Predicted score
- 95–82North Melbourne first
- Models with us
- 4 of 51 tip Port Adelaide
Every model on this game
our win chanceeach public modelSquiggle aggregate
| Source | Tip | Win chance | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| afl-tips.com (ours) | North Melbourne | 65.6% | 13.2 pts |
| Elo Predicts! | Port Adelaide | 62.9% | 19.0 pts |
| s10 | North Melbourne | 57.9% | 6.5 pts |
| Squiggle | North Melbourne | 58.9% | 8.7 pts |
| Stattraction | North Melbourne | 54.4% | 3.7 pts |
| Wheelo Ratings | North Melbourne | 61.3% | 9.4 pts |
| Squiggle aggregate | North Melbourne | 52.9% | 0.7 pts |
Why we tip North Melbourne
Our ratings score each club on attack and defence in points against an average side, with the home ground and travel added for this game.
North Melbourne rate −7.3 overall (14th) and Port Adelaide −11.2 (15th), which leaves North Melbourne 13 points better on the day.
Over 2,476 games from 2015 to 2026, this model tipped 68.3% correctly with an average margin error of 27.0 points. How the model works
| Club | Attack | Defence | Net | 2026 form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | −1.1 | −6.2 | −7.3 | LLWLL |
| Port Adelaide | −6.2 | −5.0 | −11.2 | LLLLW |
Head to head since 2012
- Meetings
- 17no draws
- North Melbourne wins
- 4
- Port Adelaide wins
- 13
- Average margin
- 36.6points, either way
| Season | Round | Ground | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Round 17 | Adelaide Oval | Port Adelaide 127, North Melbourne 57 | Port Adelaide |
| 2018 | Round 6 | Marvel Stadium | North Melbourne 69, Port Adelaide 102 | Port Adelaide |
| 2019 | Round 6 | Adelaide Oval | Port Adelaide 88, North Melbourne 72 | Port Adelaide |
| 2019 | Round 22 | Marvel Stadium | North Melbourne 144, Port Adelaide 58 | North Melbourne |
| 2020 | Round 16 | People First Stadium | North Melbourne 42, Port Adelaide 78 | Port Adelaide |
| 2021 | Round 1 | Marvel Stadium | North Melbourne 65, Port Adelaide 117 | Port Adelaide |
| 2022 | Round 9 | Bellerive Oval | North Melbourne 46, Port Adelaide 115 | Port Adelaide |
| 2023 | Round 9 | Bellerive Oval | North Melbourne 65, Port Adelaide 135 | Port Adelaide |
| 2024 | Round 11 | Bellerive Oval | North Melbourne 48, Port Adelaide 107 | Port Adelaide |
| 2025 | Round 7 | Adelaide Oval | Port Adelaide 97, North Melbourne 88 | Port Adelaide |
| 2026 | Round 1 | Marvel Stadium | North Melbourne 113, Port Adelaide 67 | North Melbourne |
| 2026 | Round 17 | Adelaide Oval | Port Adelaide 73, North Melbourne 52 | Port Adelaide |
All Round 1 tips North Melbourne fixture Port Adelaide fixture