AFL Expert Tips and Predictions Preliminary Finals, 2025
Last updated: Sep 17, 2025, 1:15AM | Published: Sep 16, 2025, 2:15PM
To give you an advantage with your AFL tips for the preliminary finals, we have AFL preliminary finals tips 2025 for every match this week.
Get an edge in AFL tipping leagues with the help of our data-driven AFL expert tips for the preliminary finals of the 2025 AFL season, which come from simulating each AFL game thousands of times.
AFL Preliminary Finals Expert Tips 2025
There is of course two games across preliminary finals weekend of the 2025 AFL season, beginning with Geelong vs Hawthorn on Friday and finishing with Collingwood vs Brisbane on Saturday.
These AFL footy tips and predictions are powered by trusted data and analytics, making our AFL finals tips 2025 a must-read resource for AFL tipsters across the country.
AFL Tips Preliminary Finals 2025: Who Will Win
Detailed below are our predictions for each AFL game across the preliminary finals, 2025, based on 10,000 simulations per match.
Geelong vs Hawthorn
Preliminary finals action in the AFL kicks off with Geelong facing Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. Our predictive analytics model projects Geelong as having a 60% chance of winning, while Hawthorn has a 40% projected win chance.
Geelong vs Hawthorn is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, September 19 at 7:40pm. All times mentioned in this article are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
Collingwood vs Brisbane
In this week's game between Collingwood and Brisbane, the Magpies are the more likely winners, with our predictive model projecting a 60% chance for Collingwood. Brisbane, on the other hand, has a 40% chance of winning.
Collingwood vs Brisbane is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, September 20 at 5:15pm.
More: AFL Premiership 2025 Tips
AFL Tipping Preliminary Finals 2025: Who to Tip
- Geelong
- Collingwood
Related: Predictions for Every AFL Finals Game
AFL Preliminary Finals Games to Tip On
- Geelong Cats vs Hawthorn Hawks
- Collingwood Magpies vs Brisbane Lions
The AFL finals tips 2025 and probabilities in this article are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
Stats Insider is renowned in Australia for providing expert AFL tips. Our AFL expert tips 2025 are generated by an in-house team of skilled data scientists and analysts who use cutting-edge technology and machine learning to simulate each game 10,000 times and determine the most likely outcomes. This meticulous approach ensures our predictions are accurate and reliable, helping you make informed decisions when it comes to AFL tipping.
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