AFL Expert Tips and Predictions Preliminary Finals, 2026

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As Australia's leading provider of AFL expert tips, Stats Insider is here to give you an edge with AFL tipping for each match in the preliminary finals of the 2026 season.

AFL Preliminary Finals Expert Tips 2026

There is of course two games across preliminary finals weekend of the 2026 AFL season, beginning with Sydney vs Fremantle on Friday and finishing with Hawthorn vs Brisbane on Saturday.

These AFL footy tips and predictions are powered by independent data and analytics, making our AFL finals tips 2026 a must-read resource for AFL fans.

AFL Tips Preliminary Finals 2026: Who Will Win

Featured below are our predictions for every AFL clash across the preliminary finals, based on 10,000 simulations per match.

Sydney vs Fremantle

Preliminary finals action in the AFL kicks off with Sydney facing Fremantle at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Our predictive analytics model projects Fremantle as having a 54% chance of winning, while Sydney has a 46% win probability.

Sydney vs Fremantle is at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday, September 18 at 7:40pm. All times mentioned in this article are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

Hawthorn vs Brisbane

In this week's game between Hawthorn and Brisbane, the Hawks are the more likely winners, with our predictive model projecting a 55% chance for Hawthorn. Brisbane, on the other hand, has a 45% chance of winning.

Hawthorn vs Brisbane is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, September 19 at 5:15pm.

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AFL Tipping Preliminary Finals 2026: Who to Tip

• Fremantle
• Hawthorn

Related: Predictions for Every AFL Finals Game

AFL Preliminary Finals Games to Tip On

• Sydney Swans vs Fremantle Dockers
• Hawthorn Hawks vs Brisbane Lions

The AFL finals tips 2026 and probabilities in this article are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

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