Dons, Pies To Break Non-Anzac Record Crowd?
Huge match coming up
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By Ronny Lerner
With Essendon and Collingwood in red-hot form, their meeting at the MCG on Sunday is one of the most anticipated matches of round 16.
The Bombers have experienced an incredible form turnaround since round eight, winning five of their last six games, including the scalps of top-eight contenders Geelong, GWS, West Coast and North Melbourne.
And the Magpies have catapulted themselves to second spot on the ladder on the back of their first six-game winning streak since 2012.
Incredibly, since 1995, not one Essendon-Collingwood game outside of Anzac Day has attracted a crowd of 80,000.
Is that about to change on Sunday? It would have to be a good chance!
Every Non-Anzac Day Crowd Between Essendon And Collingwood Since 1995
R14, 2009: 77,699
R19, 1995: 77,448
R19, 2011: 73,163
R20, 2001: 71,518
R19, 2013: 69,821
R20, 2002: 69,613
R22, 2003: 68,381
R22, 2000: 66,122
R16, 2007: 65,531
R17, 2008: 64,785
R20, 1998: 64,480
R16, 2017: 63,537
R19, 2006: 62,940
R20, 2010: 59,277
R17, 2014: 58,996
R23, 2012: 56,491
R20, 1999: 56,129
R20, 2004: 52,983
R16, 2005: 52,507
R20, 1996: 51,057
R20, 1997: 50,944
R23, 2015: 40,270