With Opening Round just weeks away, it's time to look into how the early weeks might pan out and set up the 2025 AFL season.
The first five weeks will see all clubs play four games each, with byes scheduled for the eight clubs partaking in the Opening Round draw this year.
Those five rounds will take us up until Gather Round, with all 18 clubs having two home and two away games up until that mark of the season.
The first four games for some clubs should work favourably, while others have tougher tasks to start their new campaigns.
We've predicted results for the first five rounds of the season ahead, with the outcome having three clubs undefeated after the opening month while as many clubs remain without a victory.
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Below we've broken down each club's four-game summary, listed each result and presented our predicted ladder at the cessation of Round 4.
Predicted Ladder
| Position | Team | Wins | Losses | Draws | Points |
Estimated Percentage
|
| 1 | Brisbane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 144.1 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 126.4 |
| 3 | GWS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 124.5 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 118.3 |
| 5 | Gold Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 114.8 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 110.7 |
| 7 | Geelong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 104 |
| 8 | Sydney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 107.8 |
| 9 | Carlton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 105.6 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 99.7 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 93.6 |
| 12 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 98.5 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 94 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 86.6 |
| 15 | Essendon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 82.2 |
| 16 | North Melbourne | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.5 |
| 17 | West Coast | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.1 |
| 18 | Richmond | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.5 |
