Essendon RD DATE OPPONENT VENUE HOME/AWAY LOCAL TIME HOST TV NETWORK 1 Saturday, April 4 Sydney Swans ANZ Stadium Away 4.35pm Foxtel 2 Sunday, April 12 Hawthorn MCG Home 3.20pm Seven 3 Saturday, April 18 Carlton MCG Away 1.45pm Seven 4 Saturday, April 25 Collingwood MCG Home 2.40pm Seven 5 Sunday, May 3 St Kilda Etihad Stadium Away 3.20pm Seven 6 Saturday, May 9 Fremantle Patersons Stadium Away 6.10pm Foxtel 7 Friday, May 15 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Home 7.50pm Seven 8 Sunday, May 24 Brisbane Lions Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm Foxtel 9 Saturday, May 30 Richmond MCG Away 7.20pm Seven 10 Saturday, June 6 Geelong Cats Etihad Stadium Home 7.20pm Seven 11 Saturday, June 13 West Coast Eagles Patersons Stadium Away 2.35pm Foxtel 12 Bye 13 Saturday, June 27 Hawthorn MCG Away 1.40pm Foxtel 14 Sunday, July 5 St Kilda Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm Foxtel 15 Saturday, July 11 Melbourne MCG Home 1.40pm Foxtel 16 Friday, July 17 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Away 7.50pm Seven 17 Saturday, July 25 Port Adelaide Etihad Stadium Home 7.20pm Seven 18 Sunday, August 2 Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium Home 3.20pm Seven 19 Sunday, August 9 GWS GIANTS Spotless Stadium Away 3.20pm Seven 20 Saturday, August 15 Adelaide Crows Etihad Stadium Home 1.45pm Seven 21 Saturday, August 22 Gold Coast SUNS Metricon Stadium Away 4.35pm Foxtel 22 Saturday, August 29 Richmond MCG Home 7.20pm Seven 23 TBC Collingwood MCG Away TBC TBC Matches by timeslot TIMESLOT HOME MATCHES AWAY MATCHES TOTAL MATCHES Saturday afternoon 3 2 5 Sunday early 2 0 2 Sunday afternoon 2 2 4 Monday afternoon 0 0 0 DAY 7 4 11 Saturday twilight 0 3 3 Sunday twilight 0 0 0 TWILIGHT 0 3 3 Thursday night 0 0 0 Friday night 1 1 2 Saturday night 3 2 5 NIGHT 4 3 7 TBC (Round 23) 0 1 1 Matches by venue VENUE HOME MATCHES AWAY MATCHES TOTAL MATCHES Etihad Stadium 7 2 9 MCG 4 4 8 Simonds Stadium 0 0 0 Matches in Victoria 11 6 17 Adelaide Oval 0 0 0 ANZ Stadium 0 1 1 Aurora Stadium 0 0 0 Blundstone Arena 0 0 0 Cazalys Stadium 0 0 0 Metricon Stadium 0 1 1 Patersons Stadium 0 2 2 SCG 0 0 0 Spotless Stadium 0 1 1 StarTrack Oval 0 0 0 The Gabba 0 0 0 TIO Stadium 0 0 0 TIO Traeger Park 0 0 0 Westpac Stadium 0 0 0 Matches outside Victoria 0 5 5 Matches by network NETWORK HOME MATCHES AWAY MATCHES TOTAL MATCHES Foxtel 3 5 8 Seven 8 5 13 TBC (Round 23) 0 1 1.