THE LOSS to Melbourne has left a sour taste in the mouthes of everyone connected to the Cats.

But it's time to look on the positive side, and how's this for a stat: Geelong is the most accurate team in the competition, when kicking for goal, this season.

The following table takes into account the Fremantle v Collingwood game on Thursday night (teams in the top eight are in bold).

CLUBGOALSBEHINDSGOAL PERCENTAGE
Geelong1588365.6
Collingwood1759465.1
Port Adelaide1508563.8
Western Bulldogs1468962.1
Fremantle1549761.4
West Coast18611961.0
Hawthorn17711560.6
Carlton1248160.5
St Kilda1348960.1
Brisbane Lions1157759.9
Sydney Swans1459859.7
North Melbourne15610659.5
Richmond1349259.3
Melbourne1309158.8
Adelaide149109 57.8 
Essendon11589 56.4 
Gold Coast10586 55.0 
Greater Western Sydney154126 55.0 

The competition average for percentage of scores being goals is 60.1 per cent.

A key reason for Geelong's accuracy is its ability to generate scoring shots from the corridor. In this regard, the Cats are also among the competition's leaders.

The following table shows the percentage of each team's goals scored from the corridor (teams in the top eight are in bold).

CLUB% OF GOALS FROM CORRIDOR
Carlton  84.7
Geelong  82.3
Western Bulldogs  79.5
Fremantle  77.9
St Kilda  77.6
Collingwood  76.0
Hawthorn  75.7
North Melbourne  75.0
Greater Western Sydney  74.7
Melbourne  73.8
Sydney Swans  73.8
Gold Coast  72.4
West Coast  71.5
Essendon  71.3
Port Adelaide  70.7
Richmond  69.4
Adelaide  68.5
Brisbane Lions  62.6

The stats show that Sunday week's clash with the Crows at the Adelaide Oval will be a battle between an accurate side and a relatively inaccurate one.

It will also be a battle between a team that scores a lot of its goals from the corridor and one that does not.