SUBIACO is not traditionally known as a happy hunting ground for opposition teams but St Kilda has done better than most at the home ground of West Coast and Fremantle.

The Saints’ winning percentage at Subiaco is the fourth-highest of all Victorian teams – with 11 wins from its 29 games there.

And the Saints hold their own as far as individual accolades at Subiaco go as well.

Leigh Montagna’s 43 disposals against the Eagles in 2009 are the second highest of any visiting player while Tony Lockett’s eight goals in 1991 were the equal second most of any opposition player.

Perhaps the most significant win the Saints have had at Subiaco came in 2007, when the club came off a four-game losing streak against the reigning premiers at fortress Subiaco.

The Saints had been given some advantage with Eagles stars Ben Cousins and Chris Judd both out of the team. That said, West Coast was sitting pretty at 8-3 and looked set to be headed for a third successive Grand Final.

St Kilda took the Eagles by storm in the second quarter of the match, booting seven goals to one. They set themselves up with a lead that the Eagles never could win back.

It was a stunning victory to celebrate the 350^th game of club legend Robert Harvey who had 30 possessions in yet another outstanding performance.

That win had come nine years after another surprise victory to the Saints despite the absence of Nathan Burke, Barry Hall, Stewart Loewe and Andrew Thompson.

The Eagles had led by three goals at three-quarter-time and looked set for a win, but the Saints fought back hard to win the game in the dying minutes after a controversial free kick against Ashley McIntosh resulted in a goal to Gavin Mitchell and a two-point win to St Kilda.

Daniel Healy and Peter Everitt each kicked six goals on a day when both celebrated their 24^th birthdays. Coach Stan Alves later said it was the best game he had been involved in throughout his time at St Kilda.

There was also the 43-point victory over Fremantle in 2008 more fondly remembered for the fact Stephen Milne played out the game with a fractured cheekbone.

The injury prevented Milne from flying home with the team so he was forced to return from Perth to Adelaide in a hire car with the club doctor before boarding a train from Adelaide to Melbourne.

A less than memorable game came in 2005 when Fremantle forward Justin Longmuir took a mark and kicked a goal after the siren to steal the win for his team.

The Saints and Fremantle have had somewhat of a rivalry over the years that also partially came about from the infamous Sirengate game of 2006 when the umpires failed to hear the siren and Steven Baker scored after the game had finished. Baker’s kick tied the score but several days later the AFL decreed the game was a Fremantle win.

There are of course common interests to both teams – Saints coach Scott Watters was the founding Fremantle vice-captain in 1995, while Ross Lyon coached the Saints before moving to the Dockers.

Dylan Roberton crossed from Fremantle to St Kilda at the end of last year while Zac Dawson moved in the opposite direction at the end of 2011.