St Kilda might be one of Telstra Dome's original co-tenants and Geelong might be based 75 kilometres away at the windswept Skilled Stadium but you could hardly call the Saints' clash with the Cats this Saturday at Docklands a home game for Ross Lyon's side.
Geelong might only play at the Dome a handful of times a year while the Saints have a staggering 14 games at the pristine, indoor venue this season yet it is the reigning premier that is building one of the most imposing records imaginable at Telstra Dome.
So, for all those who routinely tip the home side in the thousands of tipping competitions across Australia each week, be very wary of presuming the Saints will have any sort of advantage over the Cats in what is the stand-out match of Round 4.
In fact, right now the toughest challenge in the AFL is not winning on the road at Subiaco or AAMI Stadium but beating the Cats at Telstra Dome - a ground ideally suited to the incredible skill level and lightning ball movement that have been the hallmark of the Cats' dominance over the past year.
If the fact that Mark Thompson's side has won 22 of its past 23 matches is not daunting enough then try this stat - in their past seven matches at Telstra Dome the Cats have won by an average of 78 points.
However, Thompson is adamant his side's exciting game style is not more suited to Telstra Dome - where games are always played in perfect conditions - than any other AFL venue across Australia.
"I have been asked that question a few times about whether we like to play in the wind and the rain any more and we have got to accept playing anywhere," he said.
"Playing at Geelong we play in the wind and the rain a fair bit and that is great and while we play well indoors at Telstra Dome, we also play well at the MCG and interstate so I don't think we are suited to playing on one ground more than any other ground."
Maybe Thompson has a point, considering the Cats have also won their past five matches at the MCG - including a 119-point triumph in last year's grand final - as well as seven of their past eight at Geelong, their past three in Adelaide and on their most recent trips to Perth and Brisbane.
It highlights the huge task confronting the Saints this week as they attempt to rebound from last week's capitulation against the Bulldogs.
Ever since both teams emerged from the wilderness simultaneously in 2004, St Kilda and Geelong have built up a healthy rivalry with the Cats leading 4-3 over that period.
In 2004 and 2005 it was the Saints who came desperately close to winning premierships before Geelong beat them to it last year - ending a drought stretching back to 1963 - while the Saints are still searching for their first flag since 1966.
But despite the Cats' recent dominance, Thompson believes there is little between the teams.
"I never thought they were too far ahead of us (from 2004-06) and I don't think we are too far ahead of them now," he said.
The Saints-Cats clash will be the second blockbuster of the weekend at Telstra Dome with the round kicking off on Friday night