Sure, it was only the Opposition Leader's first name, and it was uttered on Sky News at half-eight at night, so not many people saw it, but a small victory for Guy nonetheless with just two days left in the campaign.

It was the debate, sorry, Leaders' Forum, that Andrews didn't want to have, unwilling to help raise his opponent's profile by appearing with Guy on prime time free-to-air TV.

So the Premier agreed to the next best thing: going on Sky after dark in Frankston on Wednesday, to share a stage with Guy for the first time in this contest and break his policy of not saying the Liberal leader's name.

Guy mostly looked his best on his favoured law-and order territory. He managed to have the Premier a little flustered over the bail status of Bourke Street terrorist Hassan Khalif Shire Ali and under attack over the controversial decision to not build the East West Link road.

The Opposition Leader had a shaky moment or two of his own, not least when Sky host David Speers, who had earlier char-grilled Guy's local candidate Michael Lamb in an interview, wanted evidence that Guy's tough law-and-order policies would actually work.

"I'm not going to rely on evidence when people are getting hurt," Matthew blurted out.

Andrews had considerable trouble swatting off a lady who really doesn't like the Safe Schools anti-bullying program. (Nobody seems to feel neutral about this.)

But after a strangely muted response from Guy, who is determined to axe Safe Schools if he wins on Saturday, Andrews drew his customary line in the sand.

"I'm not proposing to change the program because it saves lives," the Premier said.

The two men put on a surprisingly entertaining evening, but we didn't learn much of anything new, unless you didn't know just how much these blokes hate each other.

You could always tell where the respective parties have concentrated their effort in the past four years.

Andrews looked defensive as usual on law and order, while Guy prosecuted his case with fervour, even if he winds himself up to fever pitch sometimes.

On education and health in particular, the Premier can come across as a bit of a wonky know-it-all while Guy looked at times very underdone in those areas.

He compensated for his lack of policy detail by connecting with the audience using his own family experiences - his own schooling, his son's premature birth.

The two leaders will meet again on Thursday morning on ABC Radio, where we can expect more snark but don't hold your breath for any surprises.