Pre Game
00:00
Jayden Hunt has laid more rundown tackles this season than any other player in the competition. He is averaging a career-high for tackles and contested possessions this season.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:58
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
04:24
Tom Lynch has kicked the opening goal of the match to take his season tally to 17 goals. Lynch is ranked second for total scoreboard impact this season, behind Jeremy Cameron.
06:00
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tim Smith)
07:05
A strong start to the Demons, they lead contested possessions by six early on. They have only won the contested possession contest once this year, coming in their sole win of the season against Sydney in Round 4.
11:42
Jack Viney is accumulating the ball early, collecting six disposals in the first 11 minutes of the match. Viney laid the most tackles of any Demon last week, and also won the most clearances for his side in their loss to St Kilda.
12:01
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jay Lockhart)
13:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
14:38
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
14:54
Melbourne has booted three of the first four goals of the match. Coming into tonight, the Demons had the second-worst scoring differential in opening quarters, being outscored by a total of 51 points in this term.
17:29
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
20:20
Richmond''s forward half pressure has been extreme, laying 12 forward-half tackles compared to just the four for the Demons. From this pressure, they have forced four more forward half intercepts, resulting in one goal on the scoreboard.
21:04
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jayden Hunt)
22:53
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
24:52
Jake Melksham has sent the ball inside 50 five times in the opening quarter for the Demons. This is the second-most inside 50s that Melksham has ever recorded in a single quarter since his debut in 2010.
27:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (James Harmes)
29:18
Despite going inside 50 five fewer times, the Demons enter the first break leading by six points. The lead is on the back of their work at the contest, winning 18 more contested possessions than the Tigers.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
04:02
Max Gawn was the second-ranked ruckman for clearances coming into round 6. His 25 in the opening five rounds was eight more than Toby Nankervis had managed, however he has not won one yet tonight whilst Nankervis has won three.
06:30
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)
09:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
09:39
Richmond has allowed its opposition to score a goal from 26 percent of their inside 50s this year, ranked 16th defensively. The Demons have scored four goals from their 13 inside 50s tonight, at a conversion of 31 percent.
12:54
The Demons have been let down by their poor ball use by foot tonight. They are kicking at a low 56 percent efficiency. They are ranked 16th for kicking efficiency this season averaging 64 percent per match. The AFL average is 67 percent.
14:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
14:58
Tigers Interchange - David Astbury off due to an injury.
16:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Dion Prestia)
17:30
Richmond continue to dominate forward half intercepts, winning 18 so far compared to just seven for the Demons. This has resulted in six more inside 50s for the Tigers. Nathan Broad and Jack Riewoldt have won three forward intercepts each.
19:01
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Dustin Martin)
21:09
The Tigers have managed to gain the ascendancy at stoppages this term, leading clearances 10 to four. They have not been able to capitalise on this dominance however, with both sides only kicking the two scores sourced from stoppages.
24:12
Clayton Oliver has won 17 contested possessions per game this year, the fourth-most of any player in the competition. This has been no different tonight, winning the equal-most contested possessions in the opening half with eight.
28:13
Melbourne was held goalless in the second quarter, the fourth-time this year that the Demons have failed to kick a goal in a quarter. In 2018, the Demons were held goalless in just six quarters throughout their 25 matches.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
04:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
04:59
Nick Vlastuin has been the Tigers main interceptor tonight. He has grabbed four intercept marks, two more than any other player. He has also won a game-high nine intercept possessions.
06:15
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
06:55
Max Gawn is well on top in the ruck battle against Toby Nankervis. The Demons have won 33 hitouts, with nine of these to advantage whilst the Tigers have only won 15 hitouts, with three to advantage.
08:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
10:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
12:06
The Tigers have played on immediately from 40 percent of their marks tonight, whilst the Demons have played on from 26 percent of theirs. The Demons are the No. 1 ranked team for play on percentage from a mark, averaging 38 percent this season.
13:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Tim Smith)
15:54
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
16:10
The Tigers have now had double the amount of scoring shots sourced from turnovers than the Demons. Of their five intercept goals, four have been won in the forward half.
18:05
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jack Riewoldt)
20:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Tom J. Lynch)
21:06
The Demons have lacked polish with their kicks inside 50 tonight. They have turned the ball over with 32 percent of their entries by foot, whilst the Tigers have committed a turnover with 12 percent of their respective kicks inside 50.
21:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Daniel Rioli)
24:17
Liam Baker has applied the second-most pressure points for the Tigers tonight with 40. Last week against the Swans, Baker applied 47 pressure points in the forward half, ranked seventh for the round.
26:16
The Demons have won clearances 14 to four this quarter, with Max Gawn winning four of his own in the term. They have managed two scoring shots from these clearances, however both scoring shots have been behinds.
27:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
28:26
Since the 22nd minute mark of the first quarter, the Demons have only managed to kick one goal compared to five for the Tigers. In this time-frame, the Tigers have had 19 more inside 50s and have laid 12 more tackles than the Demons.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:37
Demons Interchange - Jack Viney off due to an injury.
04:23
James Harmes has only laid the one tackle tonight. He has averaged seven tackles per game across his career against the Tigers, his highest average against any side.
05:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Josh Caddy)
06:35
Richmond has conceded 59 points per game directly from their turnovers this season, the most of any side. However, tonight they have restricted the Demons to just 20 points from their turnovers.
08:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
10:24
Coming into Round 6, Christian Petracca was the No. 1 ranked player for groundballs won inside forward 50 in the league with 16. Although the Demons have only won six groundballs in their forward 50 tonight, Petracca has won three of these.
10:54
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Brandon Ellis)
14:04
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
15:37
Jake Melksham is now up to 10 inside 50s, just the third occassion in his 162 career games he has reached double figures in this stat. He also leads his side in score involvements and marks.
16:37
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Jason Castagna)
17:43
The Tigers have taken complete control of the match now. They have had the last 10 scoring shots of the match and have restricted the Demons to just one goal in the last 50 minutes of playing time.
18:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
19:51
Nick Vlastuin has had a career-best match tonight. His 27 disposals beats his previous personal best of 26, and he has equaled his career-best for intercept marks with seven. His 13 marks is a game-high, as well as his 13 intercept possessions.
20:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
22:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Ross)
22:16
Tigers Interchange - Dion Prestia off due to an injury.
22:48
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
24:38
Richmond has laid 20 more tackles than the Demons, despite winning 30 more disposals. When broken into zones, the Tigers have laid 19 more tackles in their forward half, and lead forward 50 tackles 17 to three.
27:00
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Kamdyn McIntosh)
28:51
SCORE
GOAL - Tigers (Liam Baker)
30:52
Tigers end up 43 point victors on the back of some intense forward half pressure. They won 28 more forward half intercepts, recorded 29 more inside 50s and had the ball in their forward half of the ground for 20 more minutes than the Demons.