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Pre Game
00:00
Ben King's 10 goals place him equal-third in the Coleman race. King has been targeted inside 50 a league-high 48 times; this is 39% of Gold Coast's targets. This is the largest portion of team targets of the top 50 most targeted players.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Hugh Greenwood)
06:04
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Brandon Ellis)
06:17
Brandon Ellis kicks the first goal of the match. This comes on the back of the Suns having 78% time in forward half, and leading the inside 50 count 4-1.
08:21
Ed Langdon has started hot, he leads all players with five disposals and 142 metres gained. Langdon has a disposal efficiency of 100%.
09:20
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
12:10
Melbourne leads uncontested possessions 38-20, their kicking efficiency is 76%. Gold Coast's kicking efficiency is 50%.
12:22
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
13:00
Izak Rankine has kicked his first goal in AFL football in his first game. He was selected with pick three in the 2018 National Draft.
15:44
This match has nine different players with one clearance. No player has stamped their mark on stoppages just yet.
15:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
18:08
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
18:48
Bayley Fritsch has kicked Melbourne's second goal to bring the scores level. Fritsch is now the outright leading goalkicker for Melbourne this season with five goals.
20:08
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Lachie Weller)
23:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Ben King)
25:03
Demons Interchange - Tom McDonald and is possibly out for the game.
25:07
Touk Miller has become influential in the last 10 minutes. He leads all players in disposals (five) and contested possessions (four) in this time.
25:29
At the first break, Gold Coast leads tackles 17-8. Five of these tackles have come in the forward 50.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:17
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (James Harmes)
01:56
James Harmes kicks his first goal of the season. He has previously kicked double-digit goals each season from 2016.
03:38
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Christian Salem)
04:16
Melbourne takes the lead following a goal from Christian Salem. Salem has two intercept possessions so far and both have resulted in Melbourne goals.
06:20
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Michael Hibberd)
06:56
The Demons have kicked the last three goals of the match, resulting in the largest lead so far. They lead uncontested possessions by five, in 2020 they have conceded the most uncontested possessions of any club.
08:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
09:54
Gold Coast are yet to enter their forward 50 this quarter, Melbourne has gone inside 50 nine times this quarter.
11:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Aaron vandenBerg)
12:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Witts)
14:46
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
16:24
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Ben King)
17:02
Ben King kicks his first goal of the match taking his season tally to 11. Gold Coast lead uncontested possessions 11-3 in the last five minutes.
18:52
The Suns have the edge in pressure in the second quarter, they have a pressure factor of 210, the Demons have a pressure factor of just 147.
19:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
20:16
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Brayden Fiorini)
24:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
25:07
Hugh Greenwood leads the match with five tackles. This season Greenwood leads the league in tackles with 38.
25:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Angus Brayshaw)
27:01
Touk Miller has the second most intercept possessions of any Suns player. He leads the team in score launches, generating two goals and one behind from his three score launches.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:51
Jack Viney kicks the first goal of the second half, Melbourne has kicked 4.0 from 30-40 metres from goal.
05:08
Charlie Ballard has tied his career-high of three contested marks in a match.
06:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Harley Bennell)
07:21
Christian Petracca leads all players in disposals (17), contested possessions (11), and clearances (five).
09:57
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
11:39
Both teams have come out with a defensive focus in the third quarter. Melbourne lead pressure factor just 192 to Gold Coast's 190.
14:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Ben King)
14:52
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
15:17
Izak Rankine kicks his second goal from the ground, Gold Coast has scored the last two goals and are now within a point.
16:08
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
17:16
Bayley Fritsch follows suit and kicks his second goal from the ground. Melbourne has generated 14 points from stoppages, they average 14 points from stoppages this season - ranked 17th in the competition.
20:10
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Brandon Ellis)
20:48
Gold Coast has kicked 0.3 from set shots, but 8.2 from general play, including 4.0 from shots on the run. 25% of Gold Coast's points this season have been generated from shots on the run - ranked first in the competition.
24:07
Seven of the Suns' 25 contested possessions this quarter have come from key defenders Sam Collins (four) and Charlie Ballard (three).
25:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
26:05
Suns Interchange - Nick Holman off due to an injury.
26:11
Gold Coast capitalised on their forward entries in the third quarter, they kicked 3.1 from eight insides 50's. Melbourne kicked just 2.3 from 16 inside 50's.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
03:51
Mitch Hannan kicks the first goal of the final term. This comes from a forward entry generated by a Max Gawn contested mark. Melbourne lead contested possessions 77-54 since the first quarter.
06:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Touk Miller)
06:27
Touk Miller's behind takes the Suns' set shot tally to 0.4 for the night. Despite the inaccuracy, Miller leads the match with seven score involvements.
07:03
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
09:51
Hugh Greenwood has dominated defensively in this match. He has 11 tackles, the next highest is seven. He also has 60 pressure points, the next highest is 47.
12:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
13:35
Suns Interchange - Nick Holman and is possibly out for the game.
15:33
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
15:42
The Demons continue their efficient set shot kicking, following Sam Weideman's second goal. They have kicked 7.2 from set shots, the Suns have kicked 0.5 from the same shot type.
18:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
18:45
Izak Rankine has kicked 3.3 from his six shots at goal. No other player has had more than three. Rankine has eight contested possessions for the match, including four in the fourth quarter.
21:48
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
22:02
Christian Petracca kicks his second goal and stretches the margin to 11 points. The goal was generated from a hitout-to-advantage from Max Gawn. Gawn has 12 hitouts-to-advantage in this match.
23:53
All nine of Gold Coast's goals in this match were kicked by first-round draft picks.
24:08
Gold Coast has a 4 contested possession differential in their forward 50 during the final quarter. They also lead tackles 5-3 in this same zone during this period.
25:49
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Harley Bennell)
25:53
The Demons set themselves apart in the second and fourth quarters during this match, they won both quarters by 14 points. Over these two terms, they won contested possessions 65-47 and inside 50's 26-17