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Pre Game
00:00
Adelaide has recorded a pressure factor of 1.73 in the midfield, ranked last in the AFL.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:36
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
02:10
Coming into today, the Crows had generated a goal from 18 per cent of their inside 50s this season, ranked 17th. They will be happy with their start with a goal from their second inside 50 of the match.
08:13
Adelaide has controlled the football to start the match, leading contested possession by six and uncontested possession by 13 to start the match.
08:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
14:00
Adelaide has double the amount of disposals and twice as many marks as West Coast currently. The Crows rank 17th for marks this season, averaging 57 per game, they already have 22.
14:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Tyson Stengle)
15:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
18:09
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Nic Naitanui)
19:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
20:31
West Coast are on top in the clearances, eight to two. Tim Kelly has four of those clearances for the Eagles and has been impressive thus far with seven disposals at 86 per cent efficiency, five contested possessions and three tackles.
20:47
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Brendon Ah Chee)
23:26
Both sides were clean with the football in the opening term, Adelaide kicking at an impressive efficiency of 83 per cent and the Eagles going at 70 per cent by foot, both well above the AFL season average of 65 per cent.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:09
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
05:34
The ball has been camped in the West Coast forward line to start the second quarter, the Eagles recording the first five inside 50s of the term and enjoying 84 per cent time in forward half. They have one goal to show from this advantage.
07:18
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
08:46
West Coast has recorded the last 11 clearances of the match and have kicked 2.3.15 to 0.0.0 from stoppages over the time period.
11:42
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Chayce Jones)
16:28
Ben Keays has done a fantastic job tagging Andrew Gaff thus far, holding the prolific Eagles midfielder to just two disposals while having six himself from the 40 minutes they have been matched up one another.
18:51
West Coast has dominated territory, leading the inside 50 count 12 to four for the quarter and 23 to 12 for the match. It has been a problem for the Crows all season, Adelaide averaging 17 fewer inside 50s per game than its opposition, ranked last in the competition.
19:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Josh J. Kennedy)
23:09
Adelaide has used the ball more by hand today than in previous weeks, recording a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.17 today, a significant difference from the 1.41 kick-to-handball ratio that they had employed to date this season. The AFL average is a 1.47 ratio this season.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
03:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
05:47
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
06:14
The Eagles finally put a goal on the scoreboard in the third quarter after recording the first seven inside 50s of the term and enjoying 84 per cent time in forward half. Oscar Allen has kicked all of West Coast's 1.2.8 for the term.
07:15
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Redden)
08:59
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
09:34
West Coast has put the foot down this quarter. They have all nine inside 50s, lead contested possession by eight for the term and have kicked 3.2.20 to no score for the term.
11:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
14:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
15:23
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Billy Frampton)
16:20
Adelaide kicks its third goal of the match by virtue of a forward half intercept. The Crows have only generated seven forward half intercepts for the match, but these have yielded two of the team's three goals.
21:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Tyson Stengle)
23:27
Tim Kelly has been outstanding for West Coast, arguably his best game for the club. Just before three quarter time, the Eagle has had a match-high 23 disposals at 78 per cent efficiency, 10 contested possessions and eight clearances, all match-high totals, along with seven score involvements.
25:13
Jeremy McGovern has an equal-match-high six intercept possessions, four of which have been intercept marks. At the other end, Tom Doedee has matched McGovern with six intercept possessions and an equal-match-high four intercept marks as well.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:37
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
04:20
A magnificent effort from Brodie Smith gives him Adelaide's fourth goal of the match. Smith had three disposals in the scoring chain before kicking a long goal from the centre square. He has arguably been Adelaide's best player today with 25 disposals, eight contested possessions, a goal and 524 metres gained, over 100 more metres than any other player.
08:14
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
10:50
SCORE
GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
12:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Crows (Brodie Smith)
12:56
For the first time this match, Adelaide has started to gain a bit of territory this quarter. They have enjoyed 60 per cent time in forward half for the quarter, leading the inside 50s six to three, which has resulted in a two goal to one term.
14:31
Reilly O'Brien has used his fitness to advantage in the final quarter with nine disposals, five contested possessions and five marks from opposition kicks, including three contested marks.
19:16
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
20:55
West Coast has kicked 7.2.44 from 38 midfield intercepts, scoring strike rate of 24 per cent. The AFL average strike rate from midfield intercepts is 18 per cent.
23:08
The story of the match for West Coast was their territorial dominance, winning the inside 50 count by 25 for the match. The Eagles also held swap in the clearances, winning them by 12 and outscoring Adelaide by 16 points from this score source.