Match

Adelaide Crows vs Melbourne

Commentary / 05 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide has now lost 12 consecutive matches, including nine in a row this season. The last time they registered a victory was 367 days ago when they defeated St Kilda at the Adelaide Oval.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:15
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
02:16
Jack Viney has started this match at his contested best. Viney has already had four contested possessions. Adelaide has only registered three contested possessions as a team so far.
02:50
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Luke Jackson)
03:07
Crows Interchange - David Mackay off due to an injury.
03:45
Luke Jackson goals from the first contested mark of the match. That is Jackson's second career goal in only his fifth game of AFL.
05:18
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Viney)
07:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
08:56
Darcy Fogarty's fourth goal of the season comes from a free-kick. Adelaide has now kicked 14 of its 60 goals from free-kicks this season.
11:24
Max Gawn had a question mark over his fitness this week. Reilly O'Brien has started well against him and is leading the hit-outs 9-2, with two of those being hit-outs to advantage.
11:54
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)
14:16
Both teams have a kicking efficiency of below 50% so far. Matt Crouch has had a game-high four kicks, but he is yet to register an effective kick.
14:57
Crows Interchange - Will Hamill and is possibly out for the game.
15:01
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
15:46
Melbourne had the first four inside 50's of the match. Adelaide has registered the next eight inside 50's. Ben Keays and Fischer McAsey have combined for four of these.
16:06
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
16:33
Crows Interchange - Ben Keays off due to an injury.
16:42
Demons Interchange - Aaron vandenBerg off due to an injury.
18:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
19:31
Adelaide leads the tackle count 17-9 and has registered nine of those tackles inside their forward 50. Ben Crocker has had three tackles inside 50.
21:27
Ed Langdon and James Harmes have combined for 14 first-quarter disposals. Eight of these have been intercept disposals.
21:44
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Murphy)
23:27
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
25:06
Jack Viney has been the best player on the ground so far. Viney has had a game-high nine disposals, eight contested possessions, three clearances, three inside 50's and a goal.
26:18
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
28:25
While the Crows and Demons were the two worst sides in terms of applied pressure leading into the game, they are both registering a pressure factor of above 2.0 tonight. Harry Schoenberg has had a game-high nine pressure acts on debut for the Crows.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:32
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
03:59
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
04:06
Sam Weideman becomes the first multiple goalkicker of the game. Weideman has been Melbourne's forward 50 target six times so far.
07:18
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Luke Jackson)
08:25
Three of Melbourne's five goals have come from turnovers. Steven May has taken two intercept marks and has launched two scores from intercepts.
10:11
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Nathan Jones)
10:35
Melbourne is beginning to take control of this contest. The Demons lead uncontested possessions (19-9), inside 50's (7-3) and marks (12-6) in the second quarter.
12:56
Christian Salem has gained 266 metres from his disposals, more than any Melbourne player. He also leads all comers for rebound 50's with five so far.
12:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
14:46
Angus Brayshaw has only had one disposal so far tonight. Brayshaw has spent 15 minutes on the bench, which is more than any other player aside from Will Hamill, who was concussed in the opening term.
18:01
Adelaide has had six of the last seven clearances. Lachlan Sholl had one of those clearances, as well as nine disposals and 200 metres gained in an impressive debut for the Crows.
19:03
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Paul Seedsman)
20:26
Paul Seedsman had only kicked two goals leading into round 10. He has now kicked two goals in the first half of this game.
21:57
Adelaide didn't play on once after a mark in the opening term. They are moving the ball quicker in the second quarter, playing on 31% of the time after a mark.
24:20
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
25:06
Adelaide has clawed back the ascendency after Melbourne threatened to break the game open. The Crows have kicked three goals from stoppages, while the Demons have kicked three goals from turnovers.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:36
Matt Crouch averages nine contested possessions per game this season. Crouch has already had nine contested possessions early in the third term, as well as a game-high 18 disposals, four clearances, and four tackles.
03:00
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
04:20
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
04:45
Melbourne has had the last six inside 50's of the game but has only registered two behinds for their repeat entries. Christian Petracca has had two of these inside 50's, and five for the match.
08:06
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harley Bennell)
08:41
Bailey Fritsch has had two score assists tonight. After assisting Harley Bennell's goal, he now has the most score assists of any Melbourne player this season.
11:06
Luke Brown has the best kicking efficiency of any Adelaide player this season (88%). He has continued his clean ball use tonight, with 13 kicks at 92%.
14:16
Adelaide has had 20 free kicks to Melbourne's 11. Seven of the Crows' free-kicks have come from high tackles.
15:54
Clayton Oliver is taking control of the game at the coalface. Oliver averages 13 contested possessions per game this year. He has already had six contested possessions this quarter, as well as 14 for the match.
18:31
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Darcy Fogarty)
20:06
Daniel Talia has won 75% of his one-on-one contests tonight. He has also had six spoils and two intercept marks.
20:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
21:35
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
22:09
Melbourne was plus 18 for disposals, plus 16 for uncontested possessions and plus 11 for marks in the third quarter, but only managed one goal for their dominance across the ground. They take a narrow 12 point lead going into the final quarter.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:41
Clayton Oliver continues his third-quarter dominance with the all-important first goal of the final term. Oliver has added two more clearances to a game-high seven.
05:12
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
05:31
The Demons are out to a game-high 24 point lead. Melbourne has kicked 5.2 from set shots and six of their eight goals have been kicked from 15-40 metres out.
07:51
With the game in the balance, the Demons have had the first six clearances, the first five inside 50's and the first three goals of the final term. Adelaide will need to kick six goals to win when they've only managed four for the night.
09:13
Angus Brayshaw has lifted his output in the second half. Brayshaw has assisted two of Melbourne's three goals this quarter.
09:22
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Ben Crocker)
13:08
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
13:42
Christian Petracca has had four shots at goal but has kicked 0.3 and one out on the full.
14:05
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
14:38
Crows Interchange - Daniel Talia off due to an injury.
15:52
Ben Keays has done some negating roles in recent weeks. So far tonight he has played on multiple opponents. Keays has had 18 disposals and a team-high six clearances.
17:09
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
18:46
The Demons have kicked four goals straight from set shots in the final term.
19:23
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
20:02
Melbourne has completely dominated the final quarter and is running away with this match. The Demons lead contested possessions (27-15), clearances (11-2), and inside 50's (10-3) in the final term.
21:57
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
23:03
Demons Interchange - Max Gawn off due to an injury.
23:26
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
25:39
Clayton Oliver joins Jack Steele, Tom Liberatore and Jack Viney as the only players to have 20 contested possessions in a single match this season. Oliver has been untouchable tonight with 33 disposals, 21 contested possessions, 11 clearances, and six tackles.
27:12
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jake Melksham)
29:06
An even match for the first three quarters ended in a 51 point victory for the Demons. Melbourne kicked 7.7 to Adelaide's 1.5 from turnovers. Adelaide has now lost 13 consecutive matches and Melbourne has kept their season alive.
29:30
The siren has sounded to end Q4.