Match

Melbourne vs Collingwood

Commentary / 15 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Darcy Cameron recorded a team-high nine marks last round, which included five contested marks – the equal-fourth most of any player this season.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
05:49
Collingwood has started the match off with poor kicking efficiency, it sits at 30%. This season Collingwood has a kicking efficiency of 63% - ranked 12th in the competition.
07:30
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
08:20
Sam Weideman kicks the first goal of the match. He entered this game with 12 goals for the season - his career-high. He averages two goals per match.
10:20
Clayton Oliver has started the game with four kicks at 100% efficiency. Through the first nine rounds, his kicking efficiency was just 51%, in the last two rounds he has increased this to 68%.
10:43
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Angus Brayshaw)
12:59
Melbourne leads kicking efficiency 73% to 38%.
13:35
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
14:22
The Magpies have put the pressure on at stoppages, they lead pressure factor (223-134) in this area.
16:03
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
18:55
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
18:59
The Demons lead intercept marks four to zero. They have scored 2.2 from intercept possessions.
20:59
Melbourne has significant control of the ball in this term, its leads disposals (75-52), uncontested marks (20-2), and marks inside 50 (4-1).
21:30
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
23:21
Collingwood's disposals leaders are Steele Sidebottom and Scott Pendlebury, they have a combined 14 disposals. However, these two players have not recorded an effective kick from their five combined kicks.
23:50
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
25:21
Melbourne leads the match by 14, it has led at quarter-time on just three occasions this season. In all three of these occasions it went on to win the match, this was against Carlton, Hawthorn, and Adelaide.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Callum L. Brown)
01:16
Callum Brown kicks the first goal of the second term and his fifth of the season, as Collingwood scores from a chain of seven disposals starting at the centre bounce.
03:20
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
04:12
Sam Weideman kicks his second goal of the match. He has now kicked multiple goals in six of his seven matches this season. His only goalless match was against Brisbane in which All-Australian defender Harris Andrews spent a significant amount of time on him.
06:41
Magpies Interchange - Brody Mihocek and is possibly out for the game.
12:51
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
13:22
Melbourne has scored 4.3 from turnovers.
15:06
It's a tight battle in the contested possessions to this point, the Demons lead them (42-40). Both sides rank in the top four for average contested possessions this season.
15:34
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
16:22
Brodie Grundy gets a goal assist on Jamie Elliot's goal. Grundy leads all players in clearances with four and he leads all Collingwood players in tackles with three. He is the only Collingwood player with multiple tackles.
17:10
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
19:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
22:41
Magpies Interchange - Trey Ruscoe off due to an injury.
23:06
The Magpies have recorded 322 disposals per game this season – the most of any side. They are down in the disposal count by 19.
23:37
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
25:07
Melbourne has kicked the last three goals. It has been an even battle for territory, Melbourne lead inside 50's just 17 to 15, and Collingwood leads time in forward half with 53%. However, Melbourne has generated 12 scoring shots to Collingwood's four.
27:12
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Taylor Adams)
27:18
Collingwood has kicked all three of its goals from stoppages. In this term, Melbourne has an extremely high pre-clearance pressure factor of 324, but Collingwood has kicked two goals from stoppages in this time.
29:52
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
30:23
Charlie Spargo has kicked three goals in this second term. This is a new career-high for goals in a match for Spargo.
31:53
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
33:40
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Ben Reid)
35:09
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
37:26
Melbourne has a slight lead on tackles at the major break, it leads 20 to 19. Melbourne has lost the tackle count by 11 or more in all of its matches this season.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:51
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
01:54
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
03:31
Brayden Maynard has five turnovers from his six disposals.
04:28
The rain comes and it's now a high-pressure game. Both teams have a pressure factor over 230 in this term.
06:28
Bayley Fritsch has four possessions in this match and four turnovers. He has two turnovers in this quarter.
07:28
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
07:39
Collingwood leads contested possessions (19-11) and inside 50s (8-3) in this term but has been unable to convert their chances scoring just 0.3.
08:08
Magpies Interchange - Ben Reid and is possibly out for the game.
09:03
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
10:03
Ed Langdon kicks his second goal of the match and second of the season. He has an equal-high 10 uncontested possessions among Melbourne players.
11:10
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
13:09
Collingwood is ahead in disposals this term leading 62 to 42. Its kicking efficiency is just 44% compared to Melbourne 69%.
13:49
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
16:09
The Demons have generated 16 scoring shots from their 26 inside 50s. In the last two rounds, the Demons have scored from 49% of their inside 50s – ranked fifth. After Round 9, they ranked last after scoring from 35% of entries.
17:06
Demons Interchange - Braydon Preuss off due to an injury.
19:22
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
19:29
Clayton Oliver has a game-high nine pre-clearance contested possessions. He ranks second in the league for average contested possessions with 8.5. Taylor Adams ranks third in this measure, and injured Magpie Adam Treloar ranks first.
24:48
Collingwood won the hitouts 15 to two in the third term, but the clearances were locked at eight apiece.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:24
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
02:02
Melbourne has been extremely accurate with its set shots in this match, kicking 8.1.
04:47
The Demons have 11 dropped marks in this match, the most of any team in a match this season.
08:17
Tom Phillips has a game-high 470 metres gained, team-high eight intercept possessions, and an equal team-high 11 contested possessions.
11:43
Darcy Moore has a game-high eight spoils and has the most disposals of any player with zero turnovers.
11:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
12:53
Bayley Fritsch has lifted his game in this fourth quarter. In the first three terms, he had eight disposals but committed seven turnovers. In this term, Fritsch has two goals and four disposals at 100% efficiency.
14:27
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
18:21
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Tom Sparrow)
18:28
Tom Sparrow kicks his first goal of the match and Melbourne is up to 10 individual goalkickers for the match.
20:40
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
23:23
The Demons are proving they can score big. They join Geelong in having five matches in which they have scored 80 points or more, only Brisbane is better having achieved this on six occasions this season.