Match

St Kilda vs Essendon

Commentary / 16 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
In the last four rounds, Essendon and St Kilda are in the top three for most marks conceded inside 50. Essendon has conceded 36, the third most, and St Kilda has conceded 40 which is the most.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
03:33
Essendon has been applying significant pressure early at stoppages. It leads pre-clearance pressure factor 315 to 155.
06:44
St Kilda has started the match with a kick-to-handball ratio of 5.50, its ratio for the season is 1.57 - fifth highest in the competition. Essendon currently has a ratio of 0.61 kicks for each handball.
07:13
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
08:06
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Bradley Hill)
08:58
The Saints have generated four scoring shots from their five inside 50s thus far, the Bombers have generated zero scoring shots from their three inside 50s.
10:14
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Lonie)
11:39
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
12:01
Max King has kicked the first two goals of the match. St Kilda generated one of these goals from a stoppage, and the other was generated from a turnover.
15:48
Saints Interchange - Ben Paton and is possibly out for the game.
15:53
Essendon has just two inside 50s in the last 10 minutes. It has a post-clearance pressure factor of just 137 in this time.
16:15
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
18:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
21:08
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Nick Hind)
21:19
The Saints have extended the lead to 21 points - the highest of the match. They have taken seven marks inside 50, the Bombers have taken zero.
24:40
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
25:40
St Kilda leads the tackle count just 10 to nine, but it leads tackles in general play nine to three.
26:55
St Kilda enters the first break with a lead of 22 points. It has been damaging from both stoppages and intercepts, having generated two goals from each of these sources.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:06
Bombers Interchange - Jordan Ridley off due to the blood rule.
02:41
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
03:26
Andrew McGrath has eight disposals at 100% efficiency. All eight of his disposals are handballs, this explains why his metres gained is negative 17.
06:59
St Kilda leads hitouts-to-advantage (7-3), it has approached the ruck battle by way of committee with Rowan Marshall attending 17 ruck contests, and Patrick Ryder attending 12. Sam Draper has attended 28 of Essendon's ruck contests.
09:08
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Josh Battle)
10:00
Josh Battle kicks the first goal of the second quarter following a clanger kick from Josh Begley. Essendon has 14 disposals clangers to St Kilda's eight.
14:00
Rowan Marshall leads all players in kicks (five) and contested possessions (four) in this term.
14:26
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
17:35
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
17:41
St Kilda has produced 12 scoring shots from 22 inside 50s, Essendon has just the one scoring shots from its 13 inside 50s.
21:00
Essendon has just 37 disposals in its forward half at an efficiency of 49%. St Kilda has recorded 72 disposals in its forward half at an efficiency of 78%. St Kilda also leads contested possessions (30-16) in the forward half.
23:57
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Josh Begley)
26:34
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:12
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Adam Saad)
04:00
Adam Saad kicks the first goal of the second half. He has started this quarter hot with three disposals at 100% efficiency. Essendon leads uncontested possessions 15 to eight in this term.
06:09
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jacob Townsend)
06:34
Essendon has now kicked the last three goals of the match following Jacob Townsend's goal.
10:00
Josh Battle has game-highs in uncontested possessions (12) and intercept marks (five).
12:53
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
18:06
The Saints have 12 hitouts-to-advantage and just two hitouts sharked.
21:02
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Lonie)
22:00
St Kilda has kicked nine goals from 32 inside 50s. This season it scores a goal from 26% of inside 50s - ranked first in the competition.
22:53
Michael Hurley leads all players in the third term with 12 disposals and 10 uncontested possessions.
23:02
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (James Stewart)
23:04
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:20
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jordan Ridley)
02:35
St Kilda has taken seven intercept marks in its defensive 50.
03:20
Essendon has won the final term in just three matches this season – ranked equal 17th in the league.
04:53
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Paddy Ryder)
06:25
Essendon leads disposal efficiency (81%-65%), tackles (5-0), and inside 50s (7-2) in this quarter. However, it has scored just one point in this time, as has St Kilda.
09:41
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti leads all players with 29 forward half pressure points and has an equal game-high five tackles.
10:33
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
13:12
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Max King)
14:00
Max King kicks three goals in a match for the second time in his career. St Kilda has taken 16 marks inside 50 this match, Essendon has taken just seven.
14:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
18:42
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Nick Hind)
19:48
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Tom Cutler)
20:56
Essendon recorded just 15 tackles in general play. This is just above the season-low of 14 tackles in general play, set by both St Kilda and Carlton in their round 5 matchup.