Match

Adelaide Crows vs Geelong Cats

Commentary / 23 Aug 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Geelong has outscored its opposition by a total of 101 points in final quarters - ranked second in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:24
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
01:58
The Crows have won the first two inside 50s of the game. In 2020, they average an inside 50 differential of -3.3 in first quarters (ranked last).
04:56
M. Crouch and R. Laird have five disposals each early on. Crouch's most in an individual quarter this season is 12 whilst Laird's is 13.
05:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tyson Stengle)
08:09
R. O'Brien has four hitouts to advantage early on, already his second-most in a first quarter this season.
11:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
13:49
The Cats have a forward half kicking efficiency of 83 per cent compared to the Crows' 36 per cent.
13:54
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
14:55
The ball has been in the Cats' forward half for 92 per cent of the last five minutes.
15:42
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
16:55
The Cats lead uncontested possessions by 16. They average a differential of 11.1 in first quarters this season (ranked first).
19:08
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Reilly O'Brien)
19:51
The Crows have a kick to handball ratio of 0.76 compared to Geelong's 1.45.
22:27
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
22:49
The Cats have kicked two goals from their eight defensive midfield chains.
24:04
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
25:43
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
26:03
The Cats led marks by 20 in the first term, their fourth-best differential in an individual quarter this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:50
The Cats have won three of the first four clearances of the term, however, the Crows lead uncontested possessions 19 to seven and inside 50s three to zero.
05:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Rory Sloane)
05:54
The Crows have had the ball in their forward half for 78 per cent of the second quarter. In this time, they lead forward half disposals 15 to two.
08:38
The Crows lead first possessions from stoppages seven to two in the second quarter, yet clearances are tied at four each.
11:10
The Crows have sourced 14 of their points from forward 50 stoppage chains. In 2020, they average 3.2 points from this source (ranked last).
12:19
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jack Steven)
13:45
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Tyson Stengle)
14:15
The Cats currently lead uncontested possessions by 40, their best first half differential this season is 36.
15:25
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
16:58
Adelaide has a forward half disposal efficiency of 51 per cent, below its season average of 63.4 per cent (ranked 10th).
18:14
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Harry Schoenberg)
21:05
The Cats have scored 18 points from defensive midfield chains so far today. This is already above their season average of 12.4 (ranked 11th).
21:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
22:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Brandan Parfitt)
24:14
R. Stanley had an influential second quarter, he had five disposals, five contested possessions, four tackles, ten hitouts and a goal.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
02:42
The Cats have had the first three inside 50s and the first seven uncontested possessions of the quarter.
04:37
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Shane McAdam)
06:14
The Crows have scored from 47 per cent of entries today, which is above their season average of 38 per cent (ranked 15th).
08:17
M. Crouch has laid seven tackles for the game, his season-high is eight.
09:02
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rory Laird)
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Crocker)
12:08
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
12:18
The Cats have taken 23 forward half marks compared to Adelaide's eight.
14:06
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
14:32
The Cats have targeted T. Hawkins eight times going inside 50, the next most on the ground is G. Rohan with four.
15:59
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gary Rohan)
18:40
Geelong now leads uncontested possessions by 66. The biggest differential by any team this season is 90. This has occurred twice, both against the Crows.
19:30
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Sam Menegola)
21:06
K. Hartigan has won six intercept possessions, five of which have been intercept marks. The next most intercept possessions for the Crows is three.
22:00
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
24:35
SCORE GOAL - Crows (David Mackay)
24:38
S. Menegola had a lot of the ball in the third term. He collected 11 disposals, which is his equal-most in an individual quarter this season.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:43
The Cats have had 17 chains starting in their defensive 50 and have only converted one of these to an inside 50.
05:17
M. Crouch has 89 pressure points so far today, the next most on the ground is J. Steven with 50.
06:38
Crows Interchange - Lachlan Murphy off due to an injury.
07:46
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Esava Ratugolea)
08:20
Since the 10th minute of the third quarter, the Cats lead first possessions from stoppages 11 to three and clearances nine to three.
10:57
Crows Interchange - Shane McAdam off due to an injury.
11:29
Geelong has now scored 31 points from its defensive midfield today. The competition average is 12.6 points per game from this zone.
13:14
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
13:42
The Cats lead clearances seven to one in the final term. C. Guthrie leads the way with two whilst R. Stanley has three hitouts to advantage for the quarter.
15:31
R. Laird's 26 disposals is his second-most in a game this season. His season-high is 37 disposals, which he achieved in Round 11.
16:35
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
19:23
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Reilly O'Brien)
20:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
22:27
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
23:08
In the fourth quarter, the Cats lead inside 50s 12 to four and have kicked 3.2 (20) to one behind.
24:18
C. Guthrie was a standout for Geelong. He collected a season-high 33 disposals to go with five tackles and seven clearances.