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Pre Game
00:00
Both these sides have battled to maintain forward territory this year, with the Dockers (-5:29 minutes) and Swans (-7:43 minutes) ranked in the bottom five clubs for average time in forward half differential per game.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
04:05
Nick Blakey has drilled a kick inside 50 onto the chest of Tom McCartin who makes no mistake from distance. Blakey recorded a season-high 18 disposals and a career-high 500 metres gained last round against GWS Giants.
06:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
09:40
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
10:05
Brennan Cox's third intercept mark has launched Fremantle's first goal, eventually kicked via David Mundy. Last round against Carlton, Cox finished with an equal career-high eight intercept possessions and a team-high 10 spoils.
17:23
There is nothing in this match on the scoreboard nor on the stats sheet, with a difference of at most one in each of kicks, marks, tackles, clearances, intercepts and forward 50 entries. One contrast is in the disposal by hand, with the Dockers (32) opting for handball at double the rate of the Swans (16).
19:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
22:39
Matt Taberner has looked a likely forward target for Fremantle, with four marks including two contested. Heading into this round, Taberner recorded 26 marks inside 50 this season, ranked equal-fourth in the competition.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
01:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
05:24
Heading into this match, these sides ranked top two in the percentage of goals conceded per inside 50 entry against. Once again the defensive units are on top, for Fremantle led by Cox (four intercept marks) and Ryan (five intercepts and spoil) and for Sydney by Melican (three spoils and three intercepts) and Dawson (two intercept marks and a spoil).
10:19
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Adam Cerra)
11:17
Adam Cerra breaks the deadlock with a smart snap from a forward 50 stoppage. In the previous seven minutes, the Dockers had locked the ball inside their forward half with 88 per cent time in that zone, set up by all three clearance wins in that period.
13:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
17:04
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
17:12
Michael Frederick has looked likely across half forward for Fremantle this quarter, with five disposals in the past 13 minutes. In that time the Dockers have been efficient, on average gaining 94 metres per turnover, more than double that of the Swans (45 metres).
18:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
20:53
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
21:28
Following his seventh mark, Taberner extends Fremantle's lead as its territorial advantage starting to pay dividends. The Dockers have enjoyed 70 per cent time in forward half this quarter, launching all three of their goals this term ahead of centre.
23:31
After the Swans outperformed the Dockers at the stoppages in the first term with three additional clearances, in the second quarter Fremantle has turned it around, winning 10 clearances to Sydney's four.
23:54
Fremantle broke the deadlock and blew a tight game open in the back half of that quarter. After the nine-minute mark the Dockers launched 11 possession chains forward of centre returning 3.1 (19), in comparison to just two such chains by the Swans.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
01:26
Consecutive goals for Matt Taberner either side of the main break and Fremantle now leads by four goals. In a breakout year in 2020, Taberner is one of only two players in the league to have kicked a goal in every game this season.
09:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
10:46
Fremantle has been able to find more space in its forward advances than Sydney. The Dockers have won 19 more uncontested possessions in its forward half than the Swans, returning nine additional effective kicks in this zone.
13:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Caleb Serong)
14:45
Fremantle's defensive structure has only allowed Sydney to take two marks inside its forward 50 to date in this match. This continues a good run for the Dockers' backline, conceding an average of only five marks per game inside defensive 50 in the past four matches (ranked first in the league).
18:35
Heading into this match the Dockers averaged 8.9 smothers per match (ranked second in the league). In this match Fremantle has taken the pressure up another level, already applying 11 smothers in comparison to Sydney's four.
19:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
20:11
Matt Taberner has been a focal point at centre half-forward all match for Fremantle. He has now taken nine marks, including four contested, and leads all players on the ground with 349 metres gained.
23:43
They may be playing in shortened quarters in season 2020, but the Swans have been held to their lowest three-quarter time score since 1964, as well as the equal-second lowest score by any team to the final change this season.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:03
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
01:32
Fremantle's tall towers in all three zones of the ground have been a significant factor, with Cox (five), Taberner (four) and now Lobb (two) combining for its 11 contested marks. The Dockers have now taken eight marks inside 50, six more than the Swans (two).
03:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Jackson Thurlow)
06:08
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Sam Wicks)
06:27
It's taken in excess of three quarters of game play but finally Sam Wicks has sought to lift his side with just the Swans' second tackle inside 50 for the match and goal from the resultant free. The Dockers have also only laid two tackles inside forward 50, well down on the league average of nine per game.
08:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
09:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
12:42
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
14:08
James Rowbottom has once again been a strong presence for Sydney in the midfield, with eight clearances and six tackles to date. Prior to this match he recorded 39 clearances and 37 tackles this season, ranked second at the Swans in both measures.
18:02
Luke Ryan has continued his impressive work in defence of late with another 11 intercepts in this match, bang on his average since Round 8 (ranked first in the league in that category). Ryan has also applied seven spoils and a team-high 24 disposals.
20:23
SCORE
GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Schultz)
21:01
It had been all Sydney this quarter with 13 forward 50 entries, but the Dockers' defence has remained steadfast and conceded just one goal. Fremantle has ventured inside 50 only on four occasions but it has scored three times, and now leads the term.
23:09
Perhaps appropriately, the game ends with a contested mark to Fremantle in Lobb. The Dockers were dominant in the air at either end of the ground, taking 10 marks inside 50 and conceding just four. Fremantle conceded an additional nine inside 50s to Sydney but still ran out comfortable 31-point winners.