Match

West Coast Eagles vs Essendon

Commentary / 01 Sep 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Essendon outscored Hawthorn by 52 points in the second half last round – its second-biggest differential in any game since 2015.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:52
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
00:58
Liam Ryan slots the first goal of the match. West Coast has scored 55% of the time it has targeted Ryan inside 50 this season – the highest percentage of the top-50 targets in the AFL.
02:30
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
03:40
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
03:58
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti kicks Essendon's first goal of the match, Zach Merrett gets the goal assist. Since Round 8, Merrett has recorded a total of 208 disposals – ranked second in the AFL.
05:10
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Will Snelling)
06:50
Dylan Shiel is up to six possessions already, including three contested possessions. Both are game-highs thus far.
08:47
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
09:18
The Bombers lead uncontested possessions 21 to nine, but 15 of their uncontested possessions have been in the defensive half.
11:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Will Snelling)
14:13
It's an even pressure game at the present time, both teams have a pressure factor of 181.
15:05
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
15:24
Essendon leads contested possession in its forward 50 zone four to one.
17:14
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Joe Daniher)
19:28
The Eagles have generated 955 metres gained from their 30 kicks, the Bombers have generated just 800 metres gained from their 38 kicks.
20:10
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
20:49
Both sides have recorded seven inside 50s. West Coast has made the most of these forward entries kicking 3.1, while Essendon has kicked 1.4.
24:18
The Eagles have won both of their forward 50 one-on-one contests so far. In the past four rounds, the Bombers have lost 33% of the one-on-one contests they have defended – ranked last.
24:50
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Bailey J. Williams)
26:29
Dylan Shiel leads all players with 10 disposals, three tackles and has an equal lead in contested possessions with four. Similarly, Jordan Ridley leads all players with four intercept marks. However, West Coast enters quarter-time up by 15 points thanks to its accurate goal kicking. It kicked 3.0 from set shots, Essendon kicked 1.3 from set shots.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
04:09
West Coast has a kicking efficiency of 75%, Essendon is going at just 65%.
06:40
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Lewis Jetta)
07:40
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Lewis Jetta)
09:08
West Coast leads post-clearance pressure factor 153 to 121 in this term.
11:31
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
11:42
Liam Ryan puts through the first goal of the second term. The Eagles lead uncontested possessions 44 to 23 in this quarter and kicking efficiency 82% to 57%.
13:23
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
14:02
West Coast has 11 marks in the forward half, Essendon has just five.
15:19
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
15:42
The floodgates have opened in the last five minutes. In this time West Coast has kicked three goals. It has also gone inside 50 four times to Essendon's zero and has had 13 disposals to two.
18:39
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Dyson Heppell)
19:00
Bombers Interchange - Andrew McGrath and is possibly out for the game.
19:07
Dyson Heppell kicks a goal in his first game back from injury. This is Essendon's first goal since the fourth minute of the first quarter.
20:39
Dylan Shiel has both of Essendon's clanger handballs in this match.
21:32
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
21:42
The Bombers have kicked the last two goals of the match and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti gets his second.
23:29
West Coast has taken eight contested mark in this match to Essendon's two. Brendon Ah Chee has two contested marks in this quarter.
25:45
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (James Stewart)
26:38
Essendon has had full control in the last 10 minutes, leading disposals 38 to 10 in this time and putting on 18 points to zero.
28:09
12 of West Coast's 18 kicks inside 50 landed 30 metres or more from goal. It kicked six goals from these shallow forward entries.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:06
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
03:22
West Coast leads post-clearance contested possessions 46 to 31.
04:33
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
08:26
Tim Kelly has received the most pressure of any West Coast player in this match, receiving 2.28 pressure points per disposal. This possibly explains his 56% disposals efficiency from his nine disposals.
08:30
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Joe Daniher)
10:13
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
10:21
73% of play in this term has been in Essendon's forward half, it is finally able to capitalise as Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti kicks his third goal of the match.
12:17
Darcy Parish has stepped up in this quarter, he leads all players with five tackles and seven disposals, as well as the equal lead in contested possessions with three and clearances with two.
14:09
Tom Cole kicks his first career AFL goal in his 52nd career match, this is West Coast's first goal of the quarter.
16:11
It has been a strong defensive quarter for Essendon with a pressure factor of 211 and recording six tackles inside 50, after not recorded any tackles inside 50 in the first half.
16:37
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
17:36
Eagles Interchange - Luke Shuey off due to an injury.
17:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Joe Daniher)
20:55
SCORE GOAL - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
20:57
Essendon was on track to win its first quarter of the match, but a last-second goal from Liam Ryan gives West Coast the quarter win. This isn't uncharacteristic for Essendon who has conceded 217 points this season after the 20-minute mark in quarters, the second-most of any team.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:01
West Coast has a slight lead in hitouts-to-advantage with eight to seven, but it has had three hitouts sharked, Essendon has had no hitouts sharked.
07:41
West Coast lead contested marks 14 to three, it has won five of its 13 one-on-one contests.
09:24
Essendon has six players with less than 10 pressure points, West Coast has just two. One of which is Tom Barrass who has provided defensive effort elsewhere with a game-high eight spoils.
09:43
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
10:36
It is the battle of the small forwards in this match with both Liam Ryan and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti both sitting on four goals.
13:33
The Bombers lead inside 50s 10 to one in this final term but has only produced one goal.
15:21
West Coast has 18 clanger kicks in this match, Essendon has just nine. However, West Coast leads kicking efficiency 72% to 64%.
16:01
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Irving Mosquito)
19:54
SCORE BEHIND - Eagles (Liam Ryan)
20:01
West Coast generated 19 points from centre bounces, 34 points from turnovers, and won the contested mark count 17 to five.