Match

Melbourne vs Fremantle

Commentary / 07 Sep 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Since Round 10, the Demons have recorded a disposal per goal rate of 29 – ranked third in the AFL.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:23
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rory Lobb)
05:14
Steady start for both teams, Fremantle going at 95% disposal efficiency from 19 disposals.
07:10
Going into this match, Melbourne has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 59% – ranked second in the league.
08:44
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
09:15
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
09:51
70% of the ball has been spent in the Dockers forward half. This has been controlled well by Nathan Wilson who has a game-high six defensive half disposals and has been involved in two of Fremantle's scores.
12:21
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Adam Cerra)
13:32
This season, 86% of Fremantle’s kicks have been directed forward from set positions – the second-highest percentage of any side.
14:46
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
17:49
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nat Fyfe)
20:07
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
20:26
Great transition from defence into attack for the Dockers. Fremantle score the first goal of the game from a defensive 50 intercept. From four defensive 50 chains, Fremantle has taken the ball inside 50 on three occasions.
22:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jayden Hunt)
23:50
Melbourne were the better side around the contest winning clearances 11-5 and contested possesions 40-29 but it was Fremantle that dominated on outside run winning uncontested possessions 52-26 and inside 50's 12-6.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:18
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
04:06
Melbourne's kicking is letting them down. The Demon's are going at 38% kicking efficiency for the match and 17% efficiency from forward half kicks. Fremantle going at 70%.
08:31
Fremantle average 70.3 marks per game this season. Tonight, Fremantle are already up to 45 marks for the match.
09:51
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
11:14
Max Gawn giving Melbourne's midfielder's first possession. Melbourne leads first possessions 16-8 and clearances 15-9 but haven't been able to take advantage on the scoreboard.
15:20
From 21 defensive 50 chains, Melbourne has only been able to transition the ball inside their attacking 50 once, going at 5%. This is compared to Fremantle going inside 50 six times from 10 chains, at 60%.
16:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jayden Hunt)
18:53
Taylin Duman leading the match with 15 disposals. Duman also leads the match with six intercept possessions, 300 metres gained and six marks.
20:05
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
22:37
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Trent Rivers)
22:44
Fremantle the better team so far this match but have only been able to score two goals from 22 forward 50 entries. Fremantle continue to dominate uncontested possessions, leading 103-44.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
04:11
Melbourne's kicking efficiency continues to let them down. The Demon's are going at only 26% kicking efficiency from forward half kicks and 53% kicking efficiency from defensive half kicks.
04:46
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
05:01
Demons Interchange - Jayden Hunt off due to an injury.
06:41
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Sam Weideman)
11:20
Melbourne starting to take control of the game this quarter. The Demons have spent 60% of the quarter in their forward half and lead inside 50's 7-4.
13:17
Dockers Interchange - Taylin Duman off due to an injury.
13:36
Melbourne has recorded 23 intercept possessions per game in the forward half of the ground – ranked second. They lead this statistic 18-9 so far this match.
14:23
Dockers Interchange - Sean Darcy off due to an injury.
16:46
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
17:37
The Dockers have now scored eight times for two goals from turnovers. Melbourne with just two scores for one goal.
19:44
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
19:52
Nat Fyfe has won 60% of his possessions in a contested manner this season – his third-highest percentage in any season. Tonight, seven of Fyfe's 13 possessions have been contested.
23:36
Max Gawn has now taken three intercept marks in Melbourne's defensive 50 this match.
23:45
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
26:31
Christian Petracca had a big third quarter. Petracca lead the quarter in disposals (11), contested possessions (eight), metres gained (215) and intercept possessions (four).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:17
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Nathan Wilson)
02:55
Fremantle has conceded seven points per game from its opposition’s defensive 50 chains – ranked third defensively. Tonight, Melbourne has not been able to score from this zone.
06:41
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
07:54
Fremantle has taken 61 uncontested marks this match to Melbourne's 21. The Dockers have played on 35% of the time compared to Melbourne's 7%.
09:02
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Adam Cerra)
10:09
Fremantle has scored 21 points from their forward 50 zone. 13 of them have come from turnovers. Fremantle average 10.4 points per game form this zone this season.
10:57
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Aaron vandenBerg)
13:00
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Toby Bedford)
13:17
Dockers Interchange - Taylin Duman and is possibly out for the game.
14:42
The Dockers have taken advantage from turnovers. Fremantle has scored 31 points from intercepts compared to Melbourne's nine points.
16:00
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Matt Taberner)
17:18
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
18:24
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
20:24
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
23:03
Melbourne with the last six inside 50's for the match. 34 of Melbourne's 52 disposals have come from their forward half.
26:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
26:19
At the end of the day, Melbourne's disposal efficiency let them down, going at 54%. Melbourne struggled to transition the ball from their defence, from 43 defensive 50 chains, Melbourne only went inside 50 three times.