Match

Carlton vs Adelaide Crows

Commentary / 13 Sep 2020

Pre Game

00:00
Adelaide has won five of its past six games against Carlton, with its only loss coming in the most recent clash between these sides in Round 19 last season by 27 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:21
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Eddie Betts)
02:33
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brodie Smith)
02:58
Brodie Smith kicks his fifth goal of the season to open the scoring for the Crows this afternoon. This was Smith's first mark inside 50 since round 1.
05:53
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Zac Fisher)
07:24
Matt Crouch has continued his strong accumulating form, collecting six early disposals today. In his past six matches, only once has Crouch recorded fewer than 27 disposals.
08:37
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
09:23
Lachlan Sholl has enjoyed a strong start to the match, recording five kicks as well as his first career goal. He is the only Crow player to have generated more than 100 metres gained.
10:29
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
10:50
Blues Interchange - Zac Fisher off due to an injury.
11:14
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
11:30
Carlton has been wasteful when disposing of the ball in this opening term, recording a kicking efficiency of a very low 26%. The Crows have generated four scoring chains from Carlton's turnovers.
11:49
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
13:43
The Crows have now scored the first three goals of the match. They have grabbed four marks inside 50 in this opening quarter, nearly matching their season average of five marks per match in this zone.
16:44
Adelaide is controlling possession on the outside, leading the uncontested possessions by 27. This has resulted in 64% of the play being held in their forward half of the ground.
18:56
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
19:34
The Crows have scored their second goal of the game from a forward 50 stoppage. Only once this season have the Crows scored multiple goals from forward 50 stoppages before today (Round 13 v Geelong).
22:00
Blues Interchange - Sam Docherty and is possibly out for the game.
23:58
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Billy Frampton)
26:45
Adelaide has scored its highest first-quarter score since their Round 1 clash against the Swans. Conversely, this is the highest first-quarter score that the Blues have conceded since their respective Round 1 encounter against the Tigers.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:30
Lachlan Sholl generated 399 metres gained in the opening quarter in just his seventh career game. This is the most metres gained by any player in a single quarter this season, surpassing Dan Houston’s 366 metres gained back in the second quarter of Round 5.
03:51
Carlton will be looking to capitalise this quarter in a period of the match where the Crows have been poor throughout 2020. Adelaide has been outscored in their second quarters by 123 points this season – ranked last.
04:47
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
06:14
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Will Setterfield)
07:20
Carlton finally has converted its first goal of the match following their 13th forward 50 entry. When the Blues have trapped the ball inside 50 today, they have been a dangerous scoring threat with all three of their scores being generated from forward 50 intercepts.
08:56
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
09:57
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Chayce Jones)
10:45
The Crows have scored their first goal of the game sourced from a kick-in, and their second overall goal launched from the defensive 50. This is an area that has been costly for the Crows this year, conceding an average of five points per match from kick-ins – ranked last defensively.
14:21
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Tom Lynch)
16:41
Tom Lynch, who is playing predominantly as a winger, has kicked his first goal since Round 7. Lynch has played over 70% of his time on ground today lined up on the wing in his return to the senior side.
16:54
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Brad Crouch)
19:48
Adelaide's defensive output has been on display recently, conceding 47 points last round – its fewest points conceded in any match this season. They have conceded just the single goal so far, and are on track to have their best first-half defensively this season.
22:35
Carlton has rectified the clearances this quarter (leading nine to five) after winning four fewer clearances in the opening term. The Crows have made the most of their clearances however, leading scores from this source by 17 points.
23:55
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
24:25
Carlton enter half-time having scored just nine points. This is their lowest half-time score since Round 18, 2018 and their lowest half-time score against Adelaide since Round 9, 2009.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:38
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Eddie Betts)
05:49
Carlton won the contested possession count by 23 last round against Sydney – its second-biggest differential in any game since 2019. It is the Crows that have controlled this aspect today though, winning 14 more contested possessions so far.
07:27
Carlton is playing a more deliberate and careful style this quarter, using the short option and accumulating the uncontested marks. They have taken 16 uncontested marks in the opening seven minutes of this quarter after taking 30 uncontested marks for the entire first half.
09:11
Rory Laird has won a game-high six clearances today. Laird recorded seven clearances in the first half last round – the equal-most of any player in the AFL in any match in 2020.
09:42
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Ben Keays)
10:40
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
10:50
Harry McKay has taken his first mark inside 50 for the match, resulting in Carlton's second goal. McKay was the No. 1 ranked player for marks inside 50 over the last four rounds, grabbing 14 in this period.
12:59
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
13:10
Carlton has the ascendancy at the contest this term, leading contested possessions by six after being behind in the first half. They are also dominating the aerial contests, claiming nine contested marks for the match compared to just the one for the Crows.
14:41
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
16:40
Reilly O'Brien has been influential in the ruck this afternoon, winning 23 hitouts (eight to advantage) compared to his direct opponent Tom De Koning's 13 hitouts (two to advantage).
17:18
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Patrick Cripps)
19:32
Carlton has played on immediately following 52% of their marks this quarter, a dramatic increase from 21% in the first half.
20:34
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Rushed)
21:38
Harry McKay has kicked his second goal today to become the first multiple goalscorer in the match. McKay was Carlton’s only multiple goalkicker last round with two goals. He has finished goalless just once since Round 6.
22:49
Crows Interchange - Reilly O'Brien off due to the blood rule.
24:19
Carlton reduced the half-time margin by 17 points by holding the Crows goalless in the third quarter. They were stronger at the contest that term, winning the contested possessions by 11 and pre-clearance groundballs 11 to three.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:32
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Shane McAdam)
01:00
Despite an early miss this quarter, Shane McAdam has loomed as a dangerous threat for the Crows inside 50 all match with a game-high four scoring shots. McAdam has taken 14 marks inside 50 this season – the No. 1 ranked Crow. The next best for Adelaide is Taylor Walker and Elliott Himmelberg with 10.
01:48
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
02:30
A chase-down tackle in the forward half applied by former-Crow Eddie Betts in Harry McKay's third goal of the match. Betts last played Adelaide in Round 5, 2013 – finishing with eight disposals, two score assists, and one goal.
04:06
Since Round 7, Carlton has averaged just 20 points in second halves – ranked last. They have already beaten this average today, scoring 26 points since half-time.
04:39
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
06:55
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Levi Casboult)
08:00
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Lachlan Sholl)
08:21
An outstanding performance by Lachlan Sholl continues, kicking his second goal of the match to take his score involvements up to eight - a game-high. He also leads the match in metres gained with 594 and has the equal-most inside 50s with five.
09:58
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Lachie Plowman)
11:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Mitch McGovern)
13:16
Carlton has generated a score from 33% of its inside 50s, considerably lower than their season average of 39%. In comparison, the Crows have scored from 48% of their forward 50 entries - nine percent above their respective season average.
15:10
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Matt Crouch)
16:17
Adelaide is slowing the tempo of play right down, content with controlling possession through uncontested marks and denying the Blues an opportunity to score. The Crows are now up to 58 uncontested marks, and are on track to smash their season average of 49.
17:02
SCORE GOAL - Crows (Elliott Himmelberg)
18:27
Elliott Himmelberg has kicked a steadying goal for the Crows to extend their lead out to 28 points. Himmelberg is now up to six score involvements today, after finishing with a game-high four contested marks and an equal game-high seven score involvements last round.
19:01
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Lochie O'Brien)
19:56
The Blues respond immediately thanks to a clever goal assist to Zac Fisher. Fisher has won more forward 50 groundballs than any other player in the competition over the last four rounds.
20:23
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (David Cuningham)
23:02
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
23:27
Harry McKay has now kicked an equal career-high four goals to take his season tally to 18 from 12 matches. His highest season output came last year where he kicked 26 goals from 20 matches.
25:48
SCORE BEHIND - Crows (Bryce Gibbs)
26:44
The Crows have won their third match in a row after losing their opening 13 games this season. They outscored the Blues by 16 points from defensive half scoring chains which ultimately was the difference in the match.