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Pre Game
00:00
Essendon has kicked the ball forward from a set position 77% of the time – the second-lowest percentage of any side.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:27
Port Adelaide is able to possess the ball early leading uncontested possessions 19 to eight. It has taken five uncontested marks, Essendon has zero.
05:17
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
05:36
Charlie Dixon kicks the first goal of the match. Meanwhile, Tom Clurey has three contested possessions and three interception possession early on, one of which led to the goal.
07:32
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Darcy Parish)
08:01
Darcy Parish kicks his first goal since Round 9 this season, it was set up by a hitout-to-advantage from Sam Draper.
12:12
James Stewart has taken two contested intercept marks thus far. He is playing in a new defensive role this match, having spent just 0.2% of time on the ground as a defender in his matches since he joined Essendon.
13:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
15:03
Port Adelaide has won three of its four defensive one-on-one contests in this match.
16:50
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Dylan Clarke)
17:36
Sam Draper kicks just his second career goal, his first came in Round 10 against GWS.
19:10
Bombers Interchange - Matt Guelfi off due to an injury.
20:48
In the last 10 minutes, Essendon leads contested possessions (16-9), kicking efficiency (73%-63%), and inside 50s (6-2).
21:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
23:57
This the first time since Round 2 in which Essendon has led at quarter time. Darcy Parish leads all players in the first term with six contested possessions and four clearances, he was able to hit the scoreboard as well with a goal. Parish averages 8.9 contested possessions this season - ranked third at the club.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
01:57
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
02:08
Charlie Dixon kicks his second goal for the match, this takes his season tally to 31 which is his third-largest goal tally in a season. He has taken three marks inside 50, including two contested marks.
04:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
04:43
Charlie Dixon has been Port Adelaide's inside 50 target nine times, no other teammate has been targeted more than once.
05:52
94% of play in this second term has been in the Powers forward half. They have five inside 50s to zero in this term.
07:17
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Peter Ladhams)
07:49
Peter Ladhams becomes Port Adelaide's second goalscorer for the match.
09:37
The Power received the first five free kicks of the match since then the Bombers have received five of the last six.
10:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
12:19
Port Adelaide leads uncontested possessions 72 to 39, including 26 to seven within the corridor. It also leads pre-clearance tackles 11 to six.
14:14
10 of the Bombers' 13 kicks inside 50 have been launched from 70 metres or more from goal, and have resulted in just one behind.
14:50
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
16:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Scott Lycett)
17:12
In the last 10 minutes, Port Adelaide leads the pressure gauge 269 to 182.
18:02
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Brad Ebert)
18:39
Jordan Ridley leads all players with 406 metres gained, however, he has five turnovers from his 13 disposals, the most turnovers in this match. This is uncharacteristic for Ridley as he has turned the ball over every 10.7 disposals this season – the best disposal per turnover rate of the top-100 ball winners in the AFL.
20:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
21:21
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Robbie Gray)
21:34
Port Adelaide has kicked the last five goals of the match and taken full control. It has 84 disposals to 37 in this quarter.
23:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
27:27
The Power had clear dominance in the second term, they won the uncontested possession count by 38 in this term which is the fifth-largest differential in a quarter since season. The Bombers conceded five goals from 16 inside 50s, the Bombers have allowed their opposition to score a goal from 23% of their inside 50s – the third-highest percentage conceded by any side.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
01:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Trent McKenzie)
02:08
Will Snelling has recorded 47 tackles in general play this season – ranked second in the competition. He has not recorded a tackle to this point in the match.
04:23
Brad Ebert has three clanger kicks and a clanger handball so far.
05:46
Scott Lycett has received three free kicks in this match and has three other contested possessions. He also has four hitouts-to-advantage, four spoils, and two tackles.
10:03
In the defensive 50 and midfield, Port Adelaide has a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.36, Essendon's ratio in the same zones is 2.05 which is a significantly different style of play to usual since across the season its ratio was 1.20 - the fourth lowest in the competition.
11:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
12:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Tom Rockliff)
13:20
Bombers Interchange - Dylan Shiel off due to an injury.
14:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:09
Port Adelaide continues its control of field position with 80% of play in this quarter played in Port Adelaide's forward half, it also leads inside 50s 11 to two in this time.
16:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
17:24
Essendon has won just one of its 16 offensive one-on-one contests and Joe Daniher has lost all four of his contests.
17:56
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Tom Cutler)
18:09
Tom Cutler breaks through for Essendon and kicks its first goal since the 17th minute of the first quarter.
21:37
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Tom Rockliff)
22:09
Tom Rockliff has team-highs in disposals (26), contested possessions (eight), and tackles (six), he has now added a goal to his performance as well.
23:21
Despite significant field advantage for the Power in the third term, they were unable to hit the scoreboard accurately kicking 1.6 for the term. They kicked 0.3 from set shots in the third term and have kicked 3.8 from this shot type for the match.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:35
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
02:54
Ollie Wines opens up the final quarter with a goal, he has the equal most clearances for Port Adelaide with four.
04:24
The Bombers have scored 31 points per game from intercept possessions this season – ranked 15th. Tonight they have generated just six points from turnovers.
05:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Jake Stringer)
06:03
The clearance battle is fairly even with Port Adelaide leading 28 to 24, but it is the effective clearances which tell the story as Essendon has just 13 effective clearances to Port Adelaide's 24.
07:53
10 of Darcy Parish's 11 contested possessions have come pre-clearance, for Kyle Langford seven of his eight contested possessions have come post-clearance.
08:56
SCORE
GOAL - Bombers (Brayden Ham)
11:10
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
11:35
For the second week in a row, Port Adelaide midfielders have hit the scoreboard, with Ollie Wines, Travis Boak, and Sam Powell-Pepper kicking a goal each last round and in this match.
11:59
Power Interchange - Connor Rozee off due to an injury.
14:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Bombers (Dylan Shiel)
15:22
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Xavier Duursma)
15:50
It has been an even spread of contributors for Port Adelaide with nine different goal scorers and 16 different players with a clearance.
18:02
Despite having kicked 0.2 to this point, Connor Rozee has shown he can impact games in other ways with equal team-highs in tackles (six) and pressure points (58).
26:01
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
27:56
The Power win in a convincing performance. It was the second quarter in which they set themselves apart winning the term by 33 points. In this term, they showed they can score two ways with 20 points generated from turnovers and 14 generated from stoppages.