Match

Port Adelaide vs Essendon

Commentary / 27 Mar 2021

Pre Game

00:00
Essendon generated 32 points from defensive midfield chains in Round 1 - ranked second in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:06
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
04:16
Scott Lycett has won three of four hitouts to start the match. In Round 1, Lycett recorded a hitout win rate of 60% for the match.
04:20
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
06:55
Zak Butters has started well with an equal game-high four disposals at 100% efficiency, three uncontested possessions, and 1.0.(6).
08:22
Port Adelaide leads clearances 6-1 to start the match. The Power have spread well from the stoppage with 17 uncontested possessions.
11:08
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
12:13
Essendon has yet to have a disposal inside their attacking 50 while Port Adelaide has had six thus far.
13:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
13:31
All three goals for Port Adelaide have been generated from chains starting in their defensive midfield.
15:09
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
16:29
Port Adelaide's pressure has been good to start the match with a rating of 192 compared to 159 for Essendon. The AFL average last season was 185.
18:29
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
20:22
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Peter Wright)
21:37
Essendon has won four of the past five clearances.
21:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Dylan Shiel)
24:17
Dylan Shiel has started well for Essendon with six disposals and five contested possessions. In nine career games at Adelaide Oval, Shiel has averaged 25 disposals and six score involvements.
25:42
Port Adelaide has taken five marks inside 50 to start the match. In Round 1, the Power took 17 marks inside 50.
26:03
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
28:07
The Power leads ground ball gets 24-19 to start the match.
29:57
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Dylan Shiel)
31:06
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
31:33
Port Adelaide has been more effective going forward than Essendon despite having only one more inside 50. The Power have had seven scores from 12 inside 50s while the Bombers have scored five times from 11 inside 50s.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:17
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
02:55
Zak Butters has a game-high in disposals (13), contested possessions (7), and clearances (4).
03:52
Essendon has struggled to transition the ball from their defensive half this quarter. Of nine chains starting in this zone, none have resulted in an inside 50.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Travis Boak)
05:13
Port Adelaide has the last six inside 50s for the match. Essendon has not been inside their 50 since the 27-minute mark of the first quarter.
05:58
SCORE GOAL - Power (Karl Amon)
06:29
The Power has won all five clearances this quarter, including four clearances when Lycett is against Draper in the ruck contest.
07:17
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
08:56
Charlie Dixon has been the target inside 50 on nine occasions for the match - no other player has been the target more than three times.
10:18
This quarter, the Power leads ground balls 16-9 and have amassed 29 more uncontested possessions.
11:09
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willem Drew)
13:13
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
14:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Peter Ladhams)
14:35
Dan Houston is up to a game-high 364 metres gained - almost 100 more than the next best on the ground.
15:30
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
15:58
This quarter, Port Adelaide lead centre clearances 4-1 and overall clearances 9-1.
16:11
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:15
Essendon has had two disposals inside their forward 50 this quarter - the Power have amassed 18 disposals in their own forward 50.
17:32
SCORE GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
19:49
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
20:00
Despite only four inside 50s this quarter, the Bombers have scored 2.1 (13) for a score conversion rate of 75%.
21:42
Jordan Ridley has had a good quarter for Essendon with nine disposals and 264 metres gained. Overall, Ridley has a team-high 13 disposals with 329 metres gained.
23:56
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
25:12
Essendon has amassed nine more uncontested possessions over the last ten minutes of the match.
26:00
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
27:12
The Power have kicked 2.0. (12) from kick-ins for the match.
30:22
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Brayden Ham)
30:56
The Power have generated a score from 46% of chains starting in their defensive midfield. Last week, the Power converted just 20% of chains starting in this zone into a score.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:21
Aliir Aliir is up to a game-high six intercept possessions for the match.
02:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Hamish Hartlett)
05:40
In 24 ruck contests between Lycett and Draper, the Power have won the first possession 13-9 and clearances 16-6.
05:48
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
07:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
07:23
13 Essendon players have taken one mark or less while only 17 Port Adelaide players have taken two or more marks.
09:28
Port Adelaide has 26 tackles for the match but nine of those have been inside their attacking 50.
09:42
Orazio Fantasia kicks his first goal against his former side. In 80 games with the Bombers, Fantasia kicked a total of 111 goals.
12:23
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
12:34
Cale Hooker has been the target inside 50 on an equal team-high five times for a return of 3.1 (19).
14:10
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
14:51
The Power have amassed 1463 metres gained by handball for the match. Last season, Port Adelaide were only one of four teams to finish the season averaging a negative metres gained per handball.
14:52
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
15:07
Bombers Interchange - Jye Caldwell and is possibly out for the game.
17:21
SCORE GOAL - Power (Charlie Dixon)
17:29
Charlie Dixon and Mitch Georgiades have combined to be the inside 50 target on 18 occasions for a return of 7.0 (42).
20:16
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
20:54
The Power have scored 3.2 (20) from chains starting in their defensive half this quarter.
22:17
Jye Caldwell has been medically-subbed out of the game and replaced by Tom Cutler.
22:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
24:25
Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
25:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
27:22
Dan Houston has amassed 22 disposals at 100% efficiency across half back as well as 11 uncontested possessions and 524 metres gained.
28:08
Bombers Interchange - Sam Draper and is possibly out for the game.
28:53
Port Adelaide has been more successful in transitioning the ball from their defensive half to forward 50 with 18 of 41 chains (44%) starting in this zone resulting in an inside 50. Essendon has converted just 11 of 53 chains (21%) starting in this zone into an inside 50.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:56
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Will Snelling)
02:50
Despite being -21 in inside 50s for the match, the Bombers have a higher score conversion with 16 scores from 29 inside 50s (55%) compared to 25 scores from 50 inside 50s (50%) for Port Adelaide.
04:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Devon Smith)
04:51
The Bombers have won all three clearances this quarter. Overall, Essendon trail in clearances 22-31.
05:52
Bombers Interchange - Dylan Shiel and is possibly out for the game.
07:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
09:09
Zac Butters has amassed a new career-high of 31 disposals along with 12 contested possessions and six clearances. His previous career-high was 24 disposals against the Western Bulldogs in Round 10, 2020.
10:44
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
11:03
All three goals kicked by Essendon this quarter have been generated from stoppages. Overall, the Bombers have kicked 6.2 (38) from stoppages.
12:35
SCORE GOAL - Power (Scott Lycett)
14:54
After a career-high of 639 metres gained last week, Nick Hind has amassed only 204 metres gained this week.
19:10
SCORE GOAL - Power (Orazio Fantasia)
19:18
Port Adelaide has kicked 8.7 (55) from turnovers for the match.
20:45
The Power have kicked 3.0 (18) from chains starting from a Darcy Byrne-Jones intercept possession - the most of any player who has accumulated an intercept possession.
22:48
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
25:03
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
29:11
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
30:10
Port Adelaide’s win was set up by a strong first-half attacking from their defensive half. The Power scored 8.0 (48) from chains starting in their defensive 50 compared to 0.4 (4) for the Bombers.