Pre Game
00:00
Port Adelaide has conceded 99 points per game this season, ranked 17th defensively. It ranked third for points conceded last season.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:16
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
01:31
Melbourne gets on the scoreboard early courtesy of Bayley Fritsch. Despite only conceding an average of 47 inside 50s per game, ranked second defensively, the Power have conceded a goal from 32 per cent of these entries, the highest percentage of any side.
03:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
05:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Ryan Burton)
06:47
Port Adelaide have yet to record an effective kick for the match.
08:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Luke Jackson)
11:28
Port Adelaide has recorded double the amount of inside 50s as Melbourne, eight to four, and has enjoyed 61 per cent time in forward half to start the match.
15:41
Melbourne leads the contested possession count by 11 to start the match. This season, the Demons have averaged 19 more contested possessions per game than their opposition, ranked second.
18:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
18:42
Port Adelaide's pressure has been fantastic to start the match, leading the tackle count by nine. Despite their slow start to the season, this has been one area that the Power have performed well in, averaging 11 more tackles per game than their opposition, ranked third.
19:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
22:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Steven May)
27:01
Melbourne has enjoyed the aerial advantage, leading the contested mark count six to one. The Demons average 11 contested marks per game this season, ranked third.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
05:11
Melbourne are allowing Port Adelaide the easy uncontested mark, with the Power leading this area 46 to 20. The Power have averaged just 68 uncontested marks per game this season, ranked 16th.
06:25
Power Interchange - Scott Lycett off due to an injury.
06:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Karl Amon)
07:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
09:52
Max Gawn has four contested marks already tonight and five marks in total. This will be a welcome sight for Demon fans, the Melbourne skipper had recorded just four contested marks and 11 marks total for the season. Last season, Gawn averaged 2.3 contested marks per game, ranked fifth in the AFL.
15:51
Bayley Fritsch kicks his second, Melbourne's second and the match's second goal after a goal drought of over 40 minutes. The Demons have two goals from 17 inside 50s, a strike rate of 12 per cent, much lower than their season average of a goal from 23 per cent of their inside 50s.
17:49
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
18:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
20:26
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
21:52
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (James Harmes)
22:04
Since the 14-minute mark of the second quarter, Melbourne has recorded the last six inside 50s of the match, kicking 4.1.25 from these entries. This comes after only kicking the one goal from their first 14 entries of the match.
26:00
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
26:14
The Power have recorded 20 more disposals, including 14 more kicks in the second quarter, but many of these have been backwards and sideways, highlighted by the fact that Melbourne has recorded almost 400 more metres gained for the term despite having far less of the football.
27:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
30:54
From the 14-minute mark of the second term, it was an utter domination by Melbourne. They led the inside 50 count 12 to one, clearances nine to one, and contested possessions 20 to eight, kicking 5.2.32 to nil over the time period.
Quarter 3
00:00
Ollie Wines has been subbed out of the game for Port Adelaide. His replacement is Trent Dumont.
02:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Zak Butters)
04:50
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (James Harmes)
05:06
James Harmes kicks his second goal of the match via an intercept possession. The Demons have outscored the Power 5.3.33 to 0.4.4 from this score source.
10:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Mayes)
11:06
Miles Bergman has been a rare shining light for Port Adelaide. On his return to the side, the young Power defender has won seven intercept possessions, the most of any player on the ground.
11:55
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
14:56
Melbourne now leads the contested possession count by a massive 34. Jack Viney has led the way in this area for the Demons with 11 of his 13 disposals coming via a contested possession.
19:37
Melbourne leads the clearance count by 12 and have outscored the Power 3.3.21 to 0.2.2 from stoppages.
22:18
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
22:32
Finally, the Power get their first goal on the board after 80 minutes of playing time. The goal came from Port Adelaide's 31st inside 50 of the match, a strike rate of three percent. This season, the Power have scored a goal from 19 per cent of their inside 50s, ranked 17th.
24:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Luke Jackson)
26:20
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Luke Jackson)
27:18
Melbourne has scored 4.1.25 from the 24 possession chains that it has launched from the defensive midfield zone. The Power has scored just 0.1.1 from its 23 defensive midfield chains.
27:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
29:04
Melbourne dominated territory in the third quarter, winning the inside 50 count 17 to eight and enjoying 67 per cent time in forward half. Tom Sparrow and Christian Petracca had nine inside 50s between them for the term.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
04:39
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
07:07
Melbourne has seven of the first eight inside 50s of the final quarter. Port Adelaide's lone inside 50 was intercepted by Steven May, and the resultant chain ended in a goal to Bayley Fritsch.
08:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
11:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
13:42
Melbourne has kicked 7.3.45 from set shots tonight. Conversely, the Power have kicked just 0.3.3 from this shot type.
16:25
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
17:00
Port Adelaide has taken 124 marks tonight, 55 more than Melbourne. This represents Port Adelaide's highest mark tally since Round 6, 2021.
18:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
19:06
Port Adelaide has amassed 251 disposals in the defensive half of the ground and just 107 in its forward half. To put this in perspective, Melbourne has 166 defensive half disposals and 171 forward half disposals.
21:37
Ed Langdon has come from the ground, the first time he has been interchanged this season.
22:49
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
24:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Miles Bergman)
27:40
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Steven Motlop)
27:50
In what its little consolation, the Power have finished off the game well, kicking the last three goals of the match. The last two of these goals have been launched from the attacking midfield zone.
29:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
30:12
Steven May was superb down back for the Demons finishing with 10 intercept possessions that included seven marks from opposition kicks and three contested marks. He was also good offensively, compiling 22 disposals at 91 per cent efficiency and a team-high 681 metres gained.