Pre Game
00:00
From rounds 5-8, the Demons conceded just four points per game from centre bounce clearances - ranked No.1 defensively.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:03
Jake Lever has already grabbed two intercept marks. He has taken 1.2 per game this season.
03:19
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
03:29
Jake Waterman boots the first goal for the game, sourced from an intercept won in defensive 50. The Eagles have scored from just 4.4% of defensive 50 chains this season - the second-lowest percentage in the AFL.
05:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
06:35
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
06:45
Kysaiah Pickett is the only Demon to be involved in both of their scores, kicking the first and launching the second. He finished with a season-high 14 disposals and 12 contested possessions last week against St. Kilda, also booting three goals.
07:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (James Harmes)
09:40
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
09:50
Melbourne has won four clearances and launched a score from three of them, including that goal to Christian Petracca.
11:46
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
14:08
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
14:18
After conceding the first goal for the game, the Demons have booted the last four goals from just six inside 50s.
16:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Luke Jackson)
19:06
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
19:16
Kysaiah Pickett has now recorded five score involvements. He has averaged 3.3 per game this season, with a season-high of seven.
23:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Clayton Oliver)
23:48
The Demons have now generated the last 13 inside 50s, recording 5.4 (34) from these entries.
24:51
Demons Interchange - Tom Sparrow off due to an injury.
25:09
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Ben Brown)
25:19
Melbourne leads the clearance count 11-3, and it has outscored the Eagles by 15 points from this source. The Demons outscored the Saints by 36 points from clearances last round, their best differential this year.
26:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
27:42
The Eagles have already missed seven tackles. They have missed 7.3 per game this season.
29:53
It was a dominant first term by the Demons, starting at the contest where they won 14 more groundballs than West Coast (33-19). Melbourne has won 9.4 groundballs per game more than its opposition this season - ranked No.1.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
04:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Greg Clark)
04:20
The Eagles have made a more promising start to the second term, generating the only three inside 50s but scoring just two behinds from them.
08:05
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Ben Brown)
08:15
Clayton Oliver has won a game-high six clearances, with three of them launching a goal for his team, including that one to Ben Brown.
10:16
Eagles Interchange - Jamaine Jones off due to an injury.
12:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Luke Foley)
14:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
14:12
West Coast has outtackled the Demons in the second quarter, applying 15 tackles to six. The Eagles have lost the tackle count by 6.9 per game this season.
15:54
Tom Barrass has grabbed a team-high two intercept marks, as well as recording a game-high seven spoils - three more than any other player.
19:01
West Coast has been defending with the ball in the second quarter, taking 32 marks to the Demons' 19.
20:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Tom McDonald)
21:35
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
23:54
Melbourne has generated just one inside 50 from 13 defensive 50 chains this quarter (7.7%). It has generated an inside 50 from 25.5% of defensive 50 chains this season - ranked second.
24:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
26:22
The Demons have outscored their opponents by a total of 130 points in third quarters this season - ranked No.1 and 43 points better than any other side after eight rounds.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:05
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
05:15
The Eagles break their goal drought, ending a run of 14 goalless inside 50s.
06:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
07:08
West Coast has won three forward half intercepts this quarter and scored from two of these. It scored just one behind from nine forward half intercepts to half-time.
08:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
12:46
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
12:56
Melbourne has scored 4.1 (25) from 20 forward half intercepts. It has won 23.8 forward half intercepts per game this season, scoring 29.2 points from these.
15:28
Max Gawn has won a game-high six hitouts-to-advantage, including three this quarter, helping his team to a 24-17 lead in clearances.
17:30
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Bailey J. Williams)
17:40
The Eagles lead the third term by six points. They have won just two third quarters this season and six in total.
22:59
Jack Viney has applied 11 tackles - a season-high for him and four more than any other player in this game. He has averaged five tackles per game this season.
23:10
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
25:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
25:22
The Demons have kicked eight goals from 20 scoring shots (40%). They have recorded a scoring accuracy of 57.1% this season.
26:58
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
27:08
Melbourne now leads the third quarter by two points following that goal to Tom McDonald. Trent Rivers has won a team-high four intercepts this quarter, with two of these launching scores for the Demons.
28:56
It was another competitive quarter for the Eagles. Since quarter-time, Melbourne has generated just three more inside 50s (24-21), outscoring West Coast by nine points during this stretch (25-16).
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
01:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
03:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Tim Kelly)
03:53
Tim Kelly has kicked just one goal in his last eight games. He kicked a total of 48 goals in his first 48 games played between 2018-19.
07:02
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
07:12
Tom McDonald has booted a season-high three goals. He has now kicked seven goals in his last three games after kicking five goals in as many games to start the season.
08:48
Demons Interchange - James Harmes off due to an injury.
08:53
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
09:03
The Eagles lead the centre bounce clearance count 8-7, with Jack Darling kicking the lone goal from that source.
10:52
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
12:36
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
15:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
15:16
Despite a more competitive performance from the Eagles, Melbourne has kicked five of the last seven goals for the game.
17:14
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
17:24
Melbourne leads scores from clearances by 31 points (39-8). The Eagles were outscored by the Lions by 31 points from that source last round - their worst differential in any completed game this season.
19:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Sam Petrevski-Seton)
20:16
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
20:26
Bayley Fritsch has kicked multiple goals in six games this season. He has recorded a scoreboard impact of 18.1 points per game since the start of 2021 - ranked No.1 at the club.
24:22
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jeremy McGovern)
24:32
Jeremy McGovern just booted his first goal since Round 12, 2019.
24:34
Eagles Interchange - Luke Foley and is possibly out for the game.
25:59
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
28:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
29:54
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Tom McDonald)
30:04
The Demons have finished all over the top of the Eagles, generating five more inside 50s (13-8) and kicking five more goals (7-2) this quarter.
30:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Kade Chandler)
33:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Patrick Naish)
33:43
Melbourne dominated early, kicking six goals to one in the first term to lead by 35 points at quarter-time, and ran away with it in the last term, booting seven goals to two. The 74-point margin is the Demons' biggest win against West Coast.