Pre Game
00:00
Sydney has won five of its last seven matches at the MCG by an average margin of 24 points.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:59
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (James Jordon)
01:37
James Jordon kicks his third goal of the season with Melbourne's first inside 50 of the game.
02:55
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
03:02
Ed Langdon kicks his sixth goal of the season. Both of Melbourne's goals have come from stoppage situations.
05:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
06:36
Demons Interchange - Harrison Petty off due to an injury.
08:14
The Swans have had four of the last five inside 50's but have only registered one behind. The Demons have kicked two goals straight from three entries.
08:50
Swans Interchange - Colin O'Riordan off due to an injury.
10:47
Peter Ladhams has had three of Sydney's five clearances early in this contest. The Swans lead clearances 5-4.
12:11
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BEHIND - Swans (Justin McInerney)
12:47
Sydney is wasting opportunities in front of goal early in this game. The Swans have taken three marks inside 50 to Melbourne's one but are yet to register a major.
14:02
Christian Salem has started well in his return from injury. Salem has had seven disposals and four rebound 50's.
14:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Luke Jackson)
15:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
17:10
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Luke Jackson)
17:22
Luke Jackson has taken two marks inside 50 in the opening quarter and kicks his sixth goal of the season. Melbourne is scoring 50% of the time they go inside their forward arc.
19:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
20:39
Christian Petracca had a career-low 10 disposals last week but has already had seven disposals, two inside 50's and two score involvements with five minutes remaining in the opening quarter.
22:11
Max Gawn has had nine hit-outs to Peter Ladhams' three but only one has been to advantage.
24:40
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
25:28
In the last four rounds, the Demons have scored from 36.5% of their around the ground stoppage clearances – ranked No.1. Three of their opening four goals have been generated from stoppages.
26:31
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
27:18
The Demons have had the last five clearances of the game. Max Gawn and Clayton Oliver have had three clearances each.
28:09
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Sam Reid)
28:33
Sydney get their first goal of the game through Sam Reid from a centre bounce stoppage. Reid has taken two contested marks and laid two tackles.
30:38
The Swans have been notoriously slow starters this season. They have trailed six times at quarter time this season and have gone on to win four of those games
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:54
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
01:08
Max Gawn is beginning to assert his dominance on this game. Gawn has had four hit outs to advantage, four clearances, three inside 50's and two goals.
03:39
Melbourne has had 17 inside 50's but Ben Brown is yet to be the target when the Demons are kicking inside. Brown has only had one handball in this game.
05:22
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Sam Reid)
05:58
Demons Interchange - Harrison Petty off due to an injury.
06:13
Sam Reid is playing well for the Swans in the absence of Lance Franklin. Reid has had both of Sydney's two tackles inside 50 and kicked both of Sydney's goals.
08:10
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
08:49
The Swans have a positive differential of 14 points for scores from turnover in this game.
09:53
Sydney has a pressure rating of 2.38 to Melbourne's 1.65 in the second quarter. The competition average is 1.80.
13:04
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Sam Reid)
13:34
There has only been seven contested marks taken in this game and Sam Reid has taken three of those.
14:09
Sydney's pressure is bringing them back into this game. Callum Mills has had four tackles in the second term.
15:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
16:15
Sydney has had eight of the last 10 inside 50's and have kicked a goal 57% of the time they have gone inside 50 this term.
17:51
Sydney leads contested possessions (24-16) and tackles (16-6) this quarter. Their pressure remains at 2.38 for the term.
19:36
Logan McDonald has a game-high five score involvements for the Swans.
21:15
Melbourne's back three of Tomlinson, Petty and Lever are yet to register a disposal in the second quarter with six minutes remaining.
22:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
22:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Wicks)
23:14
Melbourne has only taken five marks in the second quarter. They average 90 per game.
24:39
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
24:50
Sydney has kicked the last five goals of the game and hit the lead. The Swans have a positive differential of 29 points from turnovers in this match.
27:10
Melbourne haven't registered a score from their last 10 inside 50's. The McCartin brothers have each had four spoils in this game.
27:28
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
28:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Joel Amartey)
29:27
Callum Mills is leading from the front for the Swans. Mills had had a team-high 13 disposals, five contested possessions and six tackles.
30:21
Max Gawn is dominating the battle in the ruck and has been dangerous up forward. Gawn has had seven hit-outs to advantage, nine contested possessions, five clearances, five score involvements and two goals.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Ben Brown)
01:17
Ben Brown takes his first mark inside 50 for the game in the third quarter. Dane Rampe has had the job on Brown and has held him to just three disposals for the match so far.
03:12
The Demons have had the first four inside 50's of the third quarter.
04:37
Christian Salem has had a game-high 447 metres gained from his 17 disposals. He has also had eight rebound 50's in only his second game of the season.
08:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (James Jordon)
08:38
Despite leading inside 50's (7-2) in the third term, the Demons have only scored two behinds.
09:43
Jake Lloyd had a quiet opening half for the Swans but has had a quarter-high five disposals and three rebound 50's.
11:42
The Swans are one of five teams that Jack Viney averages less than 20 disposals against. Viney has had a game-high 19 disposals in this game, as well as four tackles and three clearances.
12:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
13:13
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
13:28
Bailey Fritsch has only had five disposals for the game but all five have been score involvements. Fritsch has kicked three goals and has had two score assists.
14:43
Paddy McCartin has had a game-high three intercept marks, five spoils and has won both of his defensive one-on-one contests.
15:55
Melbourne has lifted their pressure in the third quarter. Their pressure rating was 1.83 in the opening half but is 2.17 in the third term. Sydney's pressure is also high (2.21). The tackle count is locked at 14 apiece this quarter.
16:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
17:58
Swans Interchange - Isaac Heeney off due to an injury.
18:19
Isaac Heeney has had four of Sydney's seven inside 50's for the quarter.
19:35
Clayton Oliver has had 11 third quarter disposals and has a game-high seven clearances.
20:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Angus Brayshaw)
20:41
Melbourne didn't play on after a mark in the second quarter but are playing on 27% of the time after a mark this term.
22:48
Melbourne lost the contested possession count by two in the second quarter but lead contested possessions (39-26) in the third. Max Gawn and Clayton Oliver have each had five contested possessions for the term.
23:23
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BEHIND - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
25:14
Angus Brayshaw has been involved in four of Melbourne's six scores this term.
26:15
Clayton Oliver and Jack Viney have combined for 31 contested possessions in this game. Melbourne lead contested possessions (122-101). The Demons average 143.3 contested possessions per game this season (ranked number three in the competition)
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:24
The Swans have come from behind at three quarter time on three occasions this season, more than any team.
01:07
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
01:40
Melbourne has kicked (4.1) from centre bounce stoppages in this game.
03:10
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
03:45
The Swans have kicked six of their seven goals from marks in this game. The Swans lead contested marks (11-8). Sam Reid has taken four contested marks.
06:07
James Jordon averages 21.3 disposals per game but has already had a game-high 24 disposals early in the final term.
08:27
Max Gawn has had 24 disposals, nine hit-outs to advantage and a game-high nine score involvements.
09:45
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
10:11
Logan McDonald kicks his third goal of this game to reduce the margin to one point. Both of Sydney's final quarter goals have been generated from turnovers. The Swans have a positive differential of 39 points from turnovers in this game.
12:49
Melbourne is playing on 31% of the time after a mark in the final quarter. Sydney is yet to play on after a mark in this term.
14:00
Swans Interchange - Tom McCartin off due to an injury.
14:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
15:26
Errol Gulden has had a team-high seven disposals and four contested possessions in the final quarter. The Swans lead contested possessions (21-19) this term.
16:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
16:55
The game is evenly poised with eight minutes remaining. The inside 50 count is locked at six apiece in the final quarter.
18:50
Max Gawn looms as the difference in this game. Gawn has had a career-high 21 contested possessions, including five contested marks.
20:31
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Errol Gulden)
20:41
The pressure of the moment appeared to be impacting some of the players before an ice-cold Errol Gulden kicked his set shot from 55 metres to give Sydney the lead.
21:59
Melbourne is plus 27 points for stoppages but Sydney is plus 44 points from turnovers in this game. Melbourne is still yet to score a goal from a turnover in this match.
24:05
Tom Papley has had a relatively quiet game but kicks his second goal of the game from a free kick to give Sydney an 11 point lead with just under three minutes remaining.
25:19
Sam Reid has had 10 tackles, four contested marks and three goals for the Swans.
28:25
Melbourne lose back to back matches as Sydney overcome a three-quarter time deficit for the fourth time this season. The Swans amassed 74 tackles for the game.