Pre Game
00:00
The Saints have lost their last six matches against the Swans at the SCG by an average margin of 43 points.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
05:10
The Swans have an early territory advantage, generating the first five inside 50s of the match. They have not capitalised, with two of their four kicks inside 50 resulting in an intercept mark for St Kilda.
07:50
The Saints have won 18 more uncontested possessions than the Swans, with six more uncontested marks. 62% of St Kilda's possessions win this year have been uncontested, compared to 59.6% for the Swans.
09:53
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Ryan Clarke)
10:45
Sydney has scored the opening goal of the game following a clearance won in their attacking midfield zone. The Swans average 13.5 points per match from forward half stoppages - ranked 13th.
13:30
Tom Papley has started strongly in the forward line for the Swans, winning three forward half groundballs - the only player to have won more than one. Papley only won three forward half groundballs in the entire match last round v Port Adelaide.
15:09
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Dan Butler)
17:13
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
17:20
Dan Butler has scored the first goal of the match for the Saints, following his second forward 50 tackle for the match. Butler is averaging 4.6 tackles per match this season - a career-best.
18:58
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
19:45
Jake Lloyd has been prolific in the first quarter, winning a game-high 10 disposals at 100% efficiency, as well as winning three intercept possessions. Lloyd had a season-low 18 disposals last round against the Power. He’s also averaging his fewest disposals (23.8) since the 2015 season.
23:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steele)
23:58
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Lance Franklin)
25:17
Sydney has scored their goal of the match sourced from a kick-in. The Swans have only scored a goal from this source in two of their previous 10 matches.
28:23
The Swans generated seven more inside 50s than the Saints in the opening term, and led time in forward half by more than two minutes. Despite this territory dominance, the Swans only generated one more scoring shot.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
02:32
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Ryan Clarke)
05:00
Tom Hickey's return to Sydney's line-up this week has had an immediate impact, winning a game-high four clearances. This already matches his season average for clearances from his five games this season.
08:45
St Kilda is in control of centre bounces, leading these clearances five to one including winning the only two this quarter. The Saints conceded six scores from centre bounces last week against Essendon.
11:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
12:35
The Swans have won 20 contested possessions this quarter compared to 10 for the Saints. The Swans have now won 14 more contested possessions in the match. This has been a strength for the Saints this season, who rank fourth for contested possession differential.
12:47
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Sam Reid)
15:55
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Tim Membrey)
16:20
St Kilda has scored from 24% of their inside 50s tonight, well below their season average of 45%. The Saints' lowest conversion this season in any game is 34% (Round 8 v Melbourne).
18:39
It has been a low-tackling quarter by both sides. The Swans have only laid two tackles in the term after laying 18 in the first quarter, and the Saints have laid four tackles after applying 14 tackles in the opening term.
19:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
22:08
Seb Ross has been accumulating the ball strongly for the Saints, collecting a game-high 20 disposals as well as recording the most metres gained for his side with 287. Ross has taken nine marks too, which is just two off his career-best result.
25:02
The Swans have won 10 of the last 11 clearances in the match. Luke Parker has won three clearances this term, taking his match tally to an equal game-high five.
25:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Logan McDonald)
27:47
Sydney has restricted St Kilda to their lowest half-time score this season, and their equal-lowest first-half score against the Swans since 2002.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:53
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
03:02
St Kilda has been a strong third-quarter team this season. They have won 10 third quarters this season, their best result for any quarter, and have outscored their opposition by 122 points in this term.
04:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Sebastian Ross)
06:51
Max King entered Round 15 as the No. 1 targeted player inside 50 in the competition, averaging just under nine targets per game. Tonight, King has been targeted on just one occasion. Cooper Sharman is the only Saint to have multiple targets with five.
09:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
10:06
In the last four rounds, Sydney has been outscored by 13.3 points per game from clearances – ranked 17th. This has been a strong improvement tonight, holding Saints goalless from this source so far.
11:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
13:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
15:22
Jack Billings, who won just six disposals in the first half, has stood up for the Saints this term. He has won seven disposals this quarter at 86% efficiency and has also collected a pair of intercepts. The Swans are one of just three teams that Jack Billings averages less than 20 disposals against, collecting just 13 disposals in Round 12 last season.
16:43
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
20:15
Each sides kicks inside 50 tonight have ultimately been the difference in the match so far. Sydney has kicked the ball inside 50 33 times, retaining possession from 48% of these entries. Conversely, the Saints have 25 kicks inside 50 for 24% retention rate.
21:24
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
22:07
Tom Papley has scored his second goal of the match - his 200th career goal. This was Papley's 15th career goal against St Kilda. He has only scored more goals against Greater Western Sydney (22) and Essendon (17).
23:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
23:48
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Oliver Florent)
24:12
The Swans have scored 6.3 (39) launched from attacking midfield chains, whilst St Kilda is scoreless from their respective 18 possession chains originating in their attacking midfield.
25:25
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Will Hayward)
27:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
28:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Rushed)
30:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Dan Butler)
30:45
Sydney outscored the Saints by 30 points in the third quarter, their best result in any third quarter this season. Three of their five goals were sourced from stoppages in that term, despite winning one fewer clearance than the Saints.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:19
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
02:37
Isaac Heeney has scored his third goal of the match to open the fourth quarter. The Swans have dominated final quarters this season, winning more of these terms than any other side in the competition (11).
06:36
St Kilda lost the contested possession count by 23 last week against Essendon - their worst result all season. This trend has continued on tonight, currently trailing the Swans by 17 in this stat.
09:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
09:17
Sydney conceded 45 points from Port Adelaide’s forward 50 chains last round, its second-worst result for the year in that measure. They have conceded 10 points to the Saints from this zone tonight.
13:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Ben Long)
13:51
St Kilda has not scored from any of their nine centre clearances tonight. St Kilda has not been scoreless from this source all season.
14:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
16:08
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Luke Parker)
18:14
The Swans have transitioned the ball from their kick-ins with ease tonight. Of their eight kick-ins, they have generated four inside 50s and three scoring shots. In the last four rounds, St Kilda has conceded an inside 50 from 38.1% of its opponent's kick-ins – ranked 17th.
19:49
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Jack Billings)
20:12
St Kilda finally has some reward for effort, scoring their first goal since the 16th minute of the second quarter. The Saints have had the ball in their attacking half for 72% of the quarter and lead forward half groundballs 12 to two for the term.
21:51
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Hickey)
23:23
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Marcus Windhager)
25:18
Sydney has taken 13 marks inside 50 tonight, resulting in seven goals. The Saints have taken an equal season-low five marks inside 50, resulting in just the one behind.
29:07
Sydney has restricted the Saints to their lowest score since Round 8, 2016. Sydney scored eight of their 12 goals from attacking midfield launches - their second-best result this season.