Pre Game
00:00
Gold Coast has lost seven of its last eight matches against Collingwood by an average margin of 44 points.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
04:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
05:33
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Mabior Chol)
05:51
Gold Coast's opening goal of the match has been sourced from a kick-in. Collingwood has been difficult to transition the ball against from kick-ins this season. They have conceded an inside 50 from 17.6% of its opponents kick-ins – ranked No.1 defensively.
07:43
Gold Coast has adapted best to the conditions so far, recording a kicking efficiency of 79% compared to Collingwood's 43%. The Suns rank last for kick efficiency this season with a season average of 62.7%.
08:12
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Levi Casboult)
10:06
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Hewago Paul Oea)
11:22
Debutant Hewago Paul Oea has kicked a goal with his first kick in the AFL. He becomes the ninth Sun to score a goal with their first career kick, with the last two players to achieve this feat being Jy Farrar and Izak Rankine.
12:58
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
14:51
Collingwood's opening goal of the match has been sourced from a forward half turnover. The Magpies have won two forward-half intercepts so far, both resulting in scores. The Suns are yet to win an intercept in their respective forward half.
18:30
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
20:34
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
21:57
Consecutive goals to Jack Ginnivan takes his season tally to 25 - just three behind club leader Brody Mihocek. Mihocek was the only Magpie to score more than 25 goals last season.
24:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
25:27
Gold Coast will be pleased with an improved first quarter performance. Gold Coast has been outscored by a total of 92 points in the first quarter – ranked 16th.
25:35
Suns Interchange - Caleb Graham off due to the blood rule.
26:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
27:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
28:27
Gold Coast has scored from 64% of their inside 50s - well above their season average of 42%. Collingwood has only been able to convert 33% of their inside 50s into scores - below their season average of 42.5%.
29:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
32:40
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
32:43
With the scores level at quarter time, this makes it seven of their last eight first quarters that the Suns have not entered quarter-time with a lead. Conversely, the Magpies have now trailed at quarter-time just once in their last six matches.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:02
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
03:20
Rising Star candidate Nick Daicos has continued his prolific form into tonight, collecting a game-high 11 disposals at 91% efficiency. He also leads the match for metres gained with 235.
05:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
07:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Touk Miller)
07:24
Collingwood's pressure has been fantastic, recording a pressure factor of 206 compared to 173 for the Suns. The Magpies, who rank fourth for pressure factor this season, have a season-high rating of 196 this year (Round 4 v West Coast).
08:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
10:23
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
10:40
Collingwood has controlled possession this term, taking the first 10 marks of the quarter and leading uncontested possessions 35-10. Their ball use has also improved, kicking at 71% efficiency in the first 10 and a half minutes of the quarter.
15:00
Collingwood's main scoring source has been from turnover, scoring 4.4 (28) from this source whilst holding the Suns goalless from their intercepts. Since Round 10, Collingwood has outscored its opponents by 17.6 points per game from intercept possessions – ranked second.
15:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
17:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Trey Ruscoe)
18:19
An area that the Suns are doing well in is their groundballs in the forward half, leading this stat by 10. This has been a strength of the Suns recently, winning the count in three of their last four matches.
18:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
20:18
The Suns only have four players who have laid a tackle in the first 20 minutes of this quarter. Touk Miller has led the way for his side laying three of his team's six tackles.
21:19
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
23:37
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Noah Anderson)
24:06
The Suns have now scored two quick goals from turnover - their first goals from this source for the match. In the last four rounds, the Suns have outscored their opponents by 29.7 points per game from intercept possessions – ranked No.1.
27:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
28:09
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
29:37
Collingwood generated a score from 80% of their inside 50s in the second quarter. Their intercept game has been strong as well, taking eight intercept marks to one in the second quarter.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
03:37
Gold Coast has won six more contested possessions than the Magpies, with David Swallow leading the charge with a game-high nine. The Suns have won all seven matches in which they have won the contested possession count in this season.
07:45
Collingwood has taken 13 marks inside 50 - two more than their season average of 11. The Suns have struggled to find a target inside 50 tonight, taking just the four marks inside their attacking zone.
09:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
10:43
Gold Coast has the upper hand at stoppages, leading clearances by eight and winning eight of the 11 centre clearances tonight. They've managed to score one more goal from this source than the Magpies.
12:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Brandon Ellis)
14:52
Noah Anderson has generated 172 metres gained in the third quarter, taking his match total to a team-high 370 metres. Anderson is averaging a career-high 530 metres gained, ranked third in the AFL among midfielders.
14:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Oliver Henry)
17:18
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
19:07
Izak Rankine finally gets the first goal of the second half after 18 minutes of playing time. Rankine has now scored 20 goals for the season, the first time that Rankine has reached 20 goals in his three years of AFL.
21:20
Nick Daicos has now accumulated 32 disposals as well as being involved in five unique scoring chains. The most disposals won by any player this season is 45 (Clayton Oliver, Round 10 v North Melbourne).
23:37
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Levi Casboult)
24:44
Only one goal was scored in the short third quarter, with both sides suffering from inaccuracy. The Suns scored 1.5 (11) for the quarter, including a wasteful 0.4 (4) from set shots.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
03:18
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
03:41
A strong start to the final quarter by the Suns, generating the first five inside 50s of the quarter as well as scoring the important first goal through Izak Rankine. The Suns have outscored their opponents by a total of 106 points in the final term – ranked second.
06:00
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
07:23
Touk Miller has been a dominant presence throughout this match, leading the match in contested possessions (16), clearances (eight), tackles (eight) and score assists (three) to go with his 27 disposals. Miller averages 27.3 disposals against the Magpies from eight career games, his most disposals against any opponent.
07:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
09:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
10:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Charlie Ballard)
11:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
11:50
Collingwood has played a strong forward half game, with all six of their goals being launched from their attacking half of the ground. The Magpies have scored on nine occasions from defensive half chains, however all of these scores have been behinds.
13:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Magpies (Nick Daicos)
15:11
Collingwood has won 25 forward half groundballs - 22 fewer than the Suns. The Magpies have only once won fewer than 34 groundballs in their attacking half this season.
17:15
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
17:42
Collingwood has generated the last six inside 50s, with their most recent resulting in a goal to Josh Daicos - his third of the match (a career-high).
19:23
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
21:42
SCORE
GOAL - Magpies (Will Hoskin-Elliott)
22:52
Collingwood's last two goals have been their first two goals of the game launched from their defensive half of the ground. The Magpies have only had two matches this season where they've scored two goals or fewer from their defensive half.
24:47
Suns Interchange - Connor Budarick and is possibly out for the game.
27:47
Magpies Interchange - Darcy Moore and is possibly out for the game.
28:02
Isaac Quaynor has won a game-high 12 intercept possessions playing across half back this evening - an equal-career best. 38% of Quaynor's possessions this year have been won in a contested manner - the highest percentage of his career.
29:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
32:10
Collingwood has won for just the second time this season when trailing at three-quarter time. The Magpies possessed the ball well all night, taking 21 more marks and accumulating 41 more uncontested possessions.