Pre Game
00:00
Port Adelaide has won its last two games at the SCG by 28 and 23 points. It has also won six matches in a row against the Swans dating back to 2017.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:57
Swans Interchange - Oliver Florent off due to an injury.
04:56
Port Adelaide has won the first five clearances of the match - three of these being won in their defensive half of the ground. Port Adelaide ranks third for clearances this season, winning an average of 40.7 per match.
05:01
Swans Interchange - Paddy McCartin and is possibly out for the game.
06:50
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
08:37
Sydney has scored the first goal of the game following their first clearance won. The Swans were outscored by 10 points from stoppages last round.
11:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jed McEntee)
11:27
Port Adelaide has shown some positive intent at the contest, leading contested possessions by five in the early stages of the match. Port Adelaide has lost the contested possession count by 15 per game – ranked 17th.
12:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
15:53
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
17:07
Logan McDonald has scored his ninth goal of the season, having scored at least one goal in all four matches this season. McDonald was held goalless in nine of his 17 matches last season.
17:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
19:26
Jeremy Finlayson has won a game-high five contested possessions. FInalyson struggled in his first game of the season last round, winning just the nine disposals for the match - six of these being ineffective. He is the only player tonight to have been involved in multiple scoring chains.
22:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
23:26
The Swans entered tonight as the best pressure side in the opening rounds, having applied a league-high pressure rating of 188 in their matches this season. Port Adelaide has recorded a higher pressure rating than the Swans tonight, leading this stat 224 to 197.
26:19
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
27:20
Chad Warner has scored his first goal of the season, after scoring a career-best 20 goals in 2022. Warner has recorded 25 score involvements in the first three matches this season – the equal seventh-most of any player in the AFL.
29:19
A dominant first quarter by the Swans, holding Port Adelaide goalless from their seven inside 50s. Port Adelaide has only ever had one goalless first quarter in their history against the Swans (Round 20, 2016).
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:27
Sydney controlled the territory contest in the first term, generating 19 inside 50s to seven. 62% of the play was held in their attacking half of the ground in the quarter,
03:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
03:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
04:32
Power Interchange - Sam Powell-Pepper off due to an injury.
04:40
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Tom Papley)
05:17
Tom Papley's first goal of the match takes his scoreboard impact to 76 points for the season. Papley entered the round as the second-highest ranked general forward for scoreboard impact, behind only Toby Greene (80 impact points).
09:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
09:41
Sydney is controlling possession this quarter, leading disposals 38 to 21 and uncontested possessions 23 to seven. The Swans have won both of their matches this season when winning the uncontested possession count.
10:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
12:44
Swans Interchange - Tom McCartin and is possibly out for the game.
13:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jackson Mead)
13:39
Port Adelaide has scored twice from their kick-ins this evening, generating an inside 50 from 40% of these possession chains. The Power have targeted the corridor from 29% of their rebound 50 chains this season – the highest percentage of any side.
17:20
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
17:37
After over 46 minutes of playing time, the Power have finally scored their first goal of the match, following a boundary throw-in in their forward 50. They have won four more clearances than the Swans tonight. Sydney has won the second-fewest clearances over the last two rounds, averaging just 30 per game in this time.
18:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
22:11
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
24:18
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
24:28
Port Adelaide has now scored three consecutive goals - two of these being sourced from forward 50 stoppages. The Power have generated a score from four of their last five inside 50s, and have won eight more contested possessions than the Swans in the last 10 minutes.
27:00
Jake Lloyd is playing an important role for the Swans tonight across half-back. He has won 11 disposals at 100% efficiency and leads the match in score involvements (four), marks (six) and intercept possessions (five).
29:35
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
30:03
Jason Horne-Francis has scored a goal to put Port Adelaide in front after conceding the first four goals of the match. Port Adelaide has retained possession from 12 of Jason Horne-Francis' kicks inside 50 this year - the most of any player in the AFL.
34:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Luke Parker)
34:30
Port Adelaide wrestled back momentum in the second half of the quarter, scoring the last four goals of the match. From the 15th minute of the quarter, Port Adelaide led clearances nine to three which provided a territory advantage. 62% of the play was held in their attacking half of the ground in this time.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Tom Papley)
02:10
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
02:23
Port Adelaide has scored the opening goal of the second half, following a set shot from a holding the ball free kick to Jeremy Finlayson. The Power conceded 25 more free kicks than they received in the first three rounds - the worst free-kick differential in the AFL.
05:59
James Rowbottom is playing a typically physical role in the midfield, laying a game-high 10 tackles to take his season tally to 30. Only Tom Liberatore has laid more tackles this season (33). Rowbottom's career-best tackling performance is 13 (Round 20, 2022).
10:02
Sydney has generated a score from 28% of their inside 50s tonight, compared to 50% by Port Adelaide. Sydney was one of only two teams to have averaged a score from at least 50% of their inside 50s in the first three rounds.
10:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Will Hayward)
12:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
15:14
It has now been over 45 minutes since Sydney's last goal. In this time, Sydney leads inside 50s 17 to 15, but has been outscored by five goals.
15:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
16:00
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Oliver Florent)
17:07
Sydney has finally broken the drought, scoring their second goal of the match sourced from a kick-in. This is the first time this season that the Swans have scored multiple goals from this source.
21:15
Port Adelaide is winning the intercept marks contest nine to eight. Aliir Aliir has been the most prolific interceptor, winning three intercept marks from his 10 intercept possessions tonight. Aliir took 12 intercept marks in the first three rounds this season – the equal third-most of any player in the league.
22:07
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Logan McDonald)
24:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Chad Warner)
25:03
All six of Sydney's centre clearances tonight have resulted in inside 50s, whilst Port Adelaide has only generated three inside 50s from their seven centre clearances. The Swans have won the first possession from just 40% of centre bounces this season – ranked 15th.
26:01
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Chad Warner)
31:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Swans (Lance Franklin)
31:23
Sydney managed 3.4 (22) from their 19 inside 50s in the third quarter and recorded a time in forward half of 58% for the term. The Power entered the round as the fourth-ranked team for time in forward half this season.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:40
Port Adelaide will be kicking to the scoring end in this final quarter. 10 of the 12 goals scored tonight have been towards the end that Port Adelaide will be kicking towards in the final quarter.
06:27
Charlie Dixon has recorded a team-high eight targets inside 50. Despite these targets, Dixon is yet to take a mark inside 50 for the match. Dixon grabbed 12 marks inside 50 in the opening three rounds of the season - the second-most of any player behind Jeremy Cameron (13).
08:50
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Isaac Heeney)
09:22
Sydney conceded 46 points in the final term last round to Melbourne – its second-most under the coaching of John Longmire.
10:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
12:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
13:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
14:59
Sydney's inaccuracy has kept Port Adelaide in the match. The Swans have scored 8.10 (58) from 25 shots at goal. Seven of their shots at goal tonight have been complete misses.
16:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
17:52
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
18:18
Port Adelaide has now surpassed their season average of 13 intercept marks with their 14th of the night. Port Adelaide ranks equal second-last for intercept marks this season averaging 13 per match. They have managed to beat Sydney in this stat tonight, restricting the Swans to just 11 of their own intercept marks.
20:14
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Connor Rozee)
20:53
Port Adelaide has generated the last nine inside 50s of the match as they reduce the margin to four points. 98% of the play in the last 10 minutes has been held in Port Adelaide's forward half.
22:19
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jed McEntee)
23:14
Port Adelaide now takes the lead with their third consecutive goal. In the last 10 minutes, Port Adelaide has won 19 contested possessions to eight as well as converting five of their last six inside 50s into scores.
25:53
Charlie Dixon has now equaled his career-best for contested possessions with 16. James Rowbottom has equaled his career-best for tackles with 13, and Chad Warner is one contested possessions off his career-best of 18.
26:26
SCORE
GOAL - Swans (Nick Blakey)
28:17
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
29:03
Jeremy Finlayson has put Port Adelaide back in front following the first goal from a centre bounce in the match. Only two of Port Adelaide's nine goals have been launched from their defensive half tonight.
31:24
A shot at goal after the siren by Sydney's Oliver Florent falls short as Port Adelaide holds on to win by two points. Port Adelaide's turnover game held strong, generating seven scoring shots from this source in the last quarter compared to just one for the Swans.