Pre Game
00:00
Port Adelaide won last week’s game against Sydney by two points. Since the start of 2022, Port Adelaide have been involved in six games decided by a goal or less, winning three of those.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:30
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
04:08
Port Adelaide get their first goal, with it coming from a turnover. This season, the Power have the second-best strike rate from turnovers in the competition.
05:42
The Bulldogs have had six of the first seven clearances. They have the best clearance differential in the league this season, averaging six more than their opponent per game.
06:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
08:09
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tim English)
08:58
Tim English kicks the Bulldogs' first goal, with it sourcing from a turnover. The Bulldogs rank second last for scores from turnover this season, only averaging 38 points from this source.
11:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
13:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Junior Rioli)
14:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
16:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Kane Farrell)
19:18
The Western Bulldogs have had seven chains from their defensive 50 intercepts leading to an inside 50 43% of the time, with one of those resulting in a goal. In contrast, Port Adelaide have had none of their eight intercept chains from this zone lead to an inside 50.
20:24
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
22:38
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jed McEntee)
23:57
After being the substitute last week, Darcy Byrne-Jones has already made an impact in this game, having five disposals, of which four were won in a contested manner, a game-high four score involvements and also has chipped in with a goal.
25:08
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
27:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rory Lobb)
28:37
The Power’s transition game has been immense early, they have had eight more had eight more intercept possessions than the Bulldogs and all three of their goals have come from turnovers.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:54
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
02:42
All 13 of the Powers' chains from their attacking midfield have led to an inside 50, resulting in five scores. In comparison, only half of the Bulldogs' 12 chains from this zone have led to an inside 50, resulting in one score.
03:27
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Aaron Naughton)
03:51
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
05:39
Although Scott Lycett has had three more hit-outs than Tim English when they have been direct opponents, English has had one more hitout-to-advantage, the Bulldogs have had six more clearances and have scored four more points when the two have been rucking opponents.
06:33
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
09:02
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rory Lobb)
10:44
The Bulldogs are 4 and 11 in pre-clearance tackles and contested possessions for the game.
12:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
13:44
The Power has been able to retain the ball 50% of the time when they go inside 50, as well as having 35% of their inside 50s result in a score. In contrast, the Western Bulldogs have only been able to retain the ball 24% of the time and have 19% of their inside 50s result in a score.
14:50
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
17:32
Todd Marshall has been Port Adelaide's most targeted player when going inside 50, but is yet to score. On the other hand, Cody Weightman has also been targeted four times for the Bulldogs for three scores of 1.2 (8).
17:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Zak Butters)
19:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
21:43
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
22:51
Cody Weightman becomes the first multiple goal scorer for the game. Last home and away season, he kicked multiple goals in half of the games he played in.
24:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Dan Houston)
27:59
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
29:09
Marcus Bontempelli has had 10 clearances (four effective) already in this game, which is the most by two in the first half this season.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:37
Aliir Aliir has already had two intercept marks in the first two minutes of this quarter, with a total of three for the match. He ranks equal first for intercept marks per game, averaging four.
03:44
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
06:48
The Bulldogs have already had four of the first five clearances this quarter, with one of those leading to a goal. Tom Liberatore has had two of those clearances.
07:05
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
08:11
Marcus Bontempelli kicks a goal from turnover, giving the Bulldogs a three-point lead. This is the first time in the entire match that the Bulldogs have been in front
13:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Charlie Dixon)
14:45
The Bulldogs have owned the midfield zone, having 36 more disposals, 12 more contested possessions, 11 more marks and six more clearances in this zone.
18:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jamarra Ugle-Hagan)
21:22
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Dan Houston)
22:20
Western Bulldogs has had four shots for a return of 3.1 (19). On the flip side, Port Adelaide has had five shots this quarter for a score of 1.2 (8).
24:16
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Hannan)
27:02
Marcus Bontempelli's nine tackle attempts have resulted in seven tackles. He is averaging seven tackles for the season, the second most of any Bulldog.
31:21
Port Adelaide’s defensive pressure was off the charts in the third quarter. They had eleven more tackles than the Bulldogs and had a pressure factor of 2.14 for the quarter.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:29
Power Interchange - Zak Butters off due to an injury.
01:36
Charlie Dixon grabs his second contested mark for the game. He ranks No.2 in the competition for contested marks per game this year.
02:48
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Cody Weightman)
03:28
The Western Bulldogs stretch the lead out to eight points, their biggest lead of the game, with the goal coming from a turnover. Despite scoring four more points from turnover for this game, they rank No.13 in the competition for average scores from turnover differential, averaging 10 points less than their opponents.
10:03
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
10:33
Dan Houston's start to the final quarter has been immense, having four disposals, in which three were won in a contested manner, two inside 50s and a score launch that has resulted in a goal.
12:57
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
13:28
Jason Horne-Francis has also been on fire in this quarter, collecting eight disposals, in which six were won in a contested manner, three clearances, four inside 50s (six for the game being retained 83% of the time) and a score launch which resulted in a goal.
16:11
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Xavier Duursma)
19:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
24:32
Todd Marshall has been targeted twice this quarter for a return of two goals. He has been targeted 11 times for the game, the second most a Port Adelaide player has been targeted when going inside 50 for the season.
25:33
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
30:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
30:47
Port Adelaide win the game by 14 points. They were the most damaging from their attacking midfield zone, going inside 50 from 84% of chains from this zone scoring 5.6 (36).