Match

Geelong Cats vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 04 Aug 2023

Pre Game

00:00
Port Adelaide are ranked second for inside 50 differentials in 2023, averaging 7.7 more than their opposition per game. Despite having lost their last three games, the Power have won the inside 50 count on each occasion, averaging 8.3 more per game than their opponent.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:30
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
01:36
Geelong has had all eight disposals to open the match, with the Power chasing, registering all of the game's four tackles.
04:51
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
07:55
Port Adelaide has wrestled control of the match back in the last five minutes of game time with 18 kicks and 14 marks (three of these inside 50). Geelong has taken just the one mark during this period.
09:24
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
09:46
Power Interchange - Trent McKenzie off due to an injury.
10:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
12:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
14:20
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Isaac Smith)
17:50
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
19:54
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
20:41
Geelong has scored three of the last four goals in the match, also winning three of the last four clearances (two to Tom Atkins).
24:46
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
25:00
Cats Interchange - Jack Henry off due to an injury.
26:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Tuohy)
27:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
27:27
Port Adelaide has an extremely high 86 per cent disposal efficiency in the first quarter, well above their 2023 average of 71 per cent (ranked 15th). The AFL average is 73 per cent this season.
28:32
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
31:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
32:27
Geelong's Jeremy Cameron's first goal of the match comes after dominant period of inside 50 entries for the Power, having had seven of the last ten, scoring two goals.
32:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tyson Stengle)
34:47
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
34:50
Half of the game's twelve goals have been sourced from stoppages. Geelong's Tom Atkins has the most clearances on the ground with three and four first possessions following a stoppage.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:18
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Francis Evans)
02:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
06:10
Port Adelaide has taken five intercept marks (all singles) in the match so far compared to Geelong's one.
07:03
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
07:57
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gary Rohan)
10:18
SCORE GOAL - Power (Willie Rioli)
10:50
Willie Rioli has been involved in a team-high five scores, kicking four goals from four shots, his equal most in Power colours.
13:12
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
14:22
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
16:42
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:40
Port Adelaide, although ranked last for marks in 2023 (averaging 79 per game) has taken 28 more than the Cats, leading 50-22 in this statistic. The majority of this differential is in the midfield zone, with the Power leading Geelong 29-10 in this zone.
18:23
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
19:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
23:09
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
23:53
In a contrasting game, Geelong is winning the contested ball 67-57, however the Power are dominating uncontested possessions 116-76.
27:31
Port Adelaide are again winning the inside 50 tally 28-23, with 53 per cent of game time in their forward half. However this hasn't converted into shots on goal with Geelong having 18 shots from their entries, with the Power on 13.
28:00
Gryan Miers for the Cats has had a game high four score assists, which has contributed to his seven score involvements. Miers also has an equal team high three inside 50 entries.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:46
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
02:50
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
03:55
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
04:15
The Power's pressure factor has gone through the roof in the second half with a rating of 2.58, more than doubling Geelong's 1.24, coming after an even first half in this statistic.
05:53
SCORE GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
09:17
The ball has been camped in Port Adelaide's forward half in the third quarter, with the Power having 26 disposals to Geelong's four in this zone. The ball has been in the Power's forward half for 75 per cent of game time in the first nine minutes of this quarter.
13:43
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Riley Bonner)
15:34
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Bowes)
17:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
18:01
Geelong has had the last two scoring shots after the Power had the previous 10, going back to the 15 minute of the second quarter, Port Adelaide had a 17-3 inside 50 advantage at a time during this period.
22:32
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
23:34
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
24:28
The Power have won nine of the last 11 clearances, with all three of their goals during this period being sourced from stoppages..
26:42
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
28:24
In the last 10 minutes of game time, Geelong has six of the eight inside 50s, but has been unable to replicate this on the scoreboard, being outscored by the Power, two behinds to one goal.
29:44
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
29:46
Rhys Stanley won six hit outs to Dante Visentini's one in 11 third quarter ruck contests, however the clearances were shared 5-5 and the Power scored three goals to none in chains from these contests.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Todd Marshall)
03:40
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Wines)
05:04
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Ollie Lord)
05:26
Geelong and Port Adelaide have both had 49 intercept possessions, however the Power have taken 15 intercept marks compared with the Cats' six. Esava Ratugolea for Geelong leading the match individually with four.
05:37
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Connor Rozee)
06:26
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
10:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
11:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
12:32
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
13:47
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Francis Evans)
16:08
Port Adelaide has laid ten tackles in the last quarter, compared to Geelong's two, seven of these have been in the midfield zone and five in the forward half.
17:45
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
21:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Gryan Miers)
21:49
Geelong has stifled Port Adelaide from playing on from a mark in the last quarter, with the Power playing on from only 19 per cent of their 19 marks, compared to 38 per cent in the first three quarters.
23:29
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
24:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
25:14
Brad Close's first goal of the match for the Cats was their fourth in succession, with Geelong having five of the last seven inside 50 entries.
26:13
SCORE GOAL - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
30:23
After trailing in uncontested possessions by 42 over the first three quarters, the Cats have turned this around in the last quarter leading this statistic 54-37. Geelong is ranked 13th in uncontested possessions with an average -12 differential across 2023.
30:29
Connor Rozee has laid a game high eight tackles, with Port Adelaide winning the count 67-45, their biggest positive differential of the year and Geelong's worst.