Match

Essendon vs Collingwood

Commentary / 25 Aug 2023

Pre Game

00:00
The Bombers have won just 12 quarters since Round 14 – ranked 16th – with only the Eagles and Kangaroos winning fewer.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:23
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jordan De Goey)
02:03
Jordan de Goey kicks the first goal of the match. He averages 18.4 disposals per game across his career, whilst against Essendon it increases to 20.6.
02:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mason Redman)
03:33
Bombers Interchange - Kaine Baldwin off due to an injury.
06:04
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
09:29
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
10:13
The Bombers have been outplayed in the territory battle - trailing the inside 50 count nine to three. They have had just nine disposals in their forward half compared to the Magpies' 24.
14:42
Essendon have started strong early in uncontested possession - leading the count 47-34.
16:47
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
18:36
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
19:18
The Bombers rank fourth in the league for kicking efficiency differential (plus 1.6). In the last 10 minutes, Collingwood's kicking efficiency is 73% compared to Essendon's 65%.
21:34
Both teams are applying strong pressure so far in the match with Collingwood leading 181 to Essendon's 170. The season-average across the competition is 181.
22:11
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Scott Pendlebury)
22:12
Scott Pendlebury kicks the Magpies' sixth goal of the night his 19th against the Bombers in his career, with 128 out of his 194 goals at the MCG from his 380 AFL matches.
24:25
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Tom Mitchell)
26:19
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
28:38
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
28:44
Zach Merrett had a game-high 11 disposals in that term. He averages 27.1 disposals per game across his career, whilst against Collingwood at the MCG it increases to 28.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:04
Collingwood are outscoring the Bombers on turnovers 5.1 (31) to 0.1 (1). Collingwood ranks third in the competition for defending scores from turnovers, conceding only 42 points per game, the league average is 47.6.
04:04
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jamie Elliott)
05:45
Collingwood's defensive 50-ball movement has been strong this evening - with 38% of its defensive 50 chains resulting in scoring 3.0 (18) compared to Essendon who has only managed a solidarity behind.
07:57
Collingwood are winning the contest around the stoppages. They lead clearances (13-8) and contested possessions (46-33). They have also scored 4.0 (24) compared to Essendon's 0.1 (1) from this source.
09:56
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Zach Merrett)
10:58
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Josh Daicos)
12:47
The Magpies are winning the inside 50's 28 - 8. In the past four rounds, they ranked 16th in inside 50 differential (minus 6.5) across the competition.
13:16
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Patrick Lipinski)
18:34
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
20:02
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Sam Weideman)
20:38
Sam Weideman kicks the Bombers' first goal of the match, his first since Round 10 this year. He's kicked 76 goals in his 75 game career, with his career-high five against Geelong earlier this year in Round 7 at the MCG.
24:01
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
25:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
25:51
The Magpies have been very accurate from set shots - scoring 6.0 from that source as well as 4.1 from general play. Collingwood already has eight individual goalkickers for the match.
29:52
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
29:57
In his 100th match, Josh Daicos is having a damaging game for the Magpies so far. He had 17 disposals, five score involvements, six handball receives, seven forward-half disposals and one goal.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:24
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
08:15
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
09:02
In the last 25 minutes, Collingwood has scored 10.3 (63) to Essendon's 2.5 (17) including 12 out of the last 14 goals.
09:28
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Darcy Parish)
10:14
Brody Mihocek has been the forward 50 target on six occasions in the match so far, taking a mark inside 50 on three occasions he has been kicked to. He has impacted the scoreboard with three goals straight.
11:47
After having a pressure factor of 199 in the second term, Essendon's pressure has dropped off in the third term (154). Collingwood leads the tackles 51-47 across the match - posting a tackle efficiency of 77% to the Bombers' 63%.
11:54
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
13:24
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Bobby Hill)
14:01
Bobby Hill kicks his first goal of the match, he's kicked a career-high 25 goals for the season. He's kicked his career-high three goals in a match on three occasions this year. The only other time he kicked three was on debut for the Giants in R17, 2019 against Richmond.
18:59
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
20:25
Will Setterfield has applied a game-high 26 pressure acts so far in this match, with 14 of these coming in the forward half of the ground. He also has a tackle efficiency of 67% (4 tackles from 6 attempts).
20:56
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Andrew Phillips)
24:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Will Snelling)
24:53
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Darcy Cameron and Andrew Phillips with the clearance count in the favour of the Magpies 10 - 5 when they have been rucking opponents. The hitouts-to-advantage are even 2-2 from their 22 ruck contests.
26:03
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Jack Ginnivan)
27:21
Zac Merrett has had a strong match so far with the second-most amount of uncontested possessions of 25 in a match to three-quarter time this season. Nick Daicos has a season-high of 26 against Essendon in Round 6.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:09
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Daniel McStay)
05:43
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Sam Weideman)
07:35
The Magpies' forward half game has been on full display today - winning 17 attacking midfield intercepts to the Bombers' nine. Collingwood has scored 3.1 (19) from that source in that zone to 1.2 (8).
09:51
The Magpies have been strong around the contest leading the clearances 29-23. Tom Mitchell has had five clearances and eight ground ball gets. Prior to today's game Mitchell had averaged 7.6 ground ball gets per match this season.
10:30
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Rushed)
14:46
SCORE BEHIND - Magpies (Brody Mihocek)
15:06
Jayden Laverade has a career-high 28 disposals in the match so far, his previous best was 27 against the Bulldogs in Round 19 this year. He has obtained all his disposals in the defensive half with a disposal efficiency of 89%.
16:30
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
18:30
The Magpies have maintained their dominance of the inside 50's 55-34. Since their bye in round 14, Essendon ranks 15th in inside 50 differential (minus 4.1) across the competition.
19:11
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Ben Hobbs)
19:42
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Zach Merrett)
22:18
The Magpies' attack from the defensive half has been on full display tonight - having scored 7.1 (43) from that source compared to 2.7 (19).
23:41
SCORE GOAL - Magpies (Darcy Cameron)
24:12
In his 150th match, Darcy Parish has worked hard all night with 29 disposals, 13 contested possessions, nine handball receives and six clearances.
27:55
Essendon finishes with their lowest score 3.13 (31) of the season.