Pre Game
00:00
Port Adelaide has won 13 of its last 14 games against St Kilda by an average of 28 points, with the last three wins all by ten points or less. The Power have also won nine of their last ten games at this venue.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:12
The Saints have been slow starters this season and have been outscored by an average of eight points in the opening quarter (ranked 17th).
00:38
Port Adelaide won the opening centre bounce clearance but did not score from this chain. The Power are ranked second at both winning such clearances, and points scored from this source.
04:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Willem Drew)
04:26
The Power have generated the first four inside 50 entries of the game and the first score followed an intercept in the defensive midfield. Port Adelaide averages 11.6 points per game from these chains, while St Kilda averages a competition-high 18.6.
06:41
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Hunter Clark)
06:48
The first goal of the game to the Saints was launched with an intercept in the defensive midfield. St Kilda has scored 88.2 points per 100 such intercepts this season which is ranked No.1 and well above the league average of 63.4.
07:53
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Zak Butters)
08:13
A brilliant centre bounce goal from Zak Butters and Port Adelaide converted the second centre bounce clearance for the Power. Butters had a big numbers game last round, becoming the first player this season to record at least 35 disposals, eight clearances, and 12 score involvements in a match.
11:14
St Kilda has an early 6-2 lead in tackles and is also well ahead in pressure rating. Port Adelaide is ranked second in pressure differential this season, while St Kilda is ranked in the bottom-4.
11:38
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
14:10
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Ollie Lord)
14:19
The second goal for Port Adelaide from Ollie Lord came from a forward half stoppage. The Power won just two forward half clearances last week against the Lions, and only once this season has a team had less than two in a match.
15:31
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Miles Bergman)
16:04
Three consecutive goals to the Power with two of them coming from beyond 50 metres. Port Adelaide has generated an inside 50 entry from eight of nine midfield chains, while St Kilda has four inside 50 entries from ten such chains.
17:23
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Quinton Narkle)
17:39
Port Adelaide now leads centre bounce clearances 4-1 and has converted this into 12-0 points from this source. The Power average 14.6 points per game from centre bounce clearances.
19:36
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall off due to an injury.
20:32
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
20:44
An accurate set shot at goal from Rowan Marshall has penalised an error from Port Adelaide. Marshall had an equal season-low 11 disposals against the Power in Round 7, and it was also the only game this season he has failed to win a clearance.
22:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Riley Bonner)
24:47
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
24:54
The last two goals for St Kilda have indirectly come from a forward 50 tackle. The Saints pressure in their forward line was one of their worst-ever in Round 14, where they applied a forward 50 pressure factor of just 121 (their worst since 2016).
27:09
St Kilda leads 20-7 in points scored from turnovers, while Port Adelaide leads 18-0 in points scored from stoppages.
30:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
30:40
St Kilda averages 37.7 points per game from defensive half chains (ranked No.1) and has an early 14-1 advantage in points scored from such chains today.
31:12
Port Adelaide kicked four of the first five goals in the game, but St Kilda has started to look dangerous on counter attack with four of its six scores coming from this zone, while Port Adelaide has generated just one score from its back half.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:33
Riley Bonner was the No.1 ranked player on the ground in the opening term against his former team. Bonner had team-highs for both disposals (10) and metres gained (170).
01:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jeremy Finlayson)
02:19
Port Adelaide has kicked 2.0 from its two shots beyond 50 metres, but from six shots within 50 metres has scored only 2.2 with two other misses.
03:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Jack Steele)
04:13
The last score for the Saints came from a kick-in chain. St Kilda scored 13 points from such chains last week, but had not scored once in its previous four games from this source.
06:27
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
06:39
A pair of goals now for Rowan Marshall who has spent 34 percent of this game as a forward with Tom Campbell sharing the ruck role. It was the third goal for the Saints from a defensive half intercept.
08:17
SCORE
GOAL - Power (Jackson Mead)
08:29
Jackson Mead has been involved in four scores for the Power including kicking the last goal himself. The goal again came from a centre bounce clearance and Port Adelaide leads 7-2 in such clearances.
10:35
Another goal for the Saints launched from the defensive half. St Kilda now leads 27-2 in points scored from this zone.
11:31
St Kilda has the edge in aerial contests and holds leads in both contested marks (7-2) and intercept marks (7-4) with both of these featuring in the last scoring chain.
13:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
13:55
Jack Sinclair has again been important offensively for the Saints and contributed 14 disposals at 100 percent efficiency gaining 274 metres and being involved in four scoring chains.
15:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Quinton Narkle)
17:02
Saints Interchange - Riley Bonner off due to an injury.
17:23
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
17:30
Port Adelaide has a narrow edge in forward half intercepts (10-7) and both teams have scored seven points from this source. St Kilda is ranked last in points scored from forward half intercepts this season.
18:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
20:55
Port Adelaide has generated the last five inside 50 entries and had four shots at goal during this period but scored only 0.3.3 with one out attempt out on the full.
22:31
A career-high three goals for Rowan Marshall with all coming from set shots. The last goal followed a forward half intercept by Liam Henry who contributed his second assist of the game.
24:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
24:18
The Power continues to dominate at centre bounce clearances, hold a major 10-2 advantage in such clearances, and have converted this into 19-0 points from this source.
25:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Hunter Clark)
26:05
A classy goal from Jason Horne-Francis has given the Power their first goal of the game from a defensive half intercept. The four score involvements for Horne-Francis include a pair of assists and one goal.
28:19
Port Adelaide has dominated at stoppages, winning clearances 19-10 and points scored from stoppages 27-1. St Kilda has been better with ball movement and has converted this into 39-15 points scored from turnovers.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:16
This is the second game in a row where St Kilda has scored 6.6.42 in the first half. Only once this season have the Saints kicked more than six goals in the first half of a game.
02:22
Jack Steele has laid 112 tackles this season, ranked third in the AFL, and 43 more than any teammate, but has applied just one tackle so far today.
03:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
03:41
The first score of the quarter for the Saints came from a forward half stoppage. It was the first score of the game for St Kilda from this source and it averages a competition-low 10.8 points per game from forward half stoppages.
06:47
St Kilda has had the better of contests away from stoppages today and holds a 62-44 advantage in post-clearance contested possessions.
08:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Todd Marshall)
09:08
Port Adelaide has now scored 2.4.16 from its set shots at goal compared to a return of 5.3.33 for St Kilda.
09:19
Saints Interchange - Anthony Caminiti off due to an injury.
10:05
Power Interchange - Darcy Byrne-Jones off due to an injury.
10:11
Saints Interchange - Bradley Hill off due to an injury.
10:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
12:21
The Power have targeted Mitch Georgiades with ten kicks inside 50 and it is only the last of these that has resulted in a forward 50 mark. Port Adelaide has a narrow 9-8 edge in such marks despite leading inside 50 entries 37-26.
12:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
13:32
Power Interchange - Todd Marshall and is possibly out for the game.
13:55
Since Round 12, the Power have conceded 52 points per game from clearances (ranked last), but have conceded only three behinds today from clearances.
15:30
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
15:38
Connor Rozee had a team and season-high 67 pressure points last round and also won 28 disposals, which is his most since Round 4 against Essendon. Rozee currently leads all Power players for pressure again and his 19 disposals include six score involvements.
17:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Max King)
17:51
Since halfway through the second quarter, 12 of the 14 scores in this game have been behinds.
18:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
19:16
Logan Evans had 20 disposals, five intercept possessions, and three inside 50s last round on his AFL debut, and after a string of behinds to both teams has kicked a goal to convert a clever intercept.
21:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Willem Drew)
22:09
Willem Drew has been involved in a game-high nine scores for Port Adelaide but he has now added to the set shot misses this quarter for the Power. Drew has a career-high for score involvements of ten.
24:16
Jeremy Finlayson has made it 3.0 for Port Adelaide from set shots at goal beyond 50 metres. The Power have taken seven forward 50 marks this quarter from 13 inside 50 entries after taking seven such marks from 31 entries in the first half.
26:04
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
26:42
In the third quarter, St Kilda won the clearances (8-4), but Port Adelaide improved its ball movement with seven inside 50 entries coming from just nine defensive 50 chains. In the first half, the Power generated just three inside 50 entries from 19 such chains.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:42
Port Adelaide conceded 71 inside 50s last week against the Lions, which is its most since 2018. Today the Power have restricted the Saints to just 31 inside 50 entries.
01:32
The Power are ranked second for pressure differential this season and have had the better of this measure today (179-165).
02:24
A strong contested mark and goal from Cooper Sharman gives the Saints their first goal since the 22-minute mark of the second quarter. St Kilda leads 13-8 in contested marks and averages 9.2 such marks per game.
04:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera)
05:24
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher has had the better of his match-up with Max King so far today. Zerk-Thatcher has won an equal game-high seven intercept possessions (three of which have launched scores), applied four tackles, and taken three intercept marks.
07:30
St Kilda has scored only 7.9 points per game from centre bounce clearances this season (ranked 17th), and has again today struggled in this area trailing 0-19 in points scored from this source.
08:07
The Saints have generated the first seven inside 50 entries of the final quarter with the Power struggling to effectively clear the ball.
08:30
SCORE
GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
08:50
The repeat entries from the Saints have been rewarded with a ground ball crumb and an assist from Cooper Sharman. St Kilda has a 27-18 advantage in crumbs.
11:08
In the final quarter, the Saints have dominated loose ball gets 11-1. Both teams won 47 loose balls in the first three quarters.
13:16
Saints Interchange - Bradley Hill and is possibly out for the game.
14:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Quinton Narkle)
15:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
16:15
St Kilda now has a 17-16 edge in forward half intercepts and has converted this into 26-13 points scored from this source. The Saints are ranked last in points scored from forward half intercepts.
16:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
17:17
Power Interchange - Lachie Jones off due to an injury.
18:39
Aliir Alliir has won a game-high ten intercept possessions for the Power including four in the final term. He has only once in his last 30 games recorded more than ten intercepts.
23:39
St Kilda has played on from 38 percent of its marks in the final quarter looking to put speed on its ball movement. In the first three quarters, the Saints played on from 20 percent of their marks.
25:24
Port Adelaide has won 10 of its last 12 games decided by ten points or less since the start of last season.
26:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
26:10
Another narrow win for Port Adelaide who had the better of stoppages winning clearances (32-22) and points scored from this source (28-4). St Kilda has now won only 4 of its 12 games decided by ten points or less since the start of last season.