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Pre Game
00:00
West Coast's last win for the season came in Round 10; the last time these two teams faced each other. This match saw the Eagles victorious by 35 points.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:13
Max Gawn grabs the Sherrin out of the ruck to win the first centre clearance of the match. Gawn averages the third most ruck hardball gets this season - averaging 4.5 a game.
04:50
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
05:00
Koltyn Tholstrup strikes long for the first goal of his career. This goal was launched from the Demons' defensive 50, which only generates 12.5 points on average for Melbourne this year - ranked third-last.
06:18
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
06:49
Early on in the piece and the Demons are dominating the contest, winning the contested possession count 11-5. Melbourne ranks 11th for the differential of this stat this year after having the best differential in the league last season.
08:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Tom Sparrow)
12:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
12:14
60% of the game so far has been spent in Melbourne's forward half, as well as the Demons leading the inside 50 count 7-4. They have already been able to find three forward 50 marks as well as retain their entries 11% better than the Eagles.
13:34
Jake Waterman kicks the first goal of the game for West Coast. He kicked a game-high five goals the last time he faced Melbourne back in Round 10.
16:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Jake Melksham)
16:53
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
17:09
Bayley Fritsch has kicked three goals in each of his last three games against West Coast – having nine disposals and three marks inside 50 in Round 10. He starts off today with a tidy goal from a snap.
18:21
There has been a clear motive from Melbourne to move the ball by foot, having a kick-to-handball ratio of 4.38 compared to West Coast's 1.58. The Demons and the Eagles have the sixth and fifth highest averages for this measure this season.
19:42
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
21:32
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Caleb Windsor)
21:59
Melbourne has been able to score from a range of sources, scoring 3.1 (19) from intercepts and 2.1 (13) from stoppages. The last time they played the Eagles, they were only able to score 1.8 (14) from intercepts.
23:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
24:56
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
25:09
Kysaiah Pickett gets involved with his first goal of the day, making it 39 points for Melbourne - their best return in a first term this season. He booted an equal career-high five goals last week against the Lions and was involved in a game-high 11 scoring chains.
28:13
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
28:30
Kysaiah Pickett finishes off a third goal launched from the Demons' defensive 50. The most that they have launched from his zone came back in Round 8, against the Cats where they were able to score 4.5 (29).
29:52
Eagles Interchange - Campbell Chesser off due to an injury.
30:05
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jamie Cripps)
31:10
The Demons brought hell to earth for the Eagles with a massive 45-point first term - their highest-scoring first term this year. They owned the footy, having 18 more disposals, but were also able to bring the pressure by outtackling the Eagles by three.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:36
Demons Interchange - Judd McVee off due to an injury.
01:12
Melbourne's pressure has been through the roof as they have a pressure factor of 209 and a tackle efficiency of 75%. They had a tackle efficiency of 81.6% last week which is their highest tackle efficiency since 2015.
02:31
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
03:55
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
04:15
A quiet start for Oscar Allen, only one disposal and one behind. He booted four goals when he last played at the MCG in Round 8 last season – also having 15 disposals and seven marks.
06:23
Trent Rivers is enjoying a change of position to the midfield, having an equal team-high eight centre bounce attendances and all of his time on the ground being spent in the midfield, after previously only spending one game before Round 15 in this position. He has collected a game-high 10 disposals, of which all have been effective as well as a game-high four clearances.
07:25
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
08:56
A productive start for Jacob Van Rooyen, having eight disposals, of which five have been won in a contested manner, three marks and 2.2 (14) on the score board.
09:32
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
11:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
11:18
The last two centre clearances has resulted in two clearances and two scores for the Eagles, with the midfield combination of Harley Reid, Elliot Yeo and Tim Kelly launching those. This is the eighth most used centre bounce midfield combination in the league, but only ranks seventh out of the top 10 frequent midfield combinations for centre clearance win percentage.
15:52
Melbourne took just one intercept mark in the defensive 50 last week against the Lions – its fewest since 2021. Today they have already taken two.
18:22
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
18:51
All of West Coast's direct scores have come from set shots today (3.3 (21)). 55.3% of their scores for the season have come from this source - the fourth highest portion in the league.
21:06
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
23:04
The Eagles have restricted Melbourne's ease of ball movement from the back half in this term, allowing the Demons to only find an uncontested possession from 11% of their rebounds in comparison to 38% in the first term. Only one of Melbourne's scores has come from their defensive half this term compared to five in the first quarter.
23:54
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
25:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
26:36
Jacob Van Rooyen slots through an equal-career high four goals, with a half of footy still ahead of him. He has been involved in a game-high seven scores.
28:46
The margin extends out to 49 points in favour of Melbourne at the main break. Despite the Demons having only three more inside 50s and taking one less inside 50 mark compared to the Eagles in the second term, they were able to retain their entries 26% better and score a goal from 11% more of their entries.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:20
The second half kicks off with a holding the man free kick against Clayton Oliver. Oliver has given away the most free kicks at the club for holding the man (eight), throwing the ball (four), and holding the ball (six).
00:33
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
03:59
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
04:07
After a slow start to the game, Oscar Allen has had five disposals, of which all have been scoring shots resulting in 3.2 (20). He has been targeted six times inside 50 and taken four forward 50 marks. He will be hunting to chase down his career-high goal tally of five, which came back in 2021 against Collingwood.
05:40
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jake Waterman)
05:59
Demons Interchange - Max Gawn off due to an injury.
06:10
Two early goals for the Eagles. They have had four of the first five clearances as well as six unanswered inside 50s, of which five have been retained by a teammate.
08:37
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
09:15
Melbourne's first inside 50 of the term is fruitful, with Bayley Fritsch reaping the benefits. He had only scored two goals in his previous four games, with the last time scoring multiple goals coming in Round 11.
09:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Campbell Chesser)
11:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
13:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
14:19
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
14:20
The Demons flock from everywhere to get around Jake Melksham as he converts in his return game. His goal came from a repeat entry, which has generated 6.2 (38) from 11 repeat entries for Melbourne, whilst the Eagles have only managed 2.1 (13) from eight repeat entries.
17:57
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Max Gawn)
17:59
A kick long to advantage from Jake Melksham sets up Max Gawn for his first major of the day. The Demons have utilised long kicks well today, having 13 kicks to a teammate's advantage compared to West Coast's four.
20:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Rushed)
21:43
Max Gawn has been on top in the ruck contest against Bailey J. Williams from their 37 ruck contests, winning the hitouts 17-12 and the hitouts-to-advantage 6-3, as well as the Demons winning the clearances 17-12 and scoring one more goal when these two have been rucking opponents.
22:20
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
23:34
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
25:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Darling)
26:06
The Eagles have been inaccurate in front of goal when their inside 50s have landed further than 30 metres from goal, scoring only 2.8 (20) from 18 opportunities compared to Melbourne's 8.5 (53) from 23 opportunities.
26:26
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Jack Darling)
29:01
The Eagles got on top in terms of territory in the third term, having six more entries, yet they were only able to retain eight of their 15 inside 50s - the same amount as Melbourne.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:04
Since Round 9, the Demons have won the final term just once – ranked 17th with only Richmond below them.
02:57
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
03:08
The Demons have failed to score a goal in the final term in each of their last two games for the first time since Rounds 14-15 in 1981. They start off the term with a great transition goal from their defensive midfield zone, which generates 20.8% of the Melbourne's scores this season - the sixth biggest portion in the league.
04:36
Eagles Interchange - Brady Hough off due to an injury.
06:16
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
06:34
Melbourne brings up the century for the first time since Round 11. It hasn't been the usual suspects for the Demons, with Jack Viney and Clayton Oliver only collecting 13 and 10 disposals respectively as well as only two score involvements each. Caleb Windsor has been a shining light collecting 23 disposals, of which 10 were won in a contested manner as well as four clearances and a goal.
07:59
SCORE
GOAL - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
08:29
Despite kicking eight goals today, the Eagles have only had three individual goal-kickers. Their lowest in a match this season is currently three.
09:44
Eagles Interchange - Oscar Allen off due to an injury.
12:02
West Coast had a pressure factor of just 148 in the final term last round – its third-lowest for the year in that quarter. Their current pressure factor this term is 152.
12:19
Demons Interchange - Kysaiah Pickett off due to an injury.
15:58
28% of Melbourne's kicks inside 50 have found a mark today. Only 17.6% of their kicks inside 50 have found a mark in the last month - ranking them second-last in this time, only ahead of the Eagles.
17:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Jack Williams)
19:50
The Eagles have outscored the Demons by nine points from stoppages. West Coast has been outscored by 12.9 points per game from clearances – ranked 17th.
20:22
SCORE
BEHIND - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
22:25
SCORE
GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
22:46
Demons Interchange - Tom Sparrow off due to the blood rule.
23:38
Only two of West Coast's 29 defensive 50 chains have launched an inside 50 today. They currently hold the equal lowest for the season with two in Round 12, along with the Crows.
25:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Eagles (Oscar Allen)
28:37
An overall domination by Melbourne sees them win by 54 points as they continue to push for a spot in the top eight. They were tough in the contest, winning the contested possession count 24 as well as being able to effectively move the ball on the outside having 49 more marks. Early on in the piece, they were able to be damaging through their back-half ball movement finishing with nine goals from this zone.