Match

Carlton vs St Kilda

Commentary / 25 Aug 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Since 2002, the Blues have won their final game of the Home and Away season on only two occasions and both of these wins were by just one point (in 2004 and 2013).

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:29
A fast start for the Blues with a goal from the opening centre bounce clearance won by Patrick Cripps. The Blues average 13.1 points per game from centre bounces (ranked fourth).
02:17
Carlton has won seven of the first eight contested possessions to start the game. The Blues are ranked second in contested possession differential this season while the Saints are ranked fifth.
04:03
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Blake Acres)
04:22
St Kilda has lost the contested possession count in only six of its games this season, and has won just one of these games, making it an important measure to track today for the Saints.
07:22
Sam Walsh averages 29.6 disposals at this venue over the last three seasons, which is the highest average of anyone with at least 10 games at the venue. Walsh has already recorded five disposals in the opening minutes today.
08:57
The first goal of the game for the Saints came from a chain launched in the defensive 50. St Kilda has averaged 37.4 points per game from defensive half chains this season (ranked No.1).
12:42
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Corey Durdin)
12:53
The Saints have conceded 47.6 percent of scores this season directly from a mark, which is the highest percentage of any team. The Blues have missed their first two shots at goal today following a mark in the forward 50.
15:17
Jack Higgins has recorded 30-plus goals, and 20-plus score assists in each of the last two seasons, and is one of just nine players to do so. Higgins has contributed an early assist today, but has missed his first shot at goal.
17:01
Carlton leads 7-1 in crumbs which is driving its edge in contested possessions. St Kilda is the No.1 ranked team in 2024 for this measure.
18:30
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
18:38
All three scores for the Saints have come from defensive 50 chains. The AFL average is 14.9 points per game from such chains and St Kilda has averaged 16.3 (ranked fifth).
20:08
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Matthew Kennedy)
20:18
Carlton has an early 3-1 lead in centre bounce clearances and has converted two of these into scores. The Blues have now missed all three of their set shots at goal with two hitting the post.
24:28
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mitch Owens)
24:51
St Kilda is ranked last in points scored from both forward half stoppages and forward half intercepts. The behind kicked by Mitch Owens was the first score for the Saints to come from a forward half stoppage.
26:53
Carlton has generated an inside 50 entry from all five of its chains starting in the defensive midfield, displaying some effective ball movement, but has not scored from any of these entries.
28:01
The Blues had the ball in their forward half for 61 percent of the opening quarter and had the edge in midfield intercepts (8-4) and contested possessions (37-31). However, St Kilda was ahead in pressure rating (192-157) and points scored from the defensive half (13-1).

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:56
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
01:19
Carlton has again kicked a goal in the opening minute of the quarter with a scrambling bouncing kick from Marc Pittonet. The Carlton ruck has been involved in four of the five scores for the Blues and given Carlton a 5-2 lead in hitouts to advantage.
05:31
Liam Stocker only attended a centre bounce during one game of his career at the Blues, but is today being used in such a role to guard Carlton captain Patrick Cripps who has already won seven contested possessions, but had just the one clearance.
07:26
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
08:04
St Kilda has averaged only 4.9 points per game from forward 50 stoppages this season, but the last goal from Mattaes Phillipou came from this source. Carlton has conceded 11.6 points per game from such clearances (ranked last defensively).
09:57
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jaxon Binns)
10:19
Carlton leads 8-4 in forward half intercepts and both of its goals this quarter have come from this source. Rowan Marshall has recorded 108 clangers this season which is the most ever recorded by a Saint in a season and it was an errant kick from Marshall that led to the goal from Jaxon Binns.
12:00
Saints Interchange - Rowan Marshall off due to an injury.
12:03
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
14:05
Carlton fans are growing frustrated with a free kick count of 12-1 in favour of the Saints. The Blues have kicked 47 goals from free kicks this season which is eight more than any other team.
15:30
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
16:06
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Darcy Wilson)
17:26
Tim Membrey averages 2.5 goals across 11 career games against Carlton, which is his highest average against any team. Membrey has converted his first shot at goal today after the Saints had kicked three behinds from their last three attempts.
19:59
St Kilda has the edge this quarter in both contested possessions (21-13) and inside 50 entries (10-4) after Carlton won these measures in the opening quarter.
20:12
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
22:32
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jack Carroll)
22:54
A third goal this quarter for the Blues following a forward half intercept. Carlton leads 187-128 in forward half pressure rating this quarter which has helped to generate these scoring opportunities.
24:16
St Kilda has won seven of the eight games this season when it has taken at least 25 more marks than its opposition. The Saints have a 67-48 lead in this measure today and are again looking to build their offence in this manner.
25:38
St Kilda averages just 33.1 points in first halves this season (ranked last), and has again found scoring difficult in the first half today.
25:48
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mason Wood)
26:24
St Kilda now leads 20-7 in points scored from stoppages. The Blues outscored West Coast by 46 points from clearances in Round 23, which is their best differential from that source this season.
28:05
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Jack Higgins)
28:25
St Kilda leads 9-4 in shots at goal this quarter but both teams have kicked three goals from these attempts with all three goals for the Blues coming from at least 40 metres out from goal.
29:57
After Carlton won the crumbs 10-2 in the opening term, the Saints won this measure 9-2 in the second quarter with the contested possession count following this indicator. St Kilda also led 20-5 in forward half marks during the second term.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:07
The last time that these two teams met, St Kilda led at half time by 22 points before Carlton finished strongly in the second half to win by 19 points.
00:30
Ryan Byrnes took three intercept marks during the second quarter and all of these marks launched scoring chains for the Saints. Byrnes recorded a game-high five score involvements in the first half.
00:54
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jesse Motlop)
01:19
Again the Blues have scored in the opening minute of the quarter, but this time it was only a behind, coming from a forward 50 stoppage. This was the 15th stoppage in the forward half for the Blues but their first score from this source.
05:56
The Saints now lead 16-9 in intercept marks, 7-4 in contested marks and 82-58 in total marks with their aerial supremacy continuing to be an important factor.
06:39
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jack Carroll)
07:12
Saints Interchange - Liam Stocker off due to an injury.
07:47
St Kilda has now generated nine intercepts in its attacking midfield and scored 2.3.15 from these chains. Carlton has scored only two behinds from seven such intercepts.
10:27
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
10:36
Three goals in a row to the Saints and the last one from Jack Higgins again came from an intercept in the attacking midfield. St Kilda has averaged only 14.9 points per game from this source but has already scored 21 points today from these intercepts.
12:14
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Blake Acres)
12:46
The Blues now have a 13-1 advantage in points scored from centre bounces following the last goal from Blake Acres who averages 23 disposals against his old club St Kilda, which is his highest disposal average against any opponent.
14:27
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Ryan Byrnes)
14:56
St Kilda has generated three forward half intercepts this quarter and scored from all of them. The Saints are ranked last in points scored from this source with an average of only 19.7 points per game.
17:01
An excellent crumb and goal from Orazio Fanatasia has given the Blues their first goal of the game from a defensive half chain. Carlton leads 18-9 in forward 50 ground balls, 40-24 in forward 50 disposals and 7-3 in forward 50 tackles.
19:27
Another terrific passage of ball movement from the Saints resulted in the goal from Zak Jones. St Kilda leads 20-1 in points scored from defensive 50 chains from a 9-5 edge in inside 50 entries generated from such chains.
20:43
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Blake Acres)
21:16
Another centre bounce goal for the Blues and Blake Acres who continues to have an impact against his former team. Despite only leading centre bounce clearances 9-8, Carlton leads 19-1 in points scored from this source.
25:16
Carlton leads the clearances 12-6 this quarter with five of these won by Patrick Cripps who has recorded a game-high 15 contested possessions and once again lifted his team when needed.
25:48
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Matthew Owies)
28:19
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
29:48
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Paddy Dow)
30:07
Former Blue Paddy Dow had not been involved in any scores for St Kilda today until converting the last set shot from a free kick. This was the first goal of the game for either team to come from a free kick.
31:58
Both teams have generated four forward half intercepts this quarter. St Kilda has scored four goals from these chains and Carlton has scored only one behind from this source.
33:33
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Brodie Kemp)
33:47
The Blues have won the clearances 13-9 this quarter and converted this into a 25-1 advantage in points scored from stoppages.
34:45
After the two teams kicked only nine goals in the first half, the game opened up during the third quarter with ten goals shared evenly. Patrick Cripps was the No.1 ranked player that term with 12 disposals and seven contested possessions.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:40
Last week the Saints scored from 62 percent of their defensive midfield chains in the second half, which is the highest percentage recorded for a team with 10-plus chains in a half since 2012. St Kilda has just one score today from 15 such chains.
01:25
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Elijah Hollands)
01:34
Carlton fans would be happy to know that their side is the No.1 ranked team in final quarters this season. St Kilda is ranked second during this period.
03:32
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Blake Acres)
03:39
Carlton has scored 6.2 from its shots more than 40 metres from goal, but has a return of only 3.5 from its attempts within 40 metres of goal.
07:04
Since half time, Carlton has lifted its pressure rating to 196 after recording a rating of 170 in the first half. The Blues have had a pressure factor of greater than 190 eight times this season, which is the second-most of any club.
09:03
Marc Pittonet has been involved in a game high eight scores for the Blues and launched seven of these from stoppages. Pittonet has also won an equal game-high seven clearances.
10:26
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Darcy Wilson)
12:14
Carlton averages just 29.5 points per game from shots at goal directly from uncontested marks (ranked 17th) and has today scored 26 points from such marks.
13:54
A classy finish from Ashton Moir has given the Blues their first goal of the game from a defensive 50 chain and makes it four of the last five goals to Carlton.
16:27
Saints Interchange - Jimmy Webster off due to an injury.
17:13
Carlton is preventing St Kilda from building marking chains this quarter with a pressure rating of 231 and a 17-10 tackle count restricting the Saints to a kicking efficiency of 52 percent.
18:19
Saints Interchange - Bradley Hill off due to an injury.
19:20
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Jesse Motlop)
19:39
The last five inside 50 entries have gone to the Blues with the offence of the Saints coming to a halt. Carlton has dominated uncontested possession 57-31 in the final quarter.
21:22
Carlton has a 7-0 lead in free kicks in the final quarter to the delight of the home crowd. The Blues also have an edge in ground balls (22-19) with a number of important contests being won by Carlton.
23:38
Nic Newman has taken a career-high 16 marks today with four of these intercepts. Newman also has game-highs for disposals (35) and metres gained (706) in another prominent performance.
25:10
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Brodie Kemp)
26:12
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Mattaes Phillipou)
26:20
Both teams have now missed set shots in the last minute and have struggled in this area throughout. Carlton has scored 5.5 from such shots and St Kilda has a return of 5.7 from its set shots.
28:03
A magnificent snap from Jack Higgins has given the Saints the lead with 12 seconds to play. Carlton has kicked three goals from centre bounces today.
29:24
A fantastic win by the Saints has left Carlton fans waiting on the result of the Fremantle and Port Adelaide game to decide the final place in the top-8. Carlton has still not won its last match of the home-and-away season since 2013 (in the final game played at Football Park).