Match

Essendon vs Port Adelaide

Commentary / 27 Mar 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Connor Rozee has begun the season with 35 and 39 disposals in that order. He had 36 disposals against Essendon in Round 4 last year.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:06
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Zach Merrett)
05:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jordan Ridley)
07:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
08:06
Mitch Georgiades kicked the first goal of the match. He has kicked 114 goals across his career, 14 of which from 9 games have been kicked at the Marvel Stadium.
11:05
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Sam Draper)
12:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jye Menzie)
12:40
Port Adelaide has won the uncontested possessions by 29 in the first quarter of each match this season. But they are trailing the Bombers early in this measure - losing the count 38-25.
13:46
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Nate Caddy)
13:56
Essendon is applying more forward-half pressure than Port Adelaide and has a pressure rating of 188 to 124 in that zone.
15:37
SCORE GOAL - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
16:57
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Xavier Duursma)
17:27
The Bombers are on top in the clearances 6 - 4 - scoring 1.2 (8) from that source. They have had an even spread of contributors around the stoppages.
18:39
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Thomas Edwards)
20:50
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Sam Powell-Pepper)
21:11
Essendon has had a good spread of scores from all zones this evening - scoring from every zone apart from defensive 50. They have a 90% record of going inside 50 from chains starting in the attacking midfield so far in the match as well.
23:16
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Joe Berry)
25:20
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
25:57
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Mitch Georgiades)
29:01
SCORE GOAL - Power (Travis Boak)
30:50
Dylan Shiel has had a strong start to the match this evening with the eighth highest amount of disposals with nine in the first quarter as an Essendon player.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:47
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
05:45
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
07:04
Port Adelaide have been damaging on the outside of the contest to start the second quarter with almost double the number of uncontested possessions (25-6) and handball receives (22-4).
08:00
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
11:20
Port Adelaide has had far quicker ball movement than Essendon through the corridor. They are playing on 56% of the time from nine marks, while the Bombers are playing on just 40% from five marks.
12:30
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
13:00
Port Adelaide have been potent from general play - scoring 3.2 (20) from that source and already have three individual goalkickers for the match.
15:42
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Harrison Jones)
18:12
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
20:01
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Nick Bryan and Jordan Sweet, with Port Adelaide winning the clearance count 21 - 20 when they have been rucking opponents. Bryan has given his midfielders first possession 5 - 0 from their six ruck contests.
22:24
Miles Bergman is at his running and rebounding best so far tonight. Bergman has 250 metres gained from his 14 disposals, kicking at 73% efficiency.
23:41
Power Interchange - Sam Powell-Pepper off due to an injury.
25:46
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Jade Gresham)
26:43
Mitch Georgiades has been the forward 50 target on 11 occasions this match, he has seven scoring involvements whilst also kicking 2.2 (14). He has kicked (2.1) from set shots in between 31 - 40 metres tonight. Georgiades has a career set shot success rate of 57.1% from this distance.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
05:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Joe Richards)
06:28
After having a pressure factor of 161 in the first half. Port Adelaide's pressure has soared to 189 during this term.
07:33
Power Interchange - Kane Farrell off due to an injury.
08:41
Essendon has won the contested possessions by 11.5 in matches this season. They are leading Port Adelaide in this measure this evening - winning the count currently 68-55.
11:19
The Bombers' forward half game has been on full display today - winning 12 forward half intercepts to Port Adelaide's nine. They have scored 4.2 (26) from that source to 2.6 (18).
13:19
SCORE GOAL - Power (Ollie Wines)
15:04
Essendon's forward half pressure has been immense tonight - leading the tackle count 22-9. Jade Gresham is leading the way with four. Last season, Gresham ranked 7th in the club for tackles inside 50 with a total of 17 across the season.
16:07
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Josh Sinn)
16:49
Power Interchange - Miles Bergman off due to an injury.
18:52
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Archie Roberts)
18:53
Archie Roberts has applied a game-high 18 pressure acts so far in this match, with 10 of these coming in the defensive half of the ground. His also has a tackle effiency of 60% (3 tackles from 5 attempts).
20:24
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Rushed)
23:28
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
24:09
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Zach Merrett)
26:43
SCORE GOAL - Power (Darcy Byrne-Jones)
27:52
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
28:55
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
30:31
The form of Jase Burgoyne has been a real positive to start the season for Port Adelaide. He helped himself to 22 disposals at 95% disposal efficiency, 15 uncontested possessions and 259 metres gained.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:19
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Jye Caldwell)
01:15
SCORE GOAL - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
02:24
Ben McKay, Sam Draper and Jase Burgoyne have all played 100% of the match so far.
03:31
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Nic Martin)
04:45
Essendon are on top in the clearances with 24 - 22, scoring 3.6 (24) from that source. Dylan Shiel five and Sam Duram four are leading the way for the Bombers in this area.
05:36
Power Interchange - Miles Bergman off due to an injury.
06:01
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Tom Cochrane)
07:39
Both teams are applying reasonable pressure so far in the match, with Port Adelaide leading 166 to Essendon's 164. This is slightly below the competition's average of 182.
08:17
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mason Redman)
10:59
Essendon has won the tackle count by 4 per game this season - ranked 7th. They have been consistent in this area so far in the match, leading the count 50 - 34.
12:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Nate Caddy)
13:23
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Nate Caddy)
15:56
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Nate Caddy)
17:12
Essendon's defensive midfield ball movement has been strong this evening - with 47% of its defensive midfield chains resulting in a score compared to Port Adelaide's 19% from this source.
19:00
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Sam Draper)
26:33
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
28:14
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Willie Rioli)
29:06
SCORE BEHIND - Power (Jason Horne-Francis)
30:07
The Bombers' attack from attacking midfield game has been on full display tonight - having scored 6.6 (42) from that source compared to 3.5 (23).