Match

Melbourne vs Fremantle

Commentary / 19 Apr 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Fremantle won the time in forward half differential by 25 minutes and 23 seconds last round - its biggest differential over the last decade.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:58
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Andrew Brayshaw)
05:02
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
05:54
Melbourne's disposal efficiency is at 81 per cent in the match so far compared to Fremantle's 61. The Demons are more effective inside the forward half, with their efficiency 79 compared to 40 in this measure.
07:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
08:31
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Trent Rivers)
08:47
Both teams have applied strong pressure so far in the match, with Melbourne leading 221 to Fremantle's 199. This is well above the season average of 178.
11:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
12:45
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
17:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
17:37
Melbourne has had a good spread of scores from all zones this evening - scoring from every zone apart from forward 50. They have a 100% record of going inside 50 from centre bounces so far in the match as well
18:58
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jake Melksham)
19:19
Demons Interchange - Jake Melksham off due to the blood rule.
19:52
Melbourne's centre bounce ball movement has been strong this afternoon, with 67% of its chains resulting a score compared to Fremantle's 25% from this source.
22:53
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
24:54
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Christian Petracca)
26:28
Melbourne has had the better of the ruck battle, winning the hitouts 9-5 and hitouts-to-advantage 3-0. However, the Dockers have had 10-5 first possessions and are on top in score from stoppages, leading 3.0 (18) to 1.1 (7).
27:27
Dockers Interchange - Andrew Brayshaw off due to the blood rule.
28:41
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
30:25
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
31:33
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
33:09
Fremantle's forward 50 pressure has been strong in that quarter, leading Melbourne 165-148 in this measure.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kade Chandler)
03:04
Harrison Petty has been the forward 50 target on five occasions in the match so far, taking a mark inside 50 on two occasions he has been kicked to. He has impacted the scoreboard with two goals straight.
04:08
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
04:14
Clayton Oliver has applied a game-high 11 pressure acts so far in this match, with six of these coming in the defensive half of the ground. He also has a tackle efficiency of 100% (2 tackles from 2 attempts).
05:37
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kade Chandler)
05:49
It has been an intriguing contest in the ruck this evening between Max Gawn and Sean Darcy, with the clearance count in the Demons' favour 10-6, when they have been rucking opponents. Cameron has had two more hitouts-to-advantage from their 19 ruck contests.
07:44
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
08:54
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
09:39
Melbourne has already scored 4.1 (25) from centre bounces in the match so far. Heading into the match, they had score 7.9 (49) in total from the first five matches on the season.
10:45
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
12:17
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
14:03
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
16:07
Melbourne has outscored the Dockers on turnovers 6.0 (36) to 3.1 (19). Heading into today's match, Melbourne ranked 18th in the competition for scoring from turnovers with only 29.8 points per game, the league average is 48.7.
17:16
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
19:03
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
22:03
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
25:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
25:32
Demons Interchange - Daniel Turner off due to an injury.
28:22
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
32:30
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
34:46
Jack Bowey goes into the break with 21 disposals, which is a career-high for a first half. His previous high was 18 in Round 2, 2022 against the Gold Coast SUNS.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:35
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
03:26
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Oscar McDonald)
06:27
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jeremy Sharp)
08:25
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
09:53
The Melbourne have been damaging on the outside of the contest since quarter time dominating the number of uncontested possessions (102-72) and handball receives (54-38).
09:55
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
09:56
Kysaiah Pickett kicks his fifth goal of the match, which is an equal second highest in his career. His most is six, which he achieved in Round 18, 2022 against Port Adelaide at Traeger Park in Alice Springs.
14:21
Melbourne's defensive 50-ball movement has been strong this afternoon, with 20% of its defensive 50 chains resulting in a score compared to Fremantle's 8% from this source.
16:04
Dockers Interchange - Andrew Brayshaw off due to an injury.
16:13
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
16:22
Melbourne is applying more forward-half pressure than Fremantle and has a pressure rating of 190 to 157 in that zone
16:45
Demons Interchange - Koltyn Tholstrup off due to an injury.
17:36
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Charlie Spargo)
19:14
Melbourne is on top in the contest, leading the contested possessions 92-82. Jack Viney has won nine of his possessions in this manner, he also has 23 disposals for the match.
19:56
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
21:15
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harvey Langford)
22:30
Dockers Interchange - Jaeger O'Meara and is possibly out for the game.
22:34
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Shai Bolton)
25:07
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Christian Petracca)
27:21
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)
29:32
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
30:23
Shai Bolton is making an impact at his new club. He has had 16 disposals at 88% disposal efficiency, 12 uncontested possessions, 10 score involvements, five inside 50's, three goals and gained 425 metres.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:49
Melbourne's most effective zone has been from centre bounce this afternoon, scoring 5.2 (32). While Fremantle's most effective zone has been the defensive midfield with 3.5 (23).
02:42
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
03:50
After having a pressure rating of almost 184 in total across the first three quarters, Melbourne has rocketed to 321 to start the fourth term.
05:32
Melbourne's forward half pressure has been immense in this quarter, leading the tackle count tonight 8-1, with a pressure factor of 247.
06:01
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
08:17
Melbourne's defensive 50-ball movement has been excellent this afternoon, with 32% of its defensive 50 chains resulting in an inside 50 compared to just 12% for Fremantle.
10:01
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Josh Treacy)
11:02
Jack Viney has imposed himself defensively with a game-high seven tackles, which is a season-high. He laid a career-high 16 tackles in Round 8 against the Bulldogs in 2016.
13:48
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Viney)
14:19
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
15:58
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
17:54
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
20:53
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harvey Langford)
24:16
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Tom Sparrow)
25:41
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
26:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jake Melksham)
27:19
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kade Chandler)
28:20
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Sean Darcy)
29:43
Kysaiah Pickett has had a superb match tonight with five goals from 16 kicks at 78% kicking efficiency. As well as ten contested possessions, six inside 50's and 10 score involvements.