Match

St Kilda vs Fremantle

Commentary / 02 May 2025

Pre Game

00:00
St Kilda has won five of its last eight matches against Fremantle at Marvel Stadium by an average winning margin of 36 points.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:11
The Saints win the first centre clearance of the match. They rank second-last for centre clearance differential this season, averaging 3.9 fewer than their opponents.
01:22
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Bradley Hill)
02:21
St Kilda strike first with a goal launched from their defensive midfield. They scored 26 points launched from this zone last week - their most for the season.
06:09
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Darcy Wilson)
07:12
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Hayden Young)
08:07
Hayden Young slots through Fremantle's first goal of the match, with it coming from a turnover. The Dockers have scored from 22.7% of their intercepts this season - ranked fourth.
12:13
In the first 10 minutes of this match, both teams have been trying to move the ball through marks, with Fremantle and St Kilda having 15 and 16 marks in this time period - well above their averages of 5.1 and 6.9.
14:44
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Lance Collard)
17:25
The Saints won the first possessions by five and lost the clearances by 18 in Round 7 – the swing of minus-23 is its worst ever in a game. Tonight they've won the first possession five times and have had three clearances.
19:58
Saints Interchange - Dougal Howard off due to an injury.
21:42
Since Round 4, the Saints have lost the time in forward half differential by 14 minutes and 52 seconds per game – ranked last. They had 60% of the quarter be spent in their forward half so far.
23:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Higgins)
23:42
Jack Higgins capitalises in front of goal from defensive 50. Higgins is one of two players that has scored two goals in every match and currently sits second for the most goals scored this season.
28:28
Fremantle's highest averaging ball getters for the season, Caleb Serong and Andrew Brayshaw, have both been unable to get into the game, collecting six disposals between them. Both rank inside the top 11 players for disposals this season.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:43
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rushed)
02:03
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mitch Owens)
02:26
Mitch Owens scores with the first mark inside 50 for the match. He has been targeted a team-high four times inside 50 so far, whilst also having a game-high four inside 50s.
04:45
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Darcy Wilson)
07:16
The pressure around the ball from both teams has been evident, with the tackle count being 33-30 and the pressure factor being 196-190 from St Kilda and Fremantle respectively.
12:12
Jack Macrae has been impactful in the contest, collecting a game-high 11 disposals, of which seven have been won in a contested manner, five clearances and three score involvements.
12:55
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Frederick)
16:01
Dockers Interchange - Hayden Young off due to an injury.
17:39
When the ball has been in contention, the Saints have been stronger, leading the contested possession count by 18 for the match. They have been averaging 2.6 fewer than their opponents this season.
17:48
Dockers Interchange - Jeremy Sharp off due to an injury.
20:02
The Dockers have scored one behind from their last 18 inside 50s. They only score a goal from 24.1% of their entries - ranked 11th.
24:52
Six of the last eight inside 50s have gone the way of the Dockers, yet they have only scored one behind for the quarter.
25:45
Saints Interchange - Liam Stocker off due to an injury.
28:59
A dominant display from the Saints as they lead by 20 points at the main break. They lead major stats such as contested possessions by 23, clearances by 16 and inside 50s by seven.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:32
Corey Wagner had 12 tackles in the first half. Only three players have achieved this feat in since 2016.
06:28
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
06:50
The Saints have scored 3.1 (19) from defensive midfield intercepts tonight - their equal-most in a game this season.
09:30
The Dockers convert their first goal since the eighth minute of the first quarter through Isaiah Dudley. His pressure has been red-hot, as he has laid seven tackles and had 14 pressure acts.
11:29
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
11:51
The Saints have scored 60.9% of the time they have targeted Cooper Sharman inside 50 – ranked equal- third of the top-50 targets.
16:11
Sean Darcy had been on top in the ruck contest against Rowan Marshall, as he leads the hitouts 24-11 and hitouts-to-advantage 3-2, although, the Saints lead the clearances 21-11 when these two have been ruck opponents.
16:34
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Marcus Windhager)
18:40
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Murphy Reid)
20:05
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Lance Collard)
20:21
2.1 (13) of St Kilda's scores this term has come from attacking midfield stoppages. They normally score 11 points from this source for the game - ranked third.
22:54
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
24:51
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Isaiah Dudley)
25:19
The Dockers have had just 14 disposals in their forward half this quarter - currently the equal third-lowest by any team in a quarter this year.
25:56
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
29:01
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
29:20
Just the five inside 50s for the Dockers in the third term - the equal fourth-lowest by a team in a quarter this season. They trail the inside 50 ledger by 19 for the game when they have ranked sixth for inside 50 differential this year.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:33
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mitch Owens)
01:39
Cooper Sharman has been influential, scoring three goals, assisting one and taking two contested marks for the match.
03:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
04:15
Jye Amiss scores Fremantle's first stoppage goal for the match. The Dockers only score 31.9 points from this source this season - ranked fifth-last.
08:06
Dockers Interchange - Jye Amiss off due to an injury.
08:39
Caleb Serong is averaging 15.9 contested possessions – ranked No.1 in the AFL and a career-high. He has won 11 of his 13 disposals in a contested manner.
09:41
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
12:08
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Cooper Sharman)
12:16
St Kilda has been able to find targets inside 50, and has capitalised from these targets as they have scored 6.2 (38) from marks compared to Fremantle's 1.2 (8).
14:37
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Max Hall)
17:37
The Dockers haven't been able to get any fluency in their game tonight, only scoring from 7% of all chains in comparison to St Kilda's 18%.
17:59
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Jye Amiss)
19:16
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Anthony Caminiti)
20:29
SCORE BEHIND - Saints (Rowan Marshall)
21:10
The Saints have been lethal in moving the ball through handball receives, gaining 559 more metres from this source in comparison to the Dockers.
22:04
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Jack Steele)
24:20
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Hugo Garcia)
25:28
St Kilda has scored just eight points from forward half chains over the last two weeks (0 goals, 8 behinds) – the lowest ever by any team from this source over two weeks. They have scored 42 points from this zone tonight.
25:55
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Mitch Owens)
31:19
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Quinton Narkle)
32:34
SCORE GOAL - Saints (Anthony Caminiti)
33:34
A massive 61-point win for the Saints. They were dominant across all four quarters, finishing leading key ledgers such as the contested possessions by 48, the clearances by 28 and the inside 50s by 27. They had 95 more disposals in the forward half as well as having the game spend 58% of time in this zone. Cooper Sharman was unstoppable, taking five marks inside 50 and scoring 4.2 (26).