FULL TIME: Essendon vs Melbourne – Round 18, 2020

Match Summary

Best On Ground

Essendon

Zach MerrettZ Merrett25 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish25 disposals

James StewartJ Stewart3 goals

Melbourne

Ed LangdonE Langdon23 disposals

Christian PetraccaC Petracca23 disposals
1 goal

Jayden HuntJ Hunt4 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

Melbourne

Disposals

321

310

Contested Possessions

100

99

Kicks

171

200

Handballs

150

110

Free Kicks

12

15

Clearances

22

22

Centre Clearances

5

12

Stoppages

17

10

Inside 50

44

39

Marks

79

117

Marks in 50

8

13

Contested Marks

11

8

Tackles

43

26

Hit-Outs

18

28

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Adam Saad	16	3	19	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	5	5	10	2	0	2	1	3	0	0
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	9	5	14	5	0	0	1	1	0	1
Brayden Ham	10	3	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Parish	7	18	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Devon Smith	8	8	16	1	0	1	1	3	1	1
Dylan Clarke	3	10	13	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Dylan Shiel	7	18	25	1	0	1	0	3	1	0
Jake Stringer	10	2	12	3	0	2	1	1	1	1
James Stewart	6	1	7	5	3	0	1	1	3	1
Jayden Laverde	6	0	6	4	0	0	1	4	1	0
Joe Daniher	7	2	9	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	10	3	13	4	0	1	0	1	0	1
Kyle Langford	10	13	23	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Martin Gleeson	6	4	10	4	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mason Redman	5	7	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Matt Guelfi	5	9	14	3	0	1	2	2	0	0
Michael Hurley	10	3	13	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Draper	1	3	4	0	13	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Cutler	14	9	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Will Snelling	3	12	15	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
Zach Merrett	13	12	25	7	0	1	2	9	0	0

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Vandenberg	6	9	15	4	0	1	2	3	0	0
Adam Tomlinson	10	3	13	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	3	4	7	2	0	0	1	1	2	0
Bayley Fritsch	10	4	14	7	0	1	1	0	3	4
Charlie Spargo	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
Christian Petracca	14	9	23	7	0	1	0	1	1	0
Christian Salem	14	8	22	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
Clayton Oliver	7	13	20	6	0	2	2	2	0	0
Ed Langdon	17	6	23	13	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Viney	10	7	17	5	0	0	1	3	0	0
Jake Lever	13	4	17	10	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jake Melksham	5	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayden Hunt	7	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	4	0
Joel Smith	4	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Max Gawn	10	7	17	4	26	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Hibberd	11	5	16	10	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mitch Brown	14	6	20	13	2	0	0	0	0	2
Oskar Baker	13	2	15	4	0	2	1	3	0	0
Sam Weideman	4	3	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Steven May	15	6	21	7	0	2	0	1	0	0
Trent Rivers	9	5	14	3	0	1	0	1	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

Melbourne

IN Jayden Laverde, Mason Redman, Michael Hurley OUT Andrew Phillips (Omitted), Jacob Townsend (Omitted), Mitchell Hibberd (Omitted)

IN Michael Hibberd OUT Neville Jetta

FB 14 Jordan Ridley 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 8 Martin Gleeson FF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 38 Mitch Brown 9 Charlie Spargo HB 5 Devon Smith 18 Michael Hurley 42 Adam Saad HF 31 Bayley Fritsch 26 Sam Weideman 33 Oskar Baker C 12 Tom Cutler 7 Zach Merrett 33 Brayden Ham C 15 Ed Langdon 5 Christian Petracca 20 Adam Tomlinson HF 40 Will Snelling 17 James Stewart 35 Matt Guelfi HB 24 Trent Rivers 8 Jake Lever 3 Christian Salem FF 25 Jake Stringer 6 Joe Daniher 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FB 44 Joel Smith 1 Steven May 18 Jake Melksham

FOLLOWERS
38	Sam Draper
9	Dylan Shiel
3	Darcy Parish

INTERCHANGE
4	Kyle Langford
15	Jayden Laverde
27	Mason Redman
37	Dylan Clarke

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
7	Jack Viney
13	Clayton Oliver

INTERCHANGE
14	Michael Hibberd
22	Aaron Vandenberg
29	Jayden Hunt
30	Alex Neal-Bullen

Essendon
IN	J. Laverde, M. Redman, M. Hurley
OUT	A. Phillips, J. Townsend, M. Hibberd
B J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Gleeson HB D. Smith, M. Hurley, A. Saad C T. Cutler, Z. Merrett, B. Ham HF W. Snelling, J. Stewart, M. Guelfi F J. Stringer, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL S. Draper, D. Shiel, D. Parish I/C K. Langford, J. Laverde, M. Redman, D. Clarke
Melbourne
IN	M. Hibberd
OUT	N. Jetta (Omitted)
B J. Smith, S. May, J. Melksham HB T. Rivers, J. Lever, C. Salem C E. Langdon, C. Petracca, A. Tomlinson HF B. Fritsch, S. Weideman, O. Baker F K. Pickett, M. Brown, C. Spargo FOL M. Gawn, J. Viney, C. Oliver I/C M. Hibberd, A. Vandenberg, J. Hunt, A. Neal-Bullen

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/9/20	Power	L 79 - 29
6/9/20	Cats	L 108 - 42
1/9/20	Eagles	L 60 - 45
27/8/20	Hawks	W 71 - 87
22/8/20	Tigers	L 61 - 73

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/9/20	Giants	W 74 - 79
7/9/20	Dockers	L 33 - 47
3/9/20	Swans	L 67 - 46
29/8/20	Saints	W 52 - 49
22/8/20	Bulldogs	L 80 - 52