Match Summary

Best On Ground

Melbourne

Christian SalemC Salem29 disposals

Clayton OliverC Oliver28 disposals

Bayley FritschB Fritsch7 goals

Adelaide

Paul SeedsmanP Seedsman36 disposals
1 goal

Tom LynchT Lynch29 disposals
1 goal

Darcy FogartyD Fogarty3 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Adelaide

Disposals

352

386

Contested Possessions

139

139

Kicks

215

220

Handballs

137

166

Free Kicks

26

18

Clearances

34

36

Centre Clearances

14

11

Stoppages

20

25

Inside 50

59

47

Marks

92

97

Marks in 50

12

12

Contested Marks

9

14

Tackles

77

63

Hit-Outs

47

28

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Vandenberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	9	7	16	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	12	4	16	5	0	4	2	3	7	0
Ben Brown	5	1	6	5	2	0	0	4	2	1
Charlie Spargo	12	6	18	7	0	2	0	1	1	1
Christian Petracca	15	8	23	8	0	0	0	5	2	0
Christian Salem	20	9	29	8	0	0	0	3	0	0
Clayton Oliver	15	13	28	2	0	1	2	7	0	2
Ed Langdon	21	6	27	7	0	3	0	7	0	0
Harrison Petty	8	3	11	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jake Bowey	9	9	18	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Lever	10	4	14	6	0	1	2	3	0	0
Jake Melksham	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	2	1	0
James Harmes	5	13	18	1	0	0	0	6	0	2
James Jordon	4	11	15	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
Joel Smith	5	4	9	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	10	2	12	4	0	3	2	5	1	2
Luke Jackson	5	11	16	2	19	1	1	3	2	0
Max Gawn	13	6	19	1	26	4	1	4	0	0
Michael Hibberd	8	6	14	1	0	3	1	4	0	0
Tom Sparrow	8	6	14	3	0	0	3	7	0	0
Trent Rivers	15	1	16	10	0	1	0	2	0	0

Adelaide

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McPherson	9	8	17	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Ben Davis	11	3	14	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ben Keays	14	15	29	3	0	1	4	11	0	0
Brayden Cook	4	2	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Chayce Jones	10	4	14	6	0	0	2	0	0	0
Darcy Fogarty	9	3	12	7	0	0	2	4	3	1
David Mackay	7	6	13	4	0	1	0	3	1	1
Elliott Himmelberg	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Schoenberg	6	10	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jake Kelly	14	7	21	7	0	2	2	1	0	0
Jordon Butts	9	5	14	7	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kieran Strachan	8	3	11	5	25	0	2	2	0	1
Lachlan Murphy	7	4	11	0	0	1	2	2	1	0
Lachlan Sholl	11	8	19	6	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ned McHenry	8	14	22	8	0	1	2	1	0	0
Nick Murray	10	3	13	2	0	2	3	1	0	0
Paul Seedsman	20	16	36	3	0	0	0	1	1	1
Riley Thilthorpe	6	5	11	3	3	0	0	6	0	0
Rory Laird	12	16	28	1	0	1	0	7	0	1
Rory Sloane	16	9	25	7	0	3	2	9	0	0
Shane McAdam	5	5	10	4	0	1	2	1	2	0
Tom Doedee	7	7	14	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
Tom Lynch	16	13	29	7	0	1	1	0	1	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Adelaide

IN Joel Smith, Michael Hibberd OUT Jayden Hunt (Injured), Steven May (Injured)

IN Kieran Strachan, Lachlan Sholl, Shane McAdam OUT Brodie Smith, Reilly O'Brien, William Hamill

FB 14 Michael Hibberd 44 Joel Smith 8 Jake Lever FF 25 Ned McHenry 7 Riley Thilthorpe 32 Darcy Fogarty HB 17 Jake Bowey 35 Harrison Petty 3 Christian Salem HF 14 David Mackay 34 Elliott Himmelberg 4 Lachlan Murphy C 10 Angus Brayshaw 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon C 27 Tom Lynch 28 Ben Keays 11 Paul Seedsman HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 18 Jake Melksham 9 Charlie Spargo HB 36 Andrew McPherson 39 Tom Doedee 1 Chayce Jones FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 50 Ben Brown 31 Bayley Fritsch FB 40 Ben Davis 41 Jordon Butts 8 Jake Kelly

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
32	Tom Sparrow

INTERCHANGE
4	James Harmes
6	Luke Jackson
23	James Jordon
24	Trent Rivers

EMERGENCIES
22	Aaron Vandenberg

FOLLOWERS
45	Kieran Strachan
29	Rory Laird
9	Rory Sloane

INTERCHANGE
15	Brayden Cook
23	Shane McAdam
26	Harry Schoenberg
28	Nick Murray

EMERGENCIES
38	Lachlan Sholl

Melbourne
IN	J. Smith, M. Hibberd
OUT	J. Hunt, S. May
B M. Hibberd, J. Smith, J. Lever HB J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem C A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, J. Melksham, C. Spargo F A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, T. Sparrow I/C J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, T. Rivers EMG A. Vandenberg, . , .
Adelaide
IN	K. Strachan, L. Sholl, S. McAdam
OUT	B. Smith (Injured), R. O'Brien (Injured), W. Hamill (Injured)
B B. Davis, J. Butts, J. Kelly HB A. McPherson, T. Doedee, C. Jones C T. Lynch, B. Keays, P. Seedsman HF D. Mackay, E. Himmelberg, L. Murphy F N. McHenry, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty FOL K. Strachan, R. Laird, R. Sloane I/C B. Cook, S. McAdam, H. Schoenberg, N. Murray EMG L. Sholl, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/8/21	Eagles	W 63 - 72
1/8/21	Suns	W 30 - 128
24/7/21	Bulldogs	L 65 - 85
17/7/21	Hawks	D 79 - 79
8/7/21	Power	W 55 - 86

Adelaide

DATE	OPP	RESULT
7/8/21	Power	L 51 - 55
31/7/21	Bulldogs	L 105 - 56
24/7/21	Hawks	W 102 - 83
18/7/21	Eagles	L 56 - 98
9/7/21	Bombers	L 84 - 21