Match Summary

Best On Ground

Melbourne

Christian PetraccaC Petracca36 disposals
2 goals

Clayton OliverC Oliver34 disposals

Bayley FritschB Fritsch4 goals

Geelong

Joel SelwoodJ Selwood30 disposals

Cameron GuthrieC Guthrie27 disposals

Tom HawkinsT Hawkins2 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Geelong

Disposals

367

362

Contested Possessions

167

148

Kicks

237

209

Handballs

130

153

Free Kicks

23

21

Clearances

46

35

Centre Clearances

13

10

Stoppages

33

25

Inside 50

62

50

Marks

78

81

Marks in 50

9

6

Contested Marks

12

8

Tackles

82

74

Hit-Outs

54

24

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Adam Tomlinson	4	4	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	10	3	13	3	0	0	0	4	1	0
Angus Brayshaw	11	8	19	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	12	2	14	8	0	0	1	1	4	1
Charlie Spargo	10	5	15	2	0	3	0	6	0	3
Christian Petracca	24	12	36	7	0	1	1	2	2	1
Christian Salem	19	4	23	5	0	0	3	3	0	0
Clayton Oliver	19	15	34	7	0	2	2	6	0	0
Ed Langdon	16	10	26	3	0	2	2	3	1	0
Jack Viney	13	11	24	3	0	3	0	12	0	2
Jake Lever	11	4	15	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
Jake Melksham	7	4	11	1	0	1	0	2	1	1
James Jordon	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Jayden Hunt	12	2	14	2	0	2	0	5	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	9	8	17	0	0	1	0	7	1	2
Luke Jackson	4	6	10	2	12	1	1	1	0	0
Max Gawn	16	7	23	6	41	1	4	4	1	0
Nathan Jones	9	1	10	5	0	1	1	2	1	0
Neville Jetta	3	2	5	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
Steven May	4	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom McDonald	11	10	21	9	1	0	1	3	0	0
Tom Sparrow	4	5	9	1	0	1	1	5	0	0
Trent Rivers	8	3	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	0

Geelong

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bradley Close	7	12	19	3	0	1	3	4	0	1
Cameron Guthrie	16	11	27	6	0	0	1	4	0	0
Gryan Miers	10	7	17	5	0	1	1	2	1	1
Isaac Smith	16	5	21	2	0	0	2	2	2	0
Jack Henry	4	4	8	1	0	0	1	3	2	0
Jake Kolodjashnij	10	6	16	6	0	1	0	3	0	0
Jed Bews	5	6	11	3	0	1	0	4	0	0
Joel Selwood	16	14	30	5	0	4	4	8	0	1
Jordan Clark	6	4	10	5	0	0	0	4	1	0
Lachie Henderson	11	3	14	5	0	2	0	1	0	0
Luke Dahlhaus	6	5	11	3	0	1	1	5	0	0
Mark Blicavs	4	5	9	1	14	1	0	6	0	0
Mark O'Connor	3	7	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Max Holmes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Duncan	16	5	21	4	0	2	0	6	0	0
Quinton Narkle	5	11	16	4	0	0	0	3	0	0
Rhys Stanley	6	4	10	3	10	3	1	2	1	1
Sam Menegola	11	15	26	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
Tom Atkins	13	12	25	5	0	0	2	4	0	0
Tom Hawkins	9	3	12	5	0	1	1	3	2	2
Tom Stewart	20	5	25	9	0	1	1	1	0	0
Zach Guthrie	8	3	11	2	0	0	2	4	0	0
Zach Tuohy	7	6	13	2	0	0	1	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Geelong

IN No change

IN Bradley Close, Quinton Narkle, Sam Menegola, Zach Guthrie OUT Brandan Parfitt, Charlie Constable, Francis Evans, Shaun Higgins

FB 39 Neville Jetta 1 Steven May 8 Jake Lever FF 27 Sam Menegola 26 Tom Hawkins 45 Bradley Close HB 3 Christian Salem 20 Adam Tomlinson 29 Jayden Hunt HF 6 Jordan Clark 32 Gryan Miers 38 Jack Henry C 10 Angus Brayshaw 13 Clayton Oliver 15 Ed Langdon C 7 Isaac Smith 42 Mark O'Connor 2 Zach Tuohy HF 7 Jack Viney 25 Tom McDonald 9 Charlie Spargo HB 30 Tom Atkins 44 Tom Stewart 8 Jake Kolodjashnij FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 6 Luke Jackson 31 Bayley Fritsch FB 25 Lachie Henderson 46 Mark Blicavs 24 Jed Bews

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
5	Christian Petracca
36	Kysaiah Pickett

INTERCHANGE
2	Nathan Jones
18	Jake Melksham
23	James Jordon
24	Trent Rivers

EMERGENCIES
32	Tom Sparrow

FOLLOWERS
1	Rhys Stanley
29	Cameron Guthrie
14	Joel Selwood

INTERCHANGE
19	Quinton Narkle
22	Mitch Duncan
39	Zach Guthrie
40	Luke Dahlhaus

EMERGENCIES
9	Max Holmes

Melbourne
B N. Jetta, S. May, J. Lever HB C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, J. Hunt C A. Brayshaw, C. Oliver, E. Langdon HF J. Viney, T. McDonald, C. Spargo F A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Petracca, K. Pickett I/C N. Jones, J. Melksham, J. Jordon, T. Rivers EMG T. Sparrow, . , .
Geelong
IN	B. Close, Q. Narkle, S. Menegola, Z. Guthrie
OUT	B. Parfitt (Injured), C. Constable (Omitted), F. Evans (Injured), S. Higgins (Injured)
B L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, J. Bews HB T. Atkins, T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij C I. Smith, M. O'Connor, Z. Tuohy HF J. Clark, G. Miers, J. Henry F S. Menegola, T. Hawkins, B. Close FOL R. Stanley, C. Guthrie, J. Selwood I/C Q. Narkle, M. Duncan, Z. Guthrie, L. Dahlhaus EMG M. Holmes, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
4/4/21	Giants	W 68 - 102
27/3/21	Saints	W 73 - 91
20/3/21	Dockers	W 80 - 58
19/9/20	Bombers	W 49 - 68
12/9/20	Giants	W 74 - 79

Geelong

DATE	OPP	RESULT
5/4/21	Hawks	W 69 - 64
26/3/21	Lions	W 81 - 80
20/3/21	Crows	L 103 - 91
24/10/20	Tigers	L 81 - 50
17/10/20	Lions	W 42 - 82