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Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney (Round 1, 2025)

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20250108

Key Team Stats

Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne.

Stat	For	Against	Diff
Disposal Efficiency
Disposal Efficiency	69.7	70.0	-0.2
Kicking Efficiency	59.9	59.6	+0.3
Territory/Attack
Inside 50s	56	52	+4
Shots At Goal	29	24	+5
Shots Per Inside 50	51.8	46.2	+5.6
Marks Inside 50	5	7	-2
Contest
Contested Possessions	149	133	+16
Ground Ball Gets	96	97	-1
Post Clearance Contested Possessions	59	55	+4
Post Clearance Ground Ball Gets	37	45	-8
Centre Clearances	12	12	+0
Stoppage Clearances	24	36	-12
Contested Marks	7	5	+2
Defense
Intercepts	77	72	+5
Intercept Marks	17	10	+7
Tackles	60	71	-11
Tackles Inside 50	9	8	+1
Def One On One Loss %	22.2	16.7	+5.6
Ruck
Hitouts	51	26	+25
Hitouts To Advantage	16	7	+9

Player Ratings

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match
Max Gawn	4.7	6.2	6.9	1.4	19.2
Christian Petracca	3.3	9.8	2.1	1.5	16.8
Tom McDonald	5.6	2.4	3.7	4.7	16.4
Tom Sparrow	0.3	1.9	9.0	3.1	14.3
Jake Lever	3.6	2.5	5.6	1.5	13.1
Harrison Petty	3.1	6.1	2.0	1.7	12.9
Kade Chandler	0.5	6.7	2.5	2.5	12.2
Jake Bowey	2.3	2.7	4.3	2.5	11.8
Xavier Lindsay	1.9	3.4	1.5	4.2	11.0
Caleb Windsor	0.9	1.9	5.6	1.8	10.2
Jack Henderson	3.9	3.1	1.6	1.4	10.1
Ed Langdon	5.5	0.3	1.5	2.4	9.7
Christian Salem	4.9	−0.1	2.4	2.2	9.4
Clayton Oliver	2.2	0.8	4.4	1.4	8.9
Aidan Johnson	1.0	−0.5	8.6	−0.5	8.6
Jacob van Rooyen	0.8	1.1	3.4	2.8	8.1
Matthew Jefferson	2.6	0.0	0.4	3.3	6.4
Jack Viney	5.5	3.1	0.5	−2.8	6.2
Trent Rivers	2.5	1.1	0.8	1.1	5.5
Bayley Fritsch	0.8	−1.8	3.5	1.9	4.4
Harry Sharp	0.7	2.5	−0.4	1.6	4.4
Blake Howes	2.6	−1.1	2.1	0.0	3.6
Harvey Langford	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	3.2

Contested Possessions

	For	Against	Diff
Melbourne's Defensive 50
Hard Ball Get	6	4	+2
Loose Ball Get	11	16	-5
Contested Mark	1	2	-1
Ruck Hard Ball Get	0	1	-1
Gather From Hitout	3	2	+1
Contested Knock On	4	0	+4
Free For	3	1	+2
Total	28	26	+2
Melbourne's Forward 50
Hard Ball Get	4	4	0
Loose Ball Get	18	19	-1
Contested Mark	2	0	+2
Contested Knock On	1	4	-3
Free For	2	1	+1
Total	27	28	-1
Post clearance
Hard Ball Get	8	5	+3
Loose Ball Get	29	40	-11
Contested Mark	3	2	+1
Contested Knock On	4	3	+1
Free For	15	5	+10
Total	59	55	+4
Pre clearance
Hard Ball Get	14	10	+4
Loose Ball Get	45	42	+3
Contested Mark	4	3	+1
Ruck Hard Ball Get	3	1	+2
Gather From Hitout	12	7	+5
Contested Knock On	7	5	+2
Free For	5	10	-5
Total	90	78	+12

• Official data on pre- and post-clearance contested possessions are not available. These have been estimated by Wheelo Ratings and should be indicative.
• Ground ball gets are inclusive of hard ball gets and loose ball gets.
• 'Free For' does not include free kicks to advantage or free kicks while in possession of the ball as these are not counted as contested possessions.

Expected scores

	xScore	Score	xWin %	xMargin	Margin	Swing
Melbourne	81.8	74	67%	+7.9
Greater Western Sydney	73.9	77	33%		+3	+10.9

	Shots	Score	Accuracy	xScore	+/-	xSc. / Shot	Shot Rating
Overall
Melbourne	29	11.6 72	37.9%	81.8	−9.8	2.82	−0.34
Greater Western Sydney	24	11.8 74	45.8%	72.9	+1.1	3.04	+0.04
General Play
Melbourne	18	10.2 62	55.6%	54.1	+7.9	3.00	+0.44
Greater Western Sydney	15	6.5 41	40.0%	40.4	+0.6	2.70	+0.04
Set Position
Melbourne	11	1.4 10	9.1%	27.8	−17.8	2.52	−1.61
Greater Western Sydney	9	5.3 33	55.6%	32.5	+0.5	3.61	+0.06

• xWin %: win probability based on expected scores.
• Swing: difference between expected margin and actual margin.
• xScore: total expected score from all shots taken.
• +/-: total score above or below expected score.
• xSc. / Shot: average expected score per shot. This represents the average shot difficulty.
• Shot Rating: average score above or below expected score per shot at goal.

Notes: Expected scores are calculated by Wheelo Ratings. Each shot at goal is assigned an expected score based on the distance from goal, shot angle, and type of shot (e.g. set shot, general play following contested possession, general play following uncontested possession, ground kick, etc) as a proxy for pressure. The model does not take into account factors like the player, whether the ball was kicked with their preferred or non-preferred foot, and pressure on the player when taking the shot. Rushed behinds are excluded from actual and expected scores.

 

 

Territory (time in zones)

Region	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match	Season
Half
Forward	53%	48%	61%	42%	51%	51%
Defensive	47%	52%	39%	58%	49%	49%
Region
Forward 50	22%	18%	32%	22%	23%	23%
Attacking Midfield	31%	30%	30%	21%	28%	28%
Defensive Midfield	25%	24%	19%	28%	24%	24%
Defensive 50	22%	28%	19%	30%	25%	25%

Source: Calculated by Wheelo Ratings.

Score Sources

Summary

Score Source	Score	Against	Diff
Kick-in	0.0 0	1.0 6	-6
Centre Bounce	4.2 26	1.1 7	+19
Stoppage (Other)	3.1 19	3.2 20	-1
Turnover	4.5 29	6.8 44	-15

Score Source	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Kick-in	0	0.0	6	6.0
Centre Bounce	26	26.0	7	7.0
Stoppage (Other)	19	19.0	20	20.0
Turnover	29	29.0	44	44.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Greater Western Sydney.

Chain start region

Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective.

Score Source	Region	For		Against
		Match	Season	Match	Season *
Centre Bounce	Centre	26	26.0	7	7.0
Kick-in	D50	0	0.0	6	6.0
Stoppage (Other)	Wing	18	18.0	13	13.0
Stoppage (Other)	F50	1	1.0	7	7.0
Turnover	D50	1	1.0	7	7.0
Turnover	Centre	0	0.0	7	7.0
Turnover	Wing	21	21.0	22	22.0
Turnover	F50	7	7.0	8	8.0

Region	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
D50	1	1.0	13	13.0
Centre	26	26.0	14	14.0
Wing	39	39.0	35	35.0
F50	8	8.0	15	15.0

Region	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Defensive 50	1	1.0	13	13.0
Defensive midfield	6	6.0	13	13.0
Centre bounce	26	26.0	7	7.0
Attacking midfield	33	33.0	29	29.0
Forward 50	8	8.0	15	15.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Greater Western Sydney.

Points from defensive half

For		Against
Match	Season	Match	Season *
7	7.0	26	26.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Greater Western Sydney.

Centre Bounce Attendances

	CBAs	CBA %	2025 %	2024 %
Max Gawn	24	92%	92.3%	85.0%
Christian Petracca	21	81%	80.8%	55.8%
Clayton Oliver	19	73%	73.1%	70.7%
Jack Viney	18	69%	69.2%	69.1%
Tom Sparrow	9	35%	34.6%	37.7%
Trent Rivers	8	31%	30.8%	29.9%
Aidan Johnson	2	8%	7.7%
Harvey Langford	2	8%	7.7%
Ed Langdon	1	4%	3.8%	0.7%
Christian Salem	0	0%	0.0%	12.3%
Harrison Petty	0	0%	0.0%	7.5%
Jacob van Rooyen	0	0%	0.0%	17.8%

Ruck Contests and Hitouts

Ruck Contests

	Ruck Contests	RC %	2025 %	2024 %
Max Gawn	77	75%	75.5%	81.1%
Aidan Johnson	25	25%	24.5%
Harrison Petty	0	0%	0.0%	7.9%
Jacob van Rooyen	0	0%	0.0%	17.6%

Hitouts

	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	To Adv.	To Adv. % (2025)	To Adv. % (2024)
Max Gawn	77	46	15	32.6%	27.9%
Aidan Johnson	25	5	1	20.0%
Harrison Petty	0	0	0		24.4%
Jacob van Rooyen	0	0	0		24.7%

Opposition hitouts

	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	To Adv.
Lachlan Keeffe	75	14	4
Callum M. Brown	27	12	3

Here is an update of the pre-/post-clearance numbers. Attn @binman

Key Team Stats

Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne.

Stat	For	Against	Diff
Disposal Efficiency
Disposal Efficiency	69.7	70.0	-0.2
Kicking Efficiency	59.9	59.6	+0.3
Territory/Attack
Inside 50s	56	52	+4
Shots At Goal	29	24	+5
Shots Per Inside 50	51.8	46.2	+5.6
Marks Inside 50	5	7	-2
Contest
Contested Possessions	149	133	+16
Ground Ball Gets	96	97	-1
Post Clearance Contested Possessions	92	82	+10
Post Clearance Ground Ball Gets	61	65	-4
Centre Clearances	12	12	+0
Stoppage Clearances	24	36	-12
Contested Marks	7	5	+2
Defense
Intercepts	77	72	+5
Intercept Marks	17	10	+7
Tackles	60	71	-11
Tackles Inside 50	9	8	+1
Def One On One Loss %	22.2	16.7	+5.6
Ruck
Hitouts	51	26	+25
Hitouts To Advantage	16	7	+9

 

Contested Possessions

	For	Against	Diff
Melbourne's Defensive 50
Hard Ball Get	6	4	+2
Loose Ball Get	11	16	-5
Contested Mark	1	2	-1
Ruck Hard Ball Get	0	1	-1
Gather From Hitout	3	2	+1
Contested Knock On	4	0	+4
Free For	3	1	+2
Total	28	26	+2
Melbourne's Forward 50
Hard Ball Get	4	4	0
Loose Ball Get	18	19	-1
Contested Mark	2	0	+2
Contested Knock On	1	4	-3
Free For	2	1	+1
Total	27	28	-1
Post clearance
Hard Ball Get	14	9	+5
Loose Ball Get	47	56	-9
Contested Mark	7	5	+2
Contested Knock On	9	5	+4
Free For	15	7	+8
Total	92	82	+10
Pre clearance
Hard Ball Get	8	6	+2
Loose Ball Get	27	26	+1
Ruck Hard Ball Get	3	1	+2
Gather From Hitout	12	7	+5
Contested Knock On	2	3	-1
Free For	5	8	-3
Total	57	51	+6

Team pressure

Quarter	For	Agn	Diff
1	180	184	-4
2	193	177	+16
3	192	201	-9
4	191	203	-12
Match	189	190	-1

Source: Herald Sun

Most Pressure Points

Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ )

Player	Pressure Acts	Pressure Points	Season Average
Clayton Oliver	27	60	60.0
Tom Sparrow	21	51	51.0
Kade Chandler	16	43	43.0
Aidan Johnson	17	43	43.0
Xavier Lindsay	14	43	43.0
Ed Langdon	19	43	43.0
Jack Viney	20	38	38.0
Jake Bowey	15	35	35.0
Jack Henderson	13	31	31.0
Jacob van Rooyen	14	30	30.0
Bayley Fritsch	13	29	29.0
Christian Petracca	10	29	29.0
Matthew Jefferson	10	27	27.0
Christian Salem	10	25	25.0
Jake Lever	10	25	25.0
Harry Sharp	12	22	22.0
Trent Rivers	11	20	20.0
Max Gawn	8	20	20.0
Harrison Petty	7	17	17.0
Caleb Windsor	6	10	10.0
Blake Howes	7	9	9.0
Tom McDonald	4	8	8.0
Harvey Langford	3	5	5.0

Edited March 17Mar 17 by binman

Love your work Binman.  Very comprehensive list of facts and figures there.

12 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Love your work Binman.  Very comprehensive list of facts and figures there.

It's all @WheeloRatings RBG.

Brilliant resource, the very best in my opinion:

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_index.html

1 hour ago, binman said:

Team pressure

Quarter	For	Agn	Diff
1	180	184	-4
2	193	177	+16
3	192	201	-9
4	191	203	-12
Match	189	190	-1

Source: Herald Sun

Most Pressure Points

Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ )

Player	Pressure Acts	Pressure Points	Season Average
Clayton Oliver	27	60	60.0
Tom Sparrow	21	51	51.0
Kade Chandler	16	43	43.0
Aidan Johnson	17	43	43.0
Xavier Lindsay	14	43	43.0
Ed Langdon	19	43	43.0
Jack Viney	20	38	38.0
Jake Bowey	15	35	35.0
Jack Henderson	13	31	31.0
Jacob van Rooyen	14	30	30.0
Bayley Fritsch	13	29	29.0
Christian Petracca	10	29	29.0
Matthew Jefferson	10	27	27.0
Christian Salem	10	25	25.0
Jake Lever	10	25	25.0
Harry Sharp	12	22	22.0
Trent Rivers	11	20	20.0
Max Gawn	8	20	20.0
Harrison Petty	7	17	17.0
Caleb Windsor	6	10	10.0
Blake Howes	7	9	9.0
Tom McDonald	4	8	8.0
Harvey Langford	3	5	5.0

Chandler has copped a fair bit of criticism, a little unfairly in my opinion. I thought Chandler had a pretty good game. He isn't going anywhere next week.

Round 1, 2025 MCG - Demons vs Giants

Our Team Rating just marginally above that of the Giants but still more than 4% off our 2024 average.  Statistically we were right with them but the scoreboard is the final judge of course.

A big improvement on our last AFL match vs the Pies in the final round of 2024, where we posted a deeplorable 45.78

Another outstanding performance from the skipper.  Lever, T-Mac, Bowey, Sparrow, Petty & Windsor also having very impressive first up games.

And check out that debut result from Mr X!  Amazing result.

Demons

Player	Rating	Rank	2024 Season Rating	% Change vs 2024
Max Gawn	5.050	1	4.132	22.22
J Lever	4.500	2	3.103	45.02
T McDonald	4.350	3	2.967	46.61
C Salem	3.750	4	3.421	9.62
J Bowey	3.725	5	2.755	35.21
C Oliver	3.500	6	3.364	4.04
X Lindsay	3.475	7	-	0.00
T Rivers	3.425	8	3.391	1.00
T Sparrow	3.300	9	2.517	31.11
C Petracca	3.225	10	4.476	-27.95
J Viney	2.900	11	3.178	-8.75
H Petty	2.750	12	1.701	61.67
C Windsor	2.725	13	2.275	19.78
Ed Langdon	2.500	14	3.089	-19.07
K Chandler	2.325	15	2.223	4.59
J Henderson	2.050	16	-	0.00
A Johnson	1.950	17	-	0.00
B Fritsch	1.600	18	1.746	-8.36
J V Rooyen	1.600	18	2.026	-21.03
B Howes < 48%	1.475	20	2.341	-36.99
M Jefferson	1.300	21	-	0.00
H Sharp	0.950	22	-	0.00
H Langford > 21%	0.300	23	-	0.00
Team Score	62.43		65.17	-4.21
Top 6	24.88		22.53	10.41
Bottom 6	8.88		14.04	-36.79

< Subbed out TOG %

> Subbed in TOG %

 

Giants

Player	Rating	Rank
Tom Green	5.375	1
L Whitfield	5.175	2
Toby Greene	4.100	3
H Himmelberg	3.925	4
F Callaghan	3.850	5
L Ash	3.825	6
S Coniglio	3.475	7
J Kelly	3.400	8
J Buckley	3.175	9
S Taylor	3.125	10
L Keeffe	2.875	11
C Idun	2.600	12
C Ward	2.575	13
C Brown	2.550	14
A Cadman	2.425	15
J Wehr	2.275	16
C Stone	1.975	17
T Bedford	1.850	18
B Daniels < 33%	1.475	19
D Jones	1.375	20
X O'Halloran	0.475	21
J Leake	0.300	22
M Gruzewski > 27%	-0.100	23
Team Score	62.18
Top 6	26.25
Bottom 6	7.45

 

Combined Ratings

Player	Rating	Rank
Tom Green	5.375	1
L Whitfield	5.175	2
Max Gawn	5.050	3
J Lever	4.500	4
T McDonald	4.350	5
Toby Greene	4.100	6
H Himmelberg	3.925	7
F Callaghan	3.850	8
L  Ash	3.825	9
C Salem	3.750	10
J Bowey	3.725	11
C Oliver	3.500	12
X Lindsay	3.475	13
S Coniglio	3.475	13
T Rivers	3.425	15
J Kelly	3.400	16
T Sparrow	3.300	17
C Petracca	3.225	18
J Buckley	3.175	19
S Taylor	3.125	20
J Viney	2.900	21
L Keeffe	2.875	22
H Petty	2.750	23
C Windsor	2.725	24
C Idun	2.600	25
C Ward	2.575	26
C Brown	2.550	27
Ed Langdon	2.500	28
A Cadman	2.425	29
K Chandler	2.325	30
J Wehr	2.275	31
J Henderson	2.050	32
C Stone	1.975	33
A Johnson	1.950	34
T Bedford	1.850	35
B Fritsch	1.600	36
J V Rooyen	1.600	36
B Daniels < 33%	1.475	38
B Howes < 48%	1.475	38
D Jones	1.375	40
M Jefferson	1.300	41
H Sharp	0.950	42
X O'Halloran	0.475	43
J Leake	0.300	44
H Langford > 21%	0.300	44
M Gruzewski > 27%	-0.100	46

Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Edited March 19Mar 19 by Demon Dynasty

Thanks DD not bad for our first real hit out with six debutantes but looking forward to a bit of a lift from our more recognised players against Roos. XL exceptional first up game, Giants are a very skilled outfit and showed why they are highly fancied, their work ethic is high and they know how to make space for each other but still felt that we were a bit stiff.

5 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks DD not bad for our first real hit out with six debutantes but looking forward to a bit of a lift from our more recognised players against Roos. XL exceptional first up game, Giants are a very skilled outfit and showed why they are highly fancied, their work ethic is high and they know how to make space for each other but still felt that we were a bit stiff.

In the context of the 6 newbies, yes pretty decent DZ.  Need to follow it up this week though and put this one away before we hopefully see some of the top liners coming back for Rnd 3.  In particular the triple Ms.  Melk, May & McVee!

The quarter-by-quarter breakdown of player stats has me concerned about the performance of some of our leaders late in the game.

I've already noted that Gawn simply wasn't on the field for a large chunk of the last, but each of Petracca, Lever and Viney fell away badly in the last, and Oliver also didn't stand up.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match

Max Gawn

4.7

6.2

6.9

1.4

19.2

Christian Petracca

3.3

9.8

2.1

1.5

16.8

Jake Lever

3.6

2.5

5.6

1.5

13.1

Jack Viney

5.5

3.1

0.5

−2.8

6.2

Clayton Oliver

2.2

0.8

4.4

1.4

8.9

 

In a team with so many kids, it is so important that we get good contributions from the leaders when the game is hot, especially as the siren approaches.

A bit harsh of me, perhaps, given that three of them were in our highest five rated for the game, but it is part of a veteran's job to rise to the moment.

Edited March 19Mar 19 by Little Goffy

33 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

The quarter-by-quarter breakdown of player stats has me concerned about the performance of some of our leaders late in the game.

I've already noted that Gawn simply wasn't on the field for a large chunk of the last, but each of Petracca, Lever and Viney fell away badly in the last, and Oliver also didn't stand up.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match

Max Gawn

4.7

6.2

6.9

1.4

19.2

Christian Petracca

3.3

9.8

2.1

1.5

16.8

Jake Lever

3.6

2.5

5.6

1.5

13.1

Jack Viney

5.5

3.1

0.5

−2.8

6.2

Clayton Oliver

2.2

0.8

4.4

1.4

8.9

 

In a team with so many kids, it is so important that we get good contributions from the leaders when the game is hot, especially as the siren approaches.

A bit harsh of me, perhaps, given that three of them were in our highest five rated for the game, but it is part of a veteran's job to rise to the moment.

I really like the quarter by quarter break down - its a really interesting way to see a players game in totality, and as you've done here LG grouping players.

I suspect like most teams playing their first game fatigue was a factor. 

@WheeloRatings am im right in saying that new (ie you only posted their final total ans season average last year)?

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

The quarter-by-quarter breakdown of player stats has me concerned about the performance of some of our leaders late in the game.

I've already noted that Gawn simply wasn't on the field for a large chunk of the last, but each of Petracca, Lever and Viney fell away badly in the last, and Oliver also didn't stand up.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match

Max Gawn

4.7

6.2

6.9

1.4

19.2

Christian Petracca

3.3

9.8

2.1

1.5

16.8

Jake Lever

3.6

2.5

5.6

1.5

13.1

Jack Viney

5.5

3.1

0.5

−2.8

6.2

Clayton Oliver

2.2

0.8

4.4

1.4

8.9

 

In a team with so many kids, it is so important that we get good contributions from the leaders when the game is hot, especially as the siren approaches.

A bit harsh of me, perhaps, given that three of them were in our highest five rated for the game, but it is part of a veteran's job to rise to the moment.

That is so relevant Little Goffy they all went missing when we needed them most.😢

We won expected score again! 

Stats suggest an extremely even contest. Really could have gone either way. It just puts the spotlight on 2 [censored] goals to the Giants.

 

Are there stats readily available for the number of players we had in the 0-49 game, 50-99, 100-199, 200+ and comparison to the opposition?

9 hours ago, Nascent said:

Are there stats readily available for the number of players we had in the 0-49 game, 50-99, 100-199, 200+ and comparison to the opposition?

I usually include these in my weekly update N but a bit time poor lately.  Will try to include with forthcoming updates...

Team Stats	Demons	Giants
Disposals Per Goal	35.45	33.00
% In50s Goal	19.60	21.20
Conversion %	57.90	50.00

Average Attributes
Melbourne	Attribute	GWS
187.6cm	Height	188.1cm
85.9kg	Weight	85.5kg
25yr 6mth	Age	26yr 2mth
97.3	Games	106

Total Players By Games
Melbourne	Games Played	GWS
9	Less than 50	7
4	50 to 99	6
1	100 to 149	4
6	150 to 200	1
3	200 or more	5

 

 

 

6 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

I usually include these in my weekly update N but a bit time poor lately.  Will try to include with forthcoming updates...

Team Stats	Demons	Giants
Disposals Per Goal	35.45	33.00
% In50s Goal	19.60	21.20
Conversion %	57.90	50.00

Average Attributes
Melbourne	Attribute	GWS
187.6cm	Height	188.1cm
85.9kg	Weight	85.5kg
25yr 6mth	Age	26yr 2mth
97.3	Games	106

Total Players By Games
Melbourne	Games Played	GWS
9	Less than 50	7
4	50 to 99	6
1	100 to 149	4
6	150 to 200	1
3	200 or more	5

 

 

 

Cheers mate, love your work.

We won the score from kick in. Clearly on the right track.

20 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

The quarter-by-quarter breakdown of player stats has me concerned about the performance of some of our leaders late in the game.

I've already noted that Gawn simply wasn't on the field for a large chunk of the last, but each of Petracca, Lever and Viney fell away badly in the last, and Oliver also didn't stand up.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match

Max Gawn

4.7

6.2

6.9

1.4

19.2

Christian Petracca

3.3

9.8

2.1

1.5

16.8

Jake Lever

3.6

2.5

5.6

1.5

13.1

Jack Viney

5.5

3.1

0.5

−2.8

6.2

Clayton Oliver

2.2

0.8

4.4

1.4

8.9

 

In a team with so many kids, it is so important that we get good contributions from the leaders when the game is hot, especially as the siren approaches.

A bit harsh of me, perhaps, given that three of them were in our highest five rated for the game, but it is part of a veteran's job to rise to the moment.

That 2nd Q from CP5 is off the charts

4 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

That 2nd Q from CP5 is off the charts

Truly wild. Half the team didn't get ratings that high across the whole game, and that includes players who had a pretty respectable day.

Another single quarter rating I find interesting is Langford's. He didn't look like he was having a great time of it but his actual rating would put him in our best six if extrapolated to a whole game.

On 19/03/2025 at 23:21, binman said:

I really like the quarter by quarter break down - its a really interesting way to see a players game in totality, and as you've done here LG grouping players.

I suspect like most teams playing their first game fatigue was a factor. 

@WheeloRatings am im right in saying that new (ie you only posted their final total ans season average last year)?

I didn't post player ratings here, but the game totals were available on the site. I'll be posting the quarter and game ratings for each game this season. The website will continue to show game totals (and season average).

Melbourne v North Melbourne (Round 2, 2025)

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20250207

Key Team Stats

Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne.

Stat	For	Against	Diff
Disposal Efficiency
Disposal Efficiency	72.6	79.2	-6.5
Kicking Efficiency	67.4	74.6	-7.2
Territory/Attack
Inside 50s	56	53	+3
Shots At Goal	26	29	-3
Shots Per Inside 50	46.4	54.7	-8.3
Marks Inside 50	11	12	-1
Contest
Contested Possessions	120	139	-19
Ground Ball Gets	83	89	-6
Post Clearance Contested Possessions	79	85	-6
Post Clearance Ground Ball Gets	57	57	+0
Centre Clearances	13	15	-2
Stoppage Clearances	17	27	-10
Contested Marks	7	15	-8
Defense
Intercepts	70	65	+5
Intercept Marks	15	17	-2
Tackles	47	49	-2
Tackles Inside 50	11	7	+4
Def One On One Loss %	40.0	16.7	+23.3
Ruck
Hitouts	30	32	-2
Hitouts To Advantage	9	12	-3

Player Ratings

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match
Clayton Oliver	9.8	3.4	5.4	1.2	19.9
Kade Chandler	4.3	8.4	1.3	5.4	19.5
Christian Salem	5.5	1.8	3.3	4.6	15.3
Jake Bowey	3.9	3.5	2.2	3.0	12.5
Tom Sparrow	1.9	6.0	1.5	2.4	11.7
Tom McDonald	2.3	1.4	6.0	1.7	11.4
Max Gawn	1.4	3.6	5.2	1.0	11.2
Jack Viney	4.5	−0.1	4.7	1.2	10.3
Harrison Petty	2.9	−0.8	7.3	−0.6	8.8
Xavier Lindsay	3.0	1.5	0.8	2.5	7.8
Taj Woewodin	0.0	1.4	3.2	2.8	7.4
Ed Langdon	2.5	2.7	2.0	−0.6	6.6
Jake Lever	0.6	2.1	2.1	0.2	5.1
Blake Howes	0.4	2.5	2.2	0.0	5.0
Jacob van Rooyen	3.6	0.5	1.4	−1.2	4.3
Trent Rivers	0.0	0.4	0.6	3.0	4.0
Daniel Turner	0.0	0.3	3.1	0.6	4.0
Harry Sharp	2.1	−0.8	2.0	0.1	3.4
Jack Henderson	3.3	0.3	−0.2	0.0	3.4
Charlie Spargo	1.7	−0.5	−1.3	2.9	2.8
Christian Petracca	−1.0	1.5	2.4	−0.6	2.3
Bayley Fritsch	1.2	−0.4	1.0	0.3	2.1
Matthew Jefferson	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1

Contested Possessions

	For	Against	Diff
Melbourne's Defensive 50
Hard Ball Get	3	8	-5
Loose Ball Get	11	10	+1
Contested Mark	1	5	-4
Ruck Hard Ball Get	0	1	-1
Gather From Hitout	0	1	-1
Contested Knock On	2	0	+2
Free For	3	4	-1
Total	20	29	-9
Melbourne's Forward 50
Hard Ball Get	5	1	+4
Loose Ball Get	9	15	-6
Contested Mark	2	2	0
Ruck Hard Ball Get	1	1	0
Gather From Hitout	2	1	+1
Contested Knock On	0	1	-1
Free For	6	3	+3
Total	25	24	+1
Post clearance
Hard Ball Get	9	14	-5
Loose Ball Get	48	43	+5
Contested Mark	7	15	-8
Contested Knock On	2	3	-1
Free For	13	10	+3
Total	79	85	-6
Pre clearance
Hard Ball Get	7	7	0
Loose Ball Get	19	25	-6
Ruck Hard Ball Get	3	5	-2
Gather From Hitout	7	12	-5
Contested Knock On	1	1	0
Free For	4	4	0
Total	41	54	-13

• Official data on pre- and post-clearance contested possessions are not available. These have been estimated by Wheelo Ratings and should be indicative.
• Ground ball gets are inclusive of hard ball gets and loose ball gets.
• 'Free For' does not include free kicks to advantage or free kicks while in possession of the ball as these are not counted as contested possessions.

Expected scores

	xScore	Score	xWin %	xMargin	Margin	Swing
Melbourne	82.7	66	6%
North Melbourne	111.1	125	94%	+28.4	+59	+30.6

	Shots	Score	Accuracy	xScore	+/-	xSc. / Shot	Shot Rating
Overall
Melbourne	26	9.12 66	34.6%	82.7	−16.7	3.18	−0.64
North Melbourne	29	19.8 122	65.5%	109.1	+12.9	3.76	+0.45
General Play
Melbourne	10	1.4 10	10.0%	25.0	−15.0	2.50	−1.50
North Melbourne	12	7.4 46	58.3%	38.9	+7.1	3.24	+0.60
Set Position
Melbourne	16	8.8 56	50.0%	57.7	−1.7	3.61	−0.11
North Melbourne	17	12.4 76	70.6%	70.2	+5.8	4.13	+0.34

• xWin %: win probability based on expected scores.
• Swing: difference between expected margin and actual margin.
• xScore: total expected score from all shots taken.
• +/-: total score above or below expected score.
• xSc. / Shot: average expected score per shot. This represents the average shot difficulty.
• Shot Rating: average score above or below expected score per shot at goal.

Notes: Expected scores are calculated by Wheelo Ratings. Each shot at goal is assigned an expected score based on the distance from goal, shot angle, and type of shot (e.g. set shot, general play following contested possession, general play following uncontested possession, ground kick, etc) as a proxy for pressure. The model does not take into account factors like the player, whether the ball was kicked with their preferred or non-preferred foot, and pressure on the player when taking the shot. Rushed behinds are excluded from actual and expected scores.

 

 

Territory (time in zones)

Region	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match	Season
Half
Forward	58%	51%	67%	41%	54%	53%
Defensive	42%	49%	33%	59%	46%	47%
Region
Forward 50	29%	25%	33%	20%	27%	25%
Attacking Midfield	30%	26%	34%	21%	28%	28%
Defensive Midfield	19%	25%	16%	26%	21%	23%
Defensive 50	23%	25%	17%	33%	25%	25%

Source: Calculated by Wheelo Ratings.

Score Sources

Summary

Score Source	Score	Against	Diff
Kick-in	1.0 6	1.0 6	+0
Centre Bounce	2.2 14	7.1 43	-29
Stoppage (Other)	0.3 3	2.4 16	-13
Turnover	6.7 43	9.6 60	-17

Score Source	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Kick-in	6	3.0	6	6.0
Centre Bounce	14	20.0	43	25.0
Stoppage (Other)	3	11.0	16	18.0
Turnover	43	36.0	60	52.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by North Melbourne.

Chain start region

Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective.

Score Source	Region	For		Against
		Match	Season	Match	Season *
Centre Bounce	Centre	14	20.0	43	25.0
Kick-in	D50	6	3.0	6	6.0
Stoppage (Other)	D50	0	0.0	6	3.0
Stoppage (Other)	Centre	0	0.0	1	0.5
Stoppage (Other)	Wing	2	10.0	6	9.5
Stoppage (Other)	F50	1	1.0	3	5.0
Turnover	D50	6	3.5	18	12.5
Turnover	Centre	9	4.5	13	10.0
Turnover	Wing	20	20.5	21	21.5
Turnover	F50	8	7.5	8	8.0

Region	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
D50	12	6.5	30	21.5
Centre	23	24.5	57	35.5
Wing	22	30.5	27	31.0
F50	9	8.5	11	13.0

Region	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Defensive 50	12	6.5	30	21.5
Defensive midfield	10	8.0	8	10.5
Centre bounce	14	20.0	43	25.0
Attacking midfield	21	27.0	33	31.0
Forward 50	9	8.5	11	13.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by North Melbourne.

Points from defensive half

For		Against
Match	Season	Match	Season *
22	14.5	38	32.0

* Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by North Melbourne.

Centre Bounce Attendances

	CBAs	CBA %	2025 %	2024 %
Max Gawn	27	87%	89.5%	85.0%
Clayton Oliver	22	71%	71.9%	70.7%
Jack Viney	20	65%	66.7%	69.1%
Christian Petracca	15	48%	63.2%	55.8%
Tom Sparrow	15	48%	42.1%	37.7%
Ed Langdon	14	45%	26.3%	0.7%
Kade Chandler	7	23%	12.3%	0.0%
Jacob van Rooyen	4	13%	7.0%	17.8%
Trent Rivers	0	0%	14.0%	29.9%
Charlie Spargo	0	0%	0.0%	4.2%
Christian Salem	0	0%	0.0%	12.3%
Daniel Turner	0	0%	0.0%	0.3%
Harrison Petty	0	0%	0.0%	7.5%
Aidan Johnson			7.7%
Harvey Langford			7.7%

Ruck Contests and Hitouts

Ruck Contests

	Ruck Contests	RC %	2025 %	2024 %
Max Gawn	68	87%	80.6%	81.1%
Jacob van Rooyen	10	13%	5.6%	17.6%
Daniel Turner	0	0%	0.0%	3.1%
Harrison Petty	0	0%	0.0%	7.9%
Aidan Johnson			24.5%

Hitouts

	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	To Adv.	To Adv. % (2025)	To Adv. % (2024)
Max Gawn	68	27	9	32.9%	27.9%
Jacob van Rooyen	10	3	0	0.0%	24.7%
Daniel Turner	0	0	0		50.4%
Harrison Petty	0	0	0		24.4%
Aidan Johnson				20.0%

Opposition hitouts

	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	To Adv.
Tristan Xerri	68	29	12
Jack Darling	10	3	0

@WheeloRatings is that the most we've conceded via ventre bounce in 5 years?

14 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

@WheeloRatings is that the most we've conceded via ventre bounce in 5 years?

I have data back to 2017 (inclusive), and that's the most we've conceded in that time.

most appreciative Wheelo most on this bleak night