Melbourne v Hawthorn (Round 9, 2025)

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20250903

Key Team Stats

Stats in bold were won by Melbourne.

Stat	For	Against	Diff	AFL
Disposal Efficiency
Disposal Efficiency	76.6	79.0	-2.4	72.8
Kicking Efficiency	69.3	72.2	-2.9	66.5
Territory/Attack
Time In Forward Half	49.9	50.1	-0.2
Inside 50s	48	50	-2
Shots At Goal	23	27	-4
Scores Per Inside 50	43.8	52.0	-8.2	45.2
Goals Per Inside 50	14.6	26.0	-11.4	24.1
Marks Inside 50	8	14	-6
Transition
Chain To Score %	18.3	23.2	-5.0	21.1
Defensive 50 To Forward 50 %	11.4	27.5	-16.1	22.8
Defensive 50 To Score %	5.7	15.0	-9.3	9.5
Defensive Half To Forward 50 %	24.2	31.5	-7.3	31.4
Defensive Half To Score %	10.6	19.2	-8.6	13.1
Contest
Contested Possessions	129	117	+12
Ground Ball Gets	78	77	+1
Post Clearance Contested Poss	78	82	-4
Post Clearance Ground Ball Gets	51	54	-3
Contested Marks	7	10	-3
Clearance
Total Clearances	38	27	+11
Centre Clearances	11	8	+3
Stoppage Clearances	27	19	+8
First Possessions	43	27	+16
First Possession To Clearance %	83.7	81.5	+2.2	75.3
Defense
Intercepts	66	73	-7
Intercept Marks	14	19	-5
Tackles	61	44	+17
Tackles Inside 50	5	8	-3
Def One On One Loss %	0.0	8.3	-8.3	26.2
Ruck
Hitouts	42	27	+15
Hitouts To Advantage	13	8	+5

Transition stats measure how often chains result in a score or an inside 50. Chains include all kick-in chains, all clearances, and intercepts with at least one disposal in the chain.

• Chain To Score %: proportion of all chains that resulted in a score.

• Defensive 50 To Forward 50 %: proportion of all chains starting in the defensive 50 that resulted in an inside 50.

• Defensive 50 To Score %: proportion of all chains starting in the defensive 50 that resulted in a score.

• Defensive Half To Forward 50 %: proportion of all chains starting in the defensive half that resulted in an inside 50.

• Defensive Half To Score %: proportion of all chains starting in the defensive half that resulted in a score.

Player Ratings

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Match	TOG
Max Gawn	0.9	4.7	5.0	6.2	16.8	86%
Harvey Langford	5.5	7.5	2.3	0.7	16.0	82%
Kysaiah Pickett	4.5	2.0	−0.8	8.4	14.0	87%
Xavier Lindsay	2.2	4.1	4.4	2.1	12.8	81%
Trent Rivers	−0.1	2.7	5.8	4.2	12.6	80%
Steven May	3.1	3.6	0.7	4.9	12.3	100%
Christian Petracca	4.9	4.7	1.0	0.8	11.4	88%
Clayton Oliver	4.1	3.0	1.8	2.1	11.0	79%
Caleb Windsor	3.6	1.7	3.2	0.8	9.3	76%
Jake Bowey	2.8	2.1	2.1	1.1	8.0	80%
Christian Salem	1.9	1.2	1.7	2.4	7.1	83%
Harry Sharp	1.1	1.3	4.2	0.3	6.8	72%
Daniel Turner	2.4	0.8	1.5	1.7	6.3	80%
Kade Chandler	−0.6	7.0	−0.4	0.0	5.9	89%
Ed Langdon	0.8	2.8	2.2	0.0	5.7	80%
Tom McDonald	1.8	−1.0	0.9	3.8	5.5	94%
Judd McVee	−1.0	3.0	0.7	2.2	5.0	85%
Jacob van Rooyen	−1.1	−0.2	4.6	0.6	3.9	81%
Charlie Spargo	0.3	0.1	2.6	0.7	3.7	73%
Tom Sparrow	1.3	−0.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	83%
Koltyn Tholstrup	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	25%
Bayley Fritsch	−1.2	−0.1	−1.1	−0.3	−2.6	72%
Matthew Jefferson	0.0	−2.1	−1.3	0.0	−3.5	44%

Contested Possessions

	For	Against	Diff
Melbourne's Defensive 50
Hard Ball Get	4	5	-1
Loose Ball Get	12	9	+3
Contested Mark	0	1	-1
Ruck Hard Ball Get	1	0	+1
Gather From Hitout	2	1	+1
Contested Knock On	3	1	+2
Free For	4	3	+1
Total	26	20	+6
Melbourne's Forward 50
Hard Ball Get	3	0	+3
Loose Ball Get	7	10	-3
Contested Mark	2	3	-1
Gather From Hitout	2	0	+2
Contested Knock On	2	0	+2
Free For	3	5	-2
Total	19	18	+1
Post clearance
Hard Ball Get	12	9	+3
Loose Ball Get	39	45	-6
Contested Mark	7	10	-3
Contested Knock On	6	2	+4
Free For	14	16	-2
Total	78	82	-4
Pre clearance
Hard Ball Get	10	9	+1
Loose Ball Get	17	14	+3
Ruck Hard Ball Get	6	0	+6
Gather From Hitout	10	7	+3
Contested Knock On	3	2	+1
Free For	5	3	+2
Total	51	35	+16

• 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	70.9	56	20%
Hawthorn	85.3	91	80%	+14.5	+35	+20.5

	Shots	Score	Accuracy	xScore	+/-	xSc. / Shot	Shot Rating
Overall
Melbourne	23	7.13 55	30.4%	69.9	−14.9	3.04	−0.65
Hawthorn	27	13.12 90	48.1%	85.3	+4.7	3.16	+0.17
General Play
Melbourne	9	2.5 17	22.2%	22.9	−5.9	2.54	−0.65
Hawthorn	14	6.6 42	42.9%	42.4	−0.4	3.03	−0.03
Set Position
Melbourne	14	5.8 38	35.7%	47.0	−9.0	3.36	−0.64
Hawthorn	13	7.6 48	53.8%	43.0	+5.0	3.31	+0.39

• 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	50%	64%	48%	37%	50%	51%
Defensive	50%	36%	52%	63%	50%	49%
Region
Forward 50	23%	32%	23%	15%	23%	24%
Attacking Midfield	26%	33%	25%	22%	27%	27%
Defensive Midfield	28%	23%	27%	27%	26%	26%
Defensive 50	22%	13%	24%	36%	24%	24%

Source: Calculated by Wheelo Ratings.

Score Sources

Summary

Score Source	Score	Against	Diff
Kick-in	0.0 0	1.1 7	-7
Centre Bounce	0.1 1	2.1 13	-12
Stoppage (Other)	1.3 9	4.3 27	-18
Turnover	6.10 46	6.8 44	+2

Score Source	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Kick-in	0	3.7	7	5.1
Centre Bounce	1	13.4	13	14.3
Stoppage (Other)	9	16.3	27	24.8
Turnover	46	39.8	44	48.0

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

Chain start region

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

Region	For		Against
	Match	Season	Match	Season *
Defensive 50	7	10.7	26	17.6
Defensive midfield	15	14.0	28	22.2
Centre bounce	1	13.4	13	14.3
Attacking midfield	17	20.6	15	22.9
Forward 50	16	14.6	9	15.2

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

Points from defensive half

For		Against
Match	Season	Match	Season *
22	24.7	54	39.8

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

Centre Bounce Attendances

	CBAs	CBA %	2025 %	2024 %
Clayton Oliver	20	83%	73.1%	70.7%
Max Gawn	19	79%	85.0%	85.0%
Christian Petracca	17	71%	65.6%	55.8%
Kysaiah Pickett	17	71%	62.7%	33.0%
Trent Rivers	13	54%	15.8%	29.9%
Harvey Langford	5	21%	25.5%
Jacob van Rooyen	5	21%	12.0%	17.8%
Tom Sparrow	0	0%	15.4%	37.7%
Ed Langdon	0	0%	8.1%	0.7%
Kade Chandler	0	0%	2.8%	0.0%
Daniel Turner	0	0%	0.7%	0.3%
Charlie Spargo	0	0%	0.0%	4.2%
Christian Salem	0	0%	0.0%	12.3%
Judd McVee	0	0%	0.0%	6.3%
Koltyn Tholstrup	0	0%	0.0%	5.7%
Jack Viney			71.7%	69.1%
Tom Fullarton			17.2%
Aidan Johnson			10.9%
Jake Melksham			0.7%	0.0%
Harrison Petty			0.4%	7.5%

Ruck Contests and Hitouts

Ruck Contests

	Ruck Contests	RC %	2025 %	2024 %
Max Gawn	67	81%	81.7%	81.1%
Jacob van Rooyen	16	19%	12.5%	17.6%
Daniel Turner	0	0%	0.9%	3.1%
Clayton Oliver	0	0%	0.1%	0.0%
Tom Fullarton			20.5%
Aidan Johnson			19.7%
Harrison Petty			0.7%	7.9%

Hitouts

	Ruck Contests	Hitouts	To Adv.	To Adv. % (2025)	To Adv. % (2024)
Melbourne
Max Gawn	67	33	10	28.1%	27.9%
Jacob van Rooyen	16	9	3	37.5%	24.7%
Daniel Turner	0	0	0		50.4%
Harrison Petty				100.0%	24.4%
Tom Fullarton				43.8%
Aidan Johnson				30.0%
Opposition
Lloyd Meek	65	24	7
Mabior Chol	5	2	1
Josh Weddle	10	1	0
Henry Hustwaite	2	0	0
James Worpel	1	0	0

Only Pickett, Gawn, Rivers and May rated above 4.0 in the final quarter. Petracca only rated 1.8 for the entire second half. Thanks Wheelo.

Round 9, 2025 Optus Stadium - Eagles vs Demons

The Captain does it again. Without him, Langford and the continual holding up of our backline i reckon we would have been smashed by 80+ points today.

Looking at it from a glass half full, are we on the cusp and about to turn things around? Unless we have almost all of our best 22 players on the park most weeks... highly unlikely. The same could be said of most teams but we are just too far off our best once we drop a few key players. The depth just isn't there.

And the forward line plus methods going in. Enough has been said about those woes to write a Demonic version of Tolstoy's War & Peace.

Our Team Rating over 6% off that of our average 2024 Team Rating against a pretty middle of the rung to above average side (imo) is a pretty horrid outcome.

Their top 6 well ahead of ours and their bottom 6 trumping ours as well.

We will need all of Vines, Melk & Petty back in to have any chance of avoiding a massacre against the Lions next week and posting a respectable score.

Player & Team Ratings - Demons

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Player & Team Ratings - Hawks

Combined Player Ratings

Stats courtesy of footywire.com and wheeloratings.com

Edited Saturday at 11:171 day by Demon Dynasty

Melbourne v Hawthorn (Round 9, 2025)

https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20250903

Pressure

Team pressure

Quarter	For	Agn	Diff
1	180	164	+16
2	167	184	-17
3	170	153	+17
4	186	186	0
Match	176	172	+4

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
Kysaiah Pickett	25	66	38.7
Harry Sharp	21	47	21.0
Christian Petracca	19	44	35.8
Xavier Lindsay	19	37	27.4
Clayton Oliver	15	34	51.2
Tom Sparrow	18	34	37.7
Trent Rivers	16	33	26.7
Caleb Windsor	15	33	24.4
Harvey Langford	16	31	19.0
Bayley Fritsch	13	29	20.8
Ed Langdon	12	28	29.0
Kade Chandler	13	27	36.3
Max Gawn	10	26	19.0
Charlie Spargo	11	24	27.6
Jacob van Rooyen	11	24	21.5
Jake Bowey	13	23	30.3
Koltyn Tholstrup	8	19	26.2
Judd McVee	9	19	19.3
Tom McDonald	10	18	15.2
Steven May	8	16	10.2
Daniel Turner	7	14	15.8
Christian Salem	6	12	19.1
Matthew Jefferson	4	7	12.0

Source: Herald Sun

11 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Round 9, 2025 Optus Stadium - Eagles vs Demons

The Captain does it again. Without him, Langford and the continual holding up of our backline i reckon we would have been smashed by 80+ points today.

Looking at it from a glass half full, are we on the cusp and about to turn things around? Unless we have almost all of our best 22 players on the park most weeks... highly unlikely. The same could be said of most teams but we are just too far off our best once we drop a few key players. The depth just isn't there.

And the forward line plus methods going in. Enough has been said about those woes to write a Demonic version of Tolstoy's War & Peace.

Our Team Rating over 6% off that of our average 2024 Team Rating against a pretty middle of the rung to above average side (imo) is a pretty horrid outcome.

Their top 6 well ahead of ours and their bottom 6 trumping ours as well.

We will need all of Vines, Melk & Petty back in to have any chance of avoiding a massacre against the Lions next week and posting a respectable score.

Player & Team Ratings - Demons

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Player & Team Ratings - Hawks

Combined Player Ratings

Stats courtesy of footywire.com and wheeloratings.com

Thanks DD even though they had the three top rated players and six of the top eight which probably echoes their great last quarter we were pretty even across the board barring our bottom six. We fell away badly in the last fifteen minutes after leading all major kpi’s for the rest of the game. No doubt our poor kicking saps a lot of energy and that really showed when they slammed on the first three goals in the last and got their tails up.

11 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Round 9, 2025 Optus Stadium - Eagles vs Demons

The Captain does it again. Without him, Langford and the continual holding up of our backline i reckon we would have been smashed by 80+ points today.

Looking at it from a glass half full, are we on the cusp and about to turn things around? Unless we have almost all of our best 22 players on the park most weeks... highly unlikely. The same could be said of most teams but we are just too far off our best once we drop a few key players. The depth just isn't there.

And the forward line plus methods going in. Enough has been said about those woes to write a Demonic version of Tolstoy's War & Peace.

Our Team Rating over 6% off that of our average 2024 Team Rating against a pretty middle of the rung to above average side (imo) is a pretty horrid outcome.

Their top 6 well ahead of ours and their bottom 6 trumping ours as well.

We will need all of Vines, Melk & Petty back in to have any chance of avoiding a massacre against the Lions next week and posting a respectable score.

Player & Team Ratings - Demons

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Player & Team Ratings - Hawks

Combined Player Ratings

Stats courtesy of footywire.com and wheeloratings.com

4 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks DD even though they had the three top rated players and six of the top eight which probably echoes their great last quarter we were pretty even across the board barring our bottom six. We fell away badly in the last fifteen minutes after leading all major kpi’s for the rest of the game. No doubt our poor kicking saps a lot of energy and that really showed when they slammed on the first three goals in the last and got their tails up.

It was the conplete antithesis of a forward half master class DZ. We are our own worst enemy.

Our matches against anyone but the worst rated teams in the conp are awfully predictable now.

Match or better the oppo in almost all key areas of the game until three quarter time or thereabouts.

Almost all players, bar a few in rare patches, will butcher the use of the ball coming inside 50, bomb the ball in or kick it in in panic. The ball will either rebound straight out and the oppo will transition quite easily from arc to arc for a shot at goal. Or if we do make a rare connection, we will miss about 2/3rds of our shots at goal.

By the time the 4th quarter comes around we are almost spent and can't get anything going as we watch the oppo run amok out of the middle and off HB kicking a number of relatively easy goals for the sealer (or worse if we've blown up earlier in the match against the top rated clubs).

Pretty much that in a nut shell (with a few variations and some success against shizen teams) since the 2022 finals. Nearly 2.5 seasons now.

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Demon Dynasty

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 9, 2025 vs H&A Season 2024

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