THE LAST TIME THEY MET

Following a scoreless initial quarter, Melbourne nearly overcame a 36-point deficit against Carlton, ultimately falling short by a single point. This defeat marked the club's third consecutive loss to the Blues, with an aggregate losing margin of merely 7 points. Notably, on each of these occasions, the Demons recorded more scoring shots than their opponents, totaling 28 goals and 35 behinds against 32 goals and 18 behinds.

MELBOURNE 0.0.0 3.1.19 7.6.48 11.10.76

CARLTON 5.0.30 8.2.50 11.4.70 12.5.77

GOALS

MELBOURNE Petracca 5 Fritsch Gawn Pickett Turner van Rooyen Windsor

CARLTON Owies 3 Curnow 2 Cripps De Koning Hewett McKay Martin Pittonet Walsh

BEST

MELBOURNE Petracca May Neal-Bullen Viney Gawn Langdon

CARLTON Cripps Walsh Weitering Kennedy O Hollands Curnow

THE TEAMS

CARLTON

B B. Kemp, J. Weitering, L. Cowan

HB A. Cincotta, M. McGovern, N. Newman

C O. Hollands, P. Cripps, B. Acres

HF J. Martin, H. McKay, E. Hollands

F M. Owies, C. Curnow, T. De Koning

FOLL M, Pittonet, S. Walsh, M. Kennedy

I/C J. Boyd, A. Cerra, M. Cottrell, C. Durdin SUB G. Hewett

EMG D. Cuningham, O. Fantasia, L. Young

IN B. Kemp, O. Hollands, M. McGovern, J. Martin

OUT D. Cuningham (omitted), O. Fantasia (omitted), Z. Williams (glute soreness), L. Young (omitted)

MELBOURNE

B B. Howes, S. May, T. Rivers

HB J. McVee, J. Lever, T. McDonald

C J. Billings, C. Oliver, C. Windsor

HF E. Langdon, H. Petty, K Pickett

JF J. van Rooyen, B. Fritsch, D. Turner

FOLL M. Gawn, J. Viney, C. Petracca

I/C J. Bowey, K. Chandler, A. Neal-Bullen, T. Sparrow SUB T. Woewodin

EMG B. Brown M. Hore, B. Laurie

IN J. Bowey

OUT B. Laurie (omitted)