Melbourne v Geelong Cats – Preliminary Final 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLPreliminary FinalFri, 10 Sept, 7:50 pm AEST

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19.116.6

Melbourne by 83

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	5.3 33	9.6 60	17.8 110	19.11 125
GEE	1.0 6	5.1 31	5.2 32	6.6 42

Optus Stadium, PerthMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 2

Recap

Melbourne 19.11 (125) beat Geelong 6.6 (42) at Optus Stadium in the Preliminary Final, a 83-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Max Gawn kicked five goals for Melbourne and Kysaiah Pickett three; Jeremy Cameron kicked two for Geelong.

Max Gawn led the way with 19 disposals, five goals and 33 hitouts.

A run of ten straight goals across the third and last quarters stretched the lead from 29 to 89.

Melbourne won the inside-50 count 55–42 and won the contested ball 160–130.

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Melbourne19.11125

Geelong Cats6.642

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:09BehindB. BrownMEL0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
7:20GoalJ. CameronGEELead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
9:28GoalB. BrownMELLead change1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
13:22GoalJ. HarmesMEL2.1 (13) – 1.0 (6)
15:27GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL3.1 (19) – 1.0 (6)
22:41GoalC. PetraccaMEL4.1 (25) – 1.0 (6)
25:22GoalC. SpargoMEL5.1 (31) – 1.0 (6)
28:47RushedMelbourneMEL5.2 (32) – 1.0 (6)
32:22RushedMelbourneMEL5.3 (33) – 1.0 (6)

2:27GoalR. StanleyGEE5.3 (33) – 2.0 (12)
3:47GoalC. SpargoMEL6.3 (39) – 2.0 (12)
5:40GoalG. MiersGEE6.3 (39) – 3.0 (18)
9:50GoalT. SparrowMEL7.3 (45) – 3.0 (18)
11:29RushedGeelongGEE7.3 (45) – 3.1 (19)
12:48GoalM. GawnMEL8.3 (51) – 3.1 (19)
19:15GoalK. PickettMEL9.3 (57) – 3.1 (19)
22:23BehindC. PetraccaMEL9.4 (58) – 3.1 (19)
23:57BehindB. FritschMEL9.5 (59) – 3.1 (19)
24:43BehindB. BrownMEL9.6 (60) – 3.1 (19)
27:58GoalT. HawkinsGEE9.6 (60) – 4.1 (25)
30:55GoalI. SmithGEE9.6 (60) – 5.1 (31)

1:01GoalB. BrownMEL10.6 (66) – 5.1 (31)
3:21RushedGeelongGEE10.6 (66) – 5.2 (32)
4:43GoalB. FritschMEL11.6 (72) – 5.2 (32)
5:56GoalM. GawnMEL12.6 (78) – 5.2 (32)
7:09GoalT. McDonaldMEL13.6 (84) – 5.2 (32)
11:47GoalM. GawnMEL14.6 (90) – 5.2 (32)
14:24GoalM. GawnMEL15.6 (96) – 5.2 (32)
16:28GoalM. GawnMEL16.6 (102) – 5.2 (32)
18:56BehindC. PetraccaMEL16.7 (103) – 5.2 (32)
21:33GoalK. PickettMEL17.7 (109) – 5.2 (32)
24:06RushedMelbourneMEL17.8 (110) – 5.2 (32)