Melbourne v Fremantle – Round 1 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 1Sat, 20 Mar, 1:45 pm AEDT

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8058

11.148.10

Melbourne by 22

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	4.4 28	7.6 48	9.8 62	11.14 80
FRE	0.4 4	3.8 26	6.9 45	8.10 58

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 26°Lead changes 1

Recap

Melbourne 11.14 (80) beat Fremantle 8.10 (58) at MCG in Round 1, a 22-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Tom McDonald kicked two goals for Melbourne and Bayley Fritsch two; Matt Taberner kicked three for Fremantle.

Clayton Oliver led the way with 35 disposals and 7 clearances.

A run of five straight goals across the first and second quarters broke the deadlock to lead by 28.

Fremantle won the clearances 35–27 but kicked 8.10.

Best on ground

Melbourne · #13 · 88% game time

8.5

More from Round 1

Melbourne11.1480

Fremantle8.1058

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

2:39BehindA. CerraFRE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
4:59BehindD. MundyFRE0.0 (0) – 0.2 (2)
6:20BehindC. PetraccaMEL0.1 (1) – 0.2 (2)
11:01BehindA. PearceFRE0.1 (1) – 0.3 (3)
12:03BehindT. McDonaldMEL0.2 (2) – 0.3 (3)
13:15BehindE. LangdonMELLevel0.3 (3) – 0.3 (3)
14:45GoalK. PickettMELLead change1.3 (9) – 0.3 (3)
16:01GoalE. LangdonMEL2.3 (15) – 0.3 (3)
18:57BehindC. SerongFRE2.3 (15) – 0.4 (4)
20:49GoalB. FritschMEL3.3 (21) – 0.4 (4)
22:39BehindJ. HarmesMEL3.4 (22) – 0.4 (4)
25:23GoalC. PetraccaMEL4.4 (28) – 0.4 (4)

0:33BehindM. TabernerFRE4.4 (28) – 0.5 (5)
1:56GoalJ. JordonMEL5.4 (34) – 0.5 (5)
4:40BehindL. HenryFRE5.4 (34) – 0.6 (6)
7:45GoalS. SwitkowskiFRE5.4 (34) – 1.6 (12)
10:22BehindB. FritschMEL5.5 (35) – 1.6 (12)
11:49BehindJ. JordonMEL5.6 (36) – 1.6 (12)
12:21RushedFremantleFRE5.6 (36) – 1.7 (13)
14:11GoalL. HenryFRE5.6 (36) – 2.7 (19)
17:05GoalT. McDonaldMEL6.6 (42) – 2.7 (19)
18:16BehindS. SwitkowskiFRE6.6 (42) – 2.8 (20)
19:07GoalL. SchultzFRE6.6 (42) – 3.8 (26)
21:08GoalJ. HarmesMEL7.6 (48) – 3.8 (26)

2:42BehindT. McDonaldMEL7.7 (49) – 3.8 (26)
7:02GoalM. TabernerFRE7.7 (49) – 4.8 (32)
9:10GoalC. BlakelyFRE7.7 (49) – 5.8 (38)
13:07GoalB. FritschMEL8.7 (55) – 5.8 (38)
21:44BehindT. ColyerFRE8.7 (55) – 5.9 (39)
26:58BehindJ. LeverMEL8.8 (56) – 5.9 (39)
28:56GoalC. SpargoMEL9.8 (62) – 5.9 (39)
30:06GoalA. BrayshawFRE9.8 (62) – 6.9 (45)