Port Adelaide v Melbourne – Round 17 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 17Thu, 8 July, 7:40 pm AEST

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5586

8.712.14

Melbourne by 31

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
POR	2.2 14	5.3 33	7.5 47	8.7 55
MEL	3.2 20	8.4 52	10.9 69	12.14 86

Adelaide OvalMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 3

Recap

Melbourne 12.14 (86) beat Port 8.7 (55) at Adelaide Oval in Round 17, a 31-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Tom McDonald kicked three goals for Melbourne and Christian Petracca three; Mitch Georgiades kicked two for Port.

Christian Petracca led the way with 33 disposals, three goals and 7 clearances.

A run of four straight goals in the second quarter stretched the lead from 1 to 26.

Melbourne’s first win over Port since 2017.
Milestone: Steven Motlop’s 200th game.
Milestones: Max Gawn’s 150th game, Charlie Spargo’s 50th game, Ed Langdon’s 100th game.
A career-high 153 AFL Fantasy points for Christian Petracca (previous best 137).
A career-high 9 tackles for Kysaiah Pickett (previous best 7).

More from Round 17

Port Adelaide8.755

Melbourne12.1486

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

0:47BehindO. WinesPOR0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
2:30RushedMelbourneMELLevel0.1 (1) – 0.1 (1)
5:49BehindS. MotlopPOR0.2 (2) – 0.1 (1)
11:20GoalL. JacksonMELLead change0.2 (2) – 1.1 (7)
16:50BehindM. GawnMEL0.2 (2) – 1.2 (8)
19:00GoalK. AmonPORLevel1.2 (8) – 1.2 (8)
23:39GoalO. WinesPORLead change2.2 (14) – 1.2 (8)
25:25GoalC. SpargoMELLevel2.2 (14) – 2.2 (14)
26:39GoalT. McDonaldMELLead change2.2 (14) – 3.2 (20)

3:01RushedMelbourneMEL2.2 (14) – 3.3 (21)
4:44GoalC. RozeePOR3.2 (20) – 3.3 (21)
7:42GoalC. PetraccaMEL3.2 (20) – 4.3 (27)
10:28GoalK. PickettMEL3.2 (20) – 5.3 (33)
16:25BehindS. MayMEL3.2 (20) – 5.4 (34)
17:11GoalC. PetraccaMEL3.2 (20) – 6.4 (40)
21:59GoalB. FritschMEL3.2 (20) – 7.4 (46)
28:22GoalT. McKenziePOR4.2 (26) – 7.4 (46)
31:13GoalK. PickettMEL4.2 (26) – 8.4 (52)
33:04RushedPortPOR4.3 (27) – 8.4 (52)
34:31GoalC. DixonPOR5.3 (33) – 8.4 (52)

2:24BehindM. GeorgiadesPOR5.4 (34) – 8.4 (52)
5:23GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR6.4 (40) – 8.4 (52)
11:07RushedMelbourneMEL6.4 (40) – 8.5 (53)
13:26BehindJ. HuntMEL6.4 (40) – 8.6 (54)
14:34RushedPortPOR6.5 (41) – 8.6 (54)
18:30BehindM. GawnMEL6.5 (41) – 8.7 (55)
20:19BehindT. McDonaldMEL6.5 (41) – 8.8 (56)
21:41GoalM. GeorgiadesPOR7.5 (47) – 8.8 (56)
23:23GoalT. McDonaldMEL7.5 (47) – 9.8 (62)
24:52BehindE. LangdonMEL7.5 (47) – 9.9 (63)
26:36GoalT. McDonaldMEL7.5 (47) – 10.9 (69)