Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns – Round 4 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 4Sun, 5 Apr, 3:15 pm AEST

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16.1314.5

Melbourne by 20

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	2.6 18	8.8 56	13.12 90	16.13 109
GCS	4.1 25	8.2 50	12.4 76	14.5 89

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 25°Lead changes 3

Recap

Melbourne 16.13 (109) beat Gold Coast 14.5 (89) at MCG in Round 4, a 20-point win.

Jake Melksham kicked four goals for Melbourne and Brody Mihocek two; Ben King kicked three for Gold Coast.

Max Gawn led the way with 22 disposals, a goal and 32 hitouts.

A run of four straight goals in the second quarter turned a 12-point deficit into a 12-point lead.

Melbourne won the inside-50 count 59–45 and won the clearances 39–28.

Best on ground

Melbourne · #11 · 82% game time

9.1

More from Round 4

Melbourne16.13109

Gold Coast Suns14.589

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

1:10GoalB. KingGCS0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
4:21RushedMelbourneMEL0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
5:49BehindJ. CulleyMEL0.2 (2) – 1.0 (6)
8:04GoalE. ReadGCS0.2 (2) – 2.0 (12)
9:34GoalB. MihocekMEL1.2 (8) – 2.0 (12)
13:10GoalZ. UwlandGCS1.2 (8) – 3.0 (18)
15:54BehindB. MihocekMEL1.3 (9) – 3.0 (18)
17:51BehindB. KingGCS1.3 (9) – 3.1 (19)
19:27GoalB. KingGCS1.3 (9) – 4.1 (25)
21:46BehindJ. CulleyMEL1.4 (10) – 4.1 (25)
22:26BehindL. PickettMEL1.5 (11) – 4.1 (25)
24:55BehindE. LangdonMEL1.6 (12) – 4.1 (25)
28:31GoalC. SalemMEL2.6 (18) – 4.1 (25)

0:23BehindL. PickettMEL2.7 (19) – 4.1 (25)
1:51GoalL. GulbinGCS2.7 (19) – 5.1 (31)
5:17GoalB. MihocekMEL3.7 (25) – 5.1 (31)
7:08GoalE. ReadGCS3.7 (25) – 6.1 (37)
8:31GoalJ. MelkshamMEL4.7 (31) – 6.1 (37)
10:50GoalJ. MelkshamMELLevel5.7 (37) – 6.1 (37)
13:17GoalH. LangfordMELLead change6.7 (43) – 6.1 (37)
16:59GoalH. SharpMEL7.7 (49) – 6.1 (37)
19:47GoalB. KingGCS7.7 (49) – 7.1 (43)
21:50GoalJ. van RooyenMEL8.7 (55) – 7.1 (43)
26:10GoalW. PowellGCS8.7 (55) – 8.1 (49)
27:15BehindT. SparrowMEL8.8 (56) – 8.1 (49)
29:26BehindN. AndersonGCS8.8 (56) – 8.2 (50)

1:20GoalZ. UwlandGCSLevel8.8 (56) – 9.2 (56)
3:32GoalW. GrahamGCSLead change8.8 (56) – 10.2 (62)
6:37GoalK. TholstrupMELLevel9.8 (62) – 10.2 (62)
11:48GoalJ. MelkshamMELLead change10.8 (68) – 10.2 (62)
14:30BehindJ. WalterGCS10.8 (68) – 10.3 (63)
15:14BehindK. ChandlerMEL10.9 (69) – 10.3 (63)
17:16GoalJ. WalterGCSLevel10.9 (69) – 11.3 (69)
19:00GoalM. GawnMEL11.9 (75) – 11.3 (69)
21:50GoalX. LindsayMEL12.9 (81) – 11.3 (69)
23:19BehindH. SharpMEL12.10 (82) – 11.3 (69)
24:16BehindH. PettyMEL12.11 (83) – 11.3 (69)
24:50GoalE. ReadGCS12.11 (83) – 12.3 (75)
27:09RushedGold CoastGCS12.11 (83) – 12.4 (76)
29:13GoalK. PickettMEL13.11 (89) – 12.4 (76)
30:24RushedMelbourneMEL13.12 (90) – 12.4 (76)