Here are some of the stats that matter for Freo and the Dogs ahead of round 2.
Forward line
Liam Jones was the main inside 50 target for the Dogs with 13. Freo kicked to Pavlich on 10 occasions.
Daniel Giansiracusa’s 3 goals and 3 goal assists led the AFL for scoreboard impact in round 1. Freo’s Michael Walters wasn’t far behind with 3 goals, 2 behinds and 2 goal assists.
The Bulldogs led the AFL for marks on the lead inside 50 with 11. Robert Murphy had 3 to rank 3rd in the competition.
Giansiracusa also had 9 uncontested marks, which ranked 7th in the AFL but was very impressive considering he played mainly as a forward.
Defence
Brett Goodes, 29 on debut, had 5 marks from opposition kicks. Lee Spurr had 4 for Freo.
The Dogs kicked backwards an AFL leading 16 times against the Lions. They played on after a mark on just 24.1% of the time, which was a lowly 16th in the AFL. Freo was 14th with 25.3%.
Small defender Liam Picken had 10 uncontested marks in the Dogs’ backline, the third most in the AFL.
Midfield
Score Sources
WB 56 points scored from stoppages (1st in AFL)
Freo 22 score launches from midfield (2nd in AFL)
WB 21 score launches from midfield (4th in AFL)
*a score launch is an unbroken chain of possession that results in a score
Stoppages
Freo 22 secondary stoppages (1st in AFL)*
*a secondary stoppage is a stoppage that occurs after the initial stoppage.
WB 9 goals from stoppages (1st in AFL). The Dogs scored a goal from stoppages from 10% of all their stoppages in round 1.
Ruck Combos
Freo: Griffin/Fyfe 3
WB: Minson/Liberatore 3
Interchanges
Freo 141 interchanges (2nd most in AFL)
WB 136 interchanges (3rd most in AFL)
Danyle Pearce was the 5th most interchanged player in the league with 12 interchanges. Luke Dalhaus was interchanged 10 times for the Dogs.
Inside 50s
WB: 30 of the Dogs’ 55 inside 50 entries came from the centre corridor – the most in AFL.
Freo: 29 of Freo’s 61 entries also came via the centre corridor (2nd most in AFL). 21 came from the right corridor.
Shaun Higgins had 10 inside 50s to rank 1st in the AFL. Stephen Hill had 7 for Freo (12th in AFL).
Pressure
Freo ranked last for total applied pressure acts in the AFL in round 1. This can be misleading as the team ranked a clear 1st in having no applied pressure acts with just 19. To give this some perspective, Melbourne had 80 instances where no pressure was applied.
KPI Summary – round 1
WB disposal efficiency 77.4% - (No.1 in AFL)
Freo disposal efficiency 67.5% (16th)
WB uncontested possessions 239 (2nd)
Tom Liberatore 16 contested possessions (8th in AFL), 9 hard ball gets (4th in AFL), 11 clearances (1st in AFL), 9 tackles (equal 2nd in AFL)
David Mundy 7 clearances (15th in AFL), 10 tackles (equal 1st in AFL)
Ryan Griffen 19 uncontested possessions (13th in AFL),
Danyle Pearce 8 loose ball gets (4th in AFL)
Stephen Hill 13 handball receives (9th in AFL)
