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Port Adelaide made life difficult for itself thanks to its inaccurate effort in front of goals on Sunday.
Port had nine more scoring shots than the Lions, but finished with a whopping 17 behinds to ensure the match went right down to the wire.
It came despite Port dominating most key aspects of the game - particularly contested and uncontested possessions, tackles and clearances.
Generally a team that convincingly wins the possession-count wins the match, but that also assumes an effective rate of disposal.
Unfortunately that was one area where Port trailed the Lions and proved another contributing factor to the close result at the end of proceedings.
Jay Schulz was undoubtedly one of Port's best players on the day and led the Power on the scoreboard and in the air with nine marks.
He also proved one of the club's most efficient ball users in a match where clean possession was difficult to come by.
There were some other highlights too, with Kane Mitchell winning six clearances and young Sam Colquhoun accruing seven disposals after being substituted on during a high-pressure final quarter.
Andrew Moore and Matthew Broadbent also had high-quality games with 25 and 22 disposals apiece behind key midfielders Travis Boak and Hamish Hartlett.
Leader board
Disposals: Travis Boak (27)
Marks: Jay Schulz (9)
Tackles: Robbie Gray (7)
Clearances: Kane Mitchell (6)
Hitouts: Matthew Lobbe (21)
Score leader: Jay Schulz (12)
Fantasy Leader: Travis Boak (109)
Head to Head
Kicks: Power 208 – 194 Lions
Handballs: Power 173 –149 Lions
Disposals: Power 381 – 343 Lions
Marks: Power 77 – 83 Lions
Average Efficiency: Power 67.95% - 70.47% Lions
Clangers: Power 42 – 54 Lions
Clearances: Power 40 – 33 Lions
Hitouts: Power 31 – 44 Lions
Tackles: Power 74 – 59 Lions
Rebound 50s: Power 33 – 49 Lions
Inside 50s: Power 58 – 43 Lions
Fantasy: Power 1588 – 1416 Lions
