The club also played more traditional time slots, as the AFL aimed to have a more 'fan friendly' fixture,[1] with seventeen day games (up from twelve), two twilight matches (down from five) and three at night (down from five).

In addition, the club played 17 matches in Victoria, and traveled to Adelaide, Canberra, and Perth once, and the Northern Territory twice.

Melbourne sold two of its home games to the Northern Territory due to a sponsorship deal made with Tourism NT.

One was at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs in round 9 against Port Adelaide for the second year in a row.

The other match was at TIO Stadium in Darwin for the sixth year in a row, which was against West Coast in round 14.