MatterOfStats 2022 : Team Dashboard for Round 9
The Ranking on Dashboard Metrics data appears below, and still sees a number of teams sitting in the Top 8 on the competition ladder despite being ranked 10th or lower on a number of seemingly-important metrics.
We have:
Melbourne, 10th on Scoring Shot Conversion
Fremantle, 11th on Scoring Shots, 12th on Scoring Shot Conversion, and 11th on Own Goals and Points per Game
Carlton, 12th on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion, 13th on Q3 Performances, and 12th on Q4 Performances
Sydney, 11th on Q1 Performances
St Kilda, 14th on Scoring Shot Conversion, 10th on Goals per game, 10th on Q1 Performances, 13th on Q2 Perfomances, and 11th on Q4 Performances
Geelong, 16th on Scoring Shot Conversion, 17th on Opponent Scoring Shot Conversion, and 10th on Q3 Performances
Richmond, 14th on Opponent Scoring Shots, 10th on Goals Conceded, 11th on Points Conceded, and 13th in Q4 Performances
The full Team Dashboard appears below and shows that, amongst other things:
Geelong have converted only 48% of their scoring shots into goals, but allowed their opponents to convert at around 58%
Conversely, Richmond has converted at 59% but allowed their opponents to convert at only 47%, and Brisbane Lions has converted at 64% but allowed their opponents to convert at only 49%
West Coast are still yet to win a Q2
GWS is still yet to win a Q4
GWS have scored 63% of their points in the 1st half of games (and only 18% in Q4s)
Melbourne have more than doubled their opponents’ score in Q1s and Q3s, but only barely outscored them in Q2s and Q4s
Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Melbourne, and Sydney are the only teams to have outscored their opponents in each of the four quarters taken separately
West Coast is the only team to have been outscored by their opponents in each of the four quarters taken separately
Fremantle, who are 3rd on the ladder, have scored fewer goals than every other team in the Top 8, and fewer also than three other teams outside the Top 8
Only six teams have a winning streak of two games or more, and two of those teams are outside the Top 8
Only four teams have a winning streak of three games or more, and one of those teams is outside the Top 8