MatterOfStats 2022 : Team Dashboard for Round 9

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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