Inside the Fantasy Numbers – Round 19

The Finals are here and so are the numerous problems that need to be solved heading into week 1 of AFL Fantasy Finals, the time has come if you haven’t already done so researching the unique players for your match-up this week and potential opponents not just for the week but throughout the entire Finals.

If your team is in a strong enough position this week with superior unique players it might be time to select players on your opponents team in an attempt to increase your chances of winning by matching his best and most important scoring players, if you have come to the assessment that your team is in a strong enough position to win this week it might be time to extract some cash from your bench players if you can but this is risky and don’t assume your player scores are guaranteed.

If your team is struggling in match-ups for this week then it is likely time to go unique options with great scoring capabilities in an attempt to claim victories in the next 4 weeks, here are some numbers below that might influence or assist your trade thoughts for this week.

R19 Team Highest Scores

Sydney 1873 v Freo (Swans Season High)
Collingwood 1851 v Eagles (Magpies Season High)
Adelaide 1825 v Bombers

Magpies bounced back scoring 433 more teams points than they did last week against Nth Melbourne

R19 Team Lowest Scores

Brisbane 1220 v Power (Lions Season Low)
St Kilda 1293 v Kangaroos
Gold Coast 1374 v Demons

Brisbane’s 1220pts v Port Adelaide ranks as 2nd lowest in 2016 (Lowest is St Kilda’s 1159pts v Adelaide R11 at AO)

Best Team Ave Points FOR Season

W.Bulldogs 1697.1
Adelaide 1676.3
GWS Giants 1664.7

Best Team Ave Points FOR Last 3 Games

GWS Giants 1734.7
Geelong 1724.3
Collingwood 1674.0

Worst Team Ave Points FOR Season

Brisbane 1439.3
Gold Coast 1520.3
Port Adelaide 1538.4

Worst Team Ave Points FOR Last 3 Games

Brisbane 1390.7
West Coast 1445.7 (3 Straight sub 1500pt scores)
St Kilda 1504.0

Best Team Ave Points AGA Season

Nth Melbourne 1482.7
GWS Giants 1485.8
Geelong 1493.6

Best Team Ave Points AGA Last 3 Games

Nth Melbourne 1408.0
Port Adelaide 1425.0
Melbourne 1447.7

Worst Team Ave Points AGA Season

Fremantle 1701.2
Essendon 1687.1
Brisbane 1661.7

Worst Team Ave Points AGA Last 3 Games

Fremantle 1816.0
Brisbane 1733.7
Gold Coast 1729.0

Freo has conceded 1800pts or more in 4 of last 5 games

Patrick Dangerfield

R19 v Bulldogs: 135pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 127.7
Season Ave: 120.9

9 Games of 120pts or more, Todd Goldstein had the most last year with 9

Devon Smith

R19 v Tigers: 105pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 104.0
Season Ave: 80.3

2 100’s in the last 3 games, currently 415K FWD

Bryce Gibbs

R19 v Hawks: 106pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 112.3
Season Ave: 107.2

6 Consecutive 100pt games

Scott Pendlebury

R19 v Eagles: 148pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 116.0
Season Ave: 107.3

Highest score since R14, 2015 (152pts v Hawks)

Ollie Wines

R19 v Lions: 110pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 105.3
Season Ave: 97.9

9th 100pt games for the season, current 3 game consecutive streak of 100pts or more

Todd Goldstein

R19 v Saints: 97pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 82.3
Season Ave: 98.8

Only 2 100pt games since hurting his knee in R10 v Swans (7 Games played)

Max Gawn

R19 v Suns: 106pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 109.3
Season Ave: 104.4

Current 7 game consecutive streak of 100pts or more, Gawn has averaged 112.6pts if u flipped from Goldy to Max at R11

Josh Kennedy (Syd)

R19 v Freo: 156pts (New Career High)
Last 3 Games Ave: 132.0
Season Ave: 106.8

JPK has averaged 117.3 from his last 9 games, current 3 game consecutive streak of 100pts or more

Brendon Goddard

R19 v Crows: 103pts
Last 3 Games Ave: 114.0
Season Ave: 103.3

Scored 99pts or more in his last 6 games, currently 528K MID 1.56% Owned

 

Who Am I?

I am a Defender

I scored just my 4th 100pt game of the season in Round 19

I have scored an average of 120.0pts against my Round 20 opponent from my last 2 matches

I scored 146pts against my Round 21 opponent the last time I played them

Answer: Best guess in the comments below

 

Good luck for Round 20 & the Finals