Benjo’s PODs: Stat Attack – Round 17

Welcome back to Benjo’s PODs! This week, I’m going to breakdown the DT year, which will produce some interesting stats; see what clubs have the best run home, and then discuss some players you should highly consider, based on the fixture analysis.

But firstly, what a round we had! This week we saw some massive scores, with these big numbers produced from none other than Todd Goldstein, who scored a monstrous 175 points on Friday night. This effort though, was topped by the returning maestro, Gaz! Gary Ablett scored a whopping 176, the highest score of the year so far!

Now to this week’s segment…

Executive Summary

In this report I will analyse and draw some conclusions for who is the easiest team to score against. I have looked at the stats from the 16 rounds. From this data I’ve been able to rank them from easiest to hardest. What I found was pretty interesting. This will help with captain choices as well.

TABLE 1: Average 100s given up.

Club	Avg 100s	Avg 100s home	Avg 100s away
Adelaide	3.07	2.17	5.38
Brisbane	3.73	3.14	4.12
Carlton	3.6	3.7	3.5
Collingwood	4.2	6	3.88
Essendon	3.8	4.57	2.75
Fremantle	3.73	3.75	3.7
GWS	3.73	3.43	3.62
Gold Coast	5.13	4.38	5.14
Geelong	3.14	2.67	3.5
Hawthorn	2.8	1.86	4
Melbourne	3.6	4.25	2.86
North Melbourne	3.33	3.43	3.25
Port Adelaide	3.4	3.75	3
Richmond	2.27	2	2.28
St Kilda	3.13	3	3.29
Sydney	3.07	3.12	3.02
West Coast	3.6	3.57	3.7
Bulldogs	4.33	4.27	4.39

TABLE 2: Average 120+ given up and 100s given up per position

Club	120+	Avg DEF tons	Avg MID tons	Avg RUC tons	Avg FWD tons
Adelaide	0.93	0.64	1.93	0.29	0.71
Brisbane	0.73	0.56	2.07	0.2	1.47
Carlton	1	0.53	2.07	0.53	0.93
Collingwood	1.21	0.8	2.73	0.4	1
Essendon	1	1	2.27	0.27	1
Fremantle	0.87	0.8	2.4	0.13	1.2
GC	1.93	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.93
Geelong	1.29	0.64	1.57	0.5	0.86
GWS	1.07	0.73	2.47	0.27	0.87
Hawthorn	0.47	0.4	1.8	0.13	0.67
Melbourne	1.33	0.2	2.67	0.2	1.27
North Melb	1.2	0.47	2.47	0.07	1
Port Adelaide	1.2	0.33	2.53	0.2	0.93
Richmond	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.2	0.6
St. Kilda	0.67	0.27	2.2	0.27	0.87
Sydney	0.8	0.6	1.93	0.2	0.93
West Coast	0.93	0.73	2.4	0.2	0.87
Bulldogs	1.47	1.13	2.6	0.2	1.13

Interpretation

So what do the statistics tell me?

1) Gold Coast is by far the easiest team in the competition to score against. Look for some big scores from Adelaide this week.

2) Collingwood are surprisingly the third easiest team to score against in regards to hundreds scored against them. They concede 4.2 hundreds a game on average.

3) Adelaide are very leaky and give up lots of DT hundreds when playing away from home. They concede 5.38 hundreds a game on average.

4) Hawthorn are very restrictive, particularly while playing at home where they give up only 1.86 hundreds on average. Although while being restrictive at home, they give up 4 tons a game playing away.

5) Richmond have been the most restrictive team to score against this year. They only give up 2.27 hundreds a game on average.

6) Collingwood surprisingly give up 6 tons to the opposition while playing at home.

7) Richmond only give up 0.2 120+ scores a game! This is an amazing stat, yet scary. Don’t put any Fremantle players as captain this week!

8) Geelong and the Bulldogs are also very leaky, conceding 1.29 and 1.47 hundreds respectively.

9) Believe it or not, Melbourne have only gave up 3 tons a game this year for opposition defenders!

10) Out of all the clubs, Collingwood concede the most hundreds to opposition midfielders!

11) North Melbourne and Goldstein have only conceded 1 ton this year!

12) In the last three weeks, McKernan has conceded massive scores. A 119 for Longer, 146 for Gawn and a whopping 175 from Goldstein!

13) Brisbane’s lack of experienced KPD’s lead them to conceding the most to opposition forwards.

Looking Ahead

Now, which club has the best draw? There are only seven weeks of the season left, so choosing your player based on fixture analysis is key. Below are all of the club’s remaining games.

Club	RD 19	RD 20	RD 21	RD 22	RD 23
ADE	RICH	ESS	BL	WC	GEE
BL	GC	CARL	ADE	HAW	WB
CARL	COLL	BL	MEL	GWS	HAW
COLL	CARL	SYD	RICH	GEE	ESS
ESS	GWS	ADE	GC	RICH	COLL
FRE	STK	WC	NM	MEL	PA
GC	BL	RICH	ESS	PA	SYD
GEE	SYD	HAW	STK	COLL	ADE
GWS	ESS	PA	SYD	CARL	MEL
HAW	WC	GEE	PA	BL	CARL
MEL	NM	WB	CARL	FRE	GWS
NM	MEL	STK	FRE	WB	RICH
PA	WB	GWS	HAW	GC	FRE
RICH	ADE	GC	COLL	ESS	NM
STK	FRE	NM	GEE	SYD	WC
SYD	GEE	COLL	GWS	STK	GC
WC	HAW	FRE	WB	ADE	STK
WB	PA	MEL	WC	NM	BL

Brisbane

Brisbane have an easy fixture. The only relatively hard match they face would be against Hawthorn, who are quite restrictive. They face both Gold Coast and the Bulldogs, which is an absolute luxury at this time of season.
Now, which player should I recommend from the Lions?

Rockwiz

Rocky started the year off at $760,700, after his record average of 134.78 last year. After having a four week break on the sidelines, Rocky has recorded scores of 128 and 111 in his last two, proving that he is almost at full-fitness. Despite only racking up 14 disposals last week, he got helped by his 17 tackles, two short of the AFL record set by Jude Bolton. Rockliff shouldn’t get the tag from his remaining games, with Beams taking the spot of the likely candidate.

We know Rocky is back to his best. 11 and 17 tackles in his last two weeks proves it. Rocky had 111 points last week, even with a hard tag from Viney. Beams is likely to get the Jacob’s tag this week, so Rocky is safe. He plays at the Gabba this week, his favourite ground!

At $529,000, Rocky is nearing full-fitness, and has an easy DT fixture coming up, so he must be picked in your team!

Sydney

Sydney also find themselves in a good position, regarding their fixture. In their last three matches of the season, they face, GWS, St. Kilda and Gold Coast. GWS and St. Kilda are both relatively unknown to match up on. Some weeks they give up huge points, yet other weeks almost none. Gold Coast however, always give up lots and lots of points, so you have to have a certain player in your side.
That player, is:

Jarrad McVeigh

McVeigh’s price has dipped 50k over the season. This is because he had two dodgy rounds, where he scored 83 and 55. Don’t expect scores in the 50s from McVeigh ever again. The week he scored this, Sydney replaced two tall backmen, with two short midfielders/backmen, causing McVeigh to fill an unknown role to him. But… McVeigh is back, scoring 99 and 100 in his last two.

McVeigh has only scored under 90 three times this year! One was a red vested 70, from half a game.

With a very nice draw to round out the season, McVeigh must be on everyone’s radar, and is extremely underpriced for what he is capable of.

Bulldogs

The Bulldogs’ easy run continues! Collingwood, Melbourne and Brisbane are some of the teams that they face. Their run isn’t extremely easy, but they don’t face, Richmond, Hawthorn and Sydney, which are by far the most restrictive teams in the competition.
Who do I recommend from the Bulldogs? Whose Haus? Dahl-Haus!

Luke Dahlhaus

People wrote Dahlhaus off after his poor patch of form between rounds 10-14, where he only averaged 76. Dahlhaus came storming back, recording a 94 and a whopping 132 against the Cats on the weekend. He’s gone down almost 50k in cash, and with a break even of 73, this week is the week to charge!

In fact, Dahlhaus was so good that he dropped below the hundred mark only twice before his bye, and one was an injury-affected score!

Think about it. Your only paying 480k for this guy. He has got an awesome DT fixture. Plus, he’s available as a mid/fwd.
Look at the above stat and keep that in your head when you go to buy Dahlhaus. Jet!
Take a chance to put faith into one of the above mentioned players, with only 7 rounds remaining before we say goodbye to one of the most unpredictable years in fantasy history.
@Benjodt