2022 - Round 10 : Probably Not Surprising

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If you’re a fan of close contests, you might want to look elsewhere this weekend, as only one of the nine contests is expected by the TAB bookmaker to be won by less than three goals.

Five of the contests carry handicaps of between 23.5 and a whopping 70.5 points, which has resulted in an all-game average expected victory margin of just under 27 points per game, which is both the highest for a single round this season, and the highest for a Round 10 since 2016.

Only the Friday game between the Blues and the Swans looks set to be anything but a comfortable win for the favourite.

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2022 - Team Ratings After Round 9

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A lot more stability in the team rankings this week, as Just seven teams moved places on MoSSBODS this week, and the same number moved places on MoSHBODS, which left them agreeing about which teams should be in 1st and 2nd, 10th and 13th, and 15th through 18th.Ten teams moved places on MoSSBODS this week, and nine did the same on MoSHBODS, leaving the two Systems agreeing only about which teams should be in 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th and 16th though disagreeing by no more than two places about the remaining 13 teams.

Melbourne and Geelong remain first and second, respectively, on both Systems.

Eleven teams are rated as above-average on MoSSBODS, and 10 teams on MoSHBODS.

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2022 - Round 9 : MoSHPlay Update

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UPDATE 2:45PM SUNDAY

MoSHPlay still favours the Giants, but now by only 7 points.

UPDATE 1PM SUNDAY

Fremantle by 7 points is MoSHPlay’s final opinion.

UPDATE 4PM SATURDAY

MoSHPlay finishes with the Cats winning by 4 points.

UPDATE 1PM SATURDAY

MoSHPlay now has the Tigers by 9 points.

UPDATE 7PM FRIDAY

MoSHPlay likes the Dogs even more now and is tipping them to win by 9 points.

UPDATE 7PM THURSDAY

MoSHPlay, for now, is the most extreme Margin Predictor in only two games, probably most notably in the GWS v Geelong game, where it has the Giants winning by 10 points.

2022 - Round 9 : Anchors, Away

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In what shapes as a challenging round for home team crowds, the TAB Bookmaker has installed away team favourites in eight of the nine games.

All but two of those favourites are expected to win by 10 points or more, and three of them by more than four goals, which has resulted in an all-game average expected victory margin of just over 21 points per game, which is both the second-highest for a single round this season, and the highest for a Round 9 since 2018.

And, if the current market trends are anything to go by, Round 9 might be even less competitive than these numbers would imply, since the latest average expected margin is about half a point a game higher.

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2022 - Round 8 : MoSHPlay Update

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UPDATE 12:45PM SUNDAY

MoSHPlay finishes at Melbourne by 12 points.

UPDATE 6:45PM SATURDAY

For the second time today, MoSHPlay has switched teams with the announcement of the final lists, this time to the Hawks by 1 point.

(That last one didn’t go so well …)

UPDATE 4PM SATURDAY

Cats by just 1 point now, according to MoSHPlay.

UPDATE 1PM SATURDAY

MoSHPlay has reconsidered its opinion about the Tigers v Pies clash now that the final teams are in, and has opted for the Pies by a whisker.

UPDATE 6:45PM FRIDAY

MoSHPlay has the Lions by 77 points (and is sticking with Port by 11 points).

UPDATE 7PM THURSDAY

MoSHPlay is the most extreme Margin Predictor in just two games - the first and last of the round. We’re still waiting for details of the teams in the Lions v Eagles game.

2022 - Round 8 : On The Line

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The TAB Bookmaker is forecasting some fairly unattractive scorelines this week, which has brought the all-game average expected victory margin in at just over 22 points per game, which is both the highest for a single round this season, and the highest for a Round 8 since 2017.

Driving that average up is the expected 7-goal victory margin in the Fremantle v North Melbourne game, and the expected 11-goal victory margin in the Brisbane Lions v West Coast game.

Preventing the average from going even higher are the four games that are expected to have victory margins of around two goals or less.

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2022 - Round 7 : MoSHPlay Update

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UPDATE 4PM SUNDAY

Swans by 10 points is MoSHPlay’s final view.

UPDATE 12:30PM SUNDAY

MoSHPlay has it now as Pies by 17 points.

UPDATE 6:45PM SATURDAY

Saints by 4 points and Carlton by 27 points, according to MoSHPlay.

UPDATE 1:15PM SATURDAY

Cats by 25 points, according to MoSHPlay.

UPDATE 7:30PM FRIDAY

MoSHPlay finishes at Tigers by 12 points.

UPDATE 7PM THURSDAY

MoSHPlay has gone with all nine favourites, but is the most extreme Predictor in four of the games.

2022 - Round 7 : The Lull

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The TAB Bookmaker has another broad range of expected margins this week, with a low of 2.5 points and a high of 29.5 points.

All but two of the contests have expected margins under three goals, which has resulted in an all-game average of 14.6 points per game, the lowest this season since Round 3, and the third-lowest for a Round 7 in the history that I have.

Only two games are expected to be won by more than 17 points: Melbourne over Hawthorn, and Carlton over North Melbourne.

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2022 - Round 6 : MoSHPlay Update

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UPDATE 2:45PM MONDAY

Pies by 10 points, according to MoSHPlay.

UPDATE 3:30PM SUNDAY

MoSHPlay has it as Brisbane Lions by 17 points.


UPDATE 4PM SATURDAY

Port by 35 points, according to MoSHPlay.

UPDATE 1:30PM SATURDAY

MoSHPlay ends up at Dogs by 18 points, which is the lowest forecasted margin of any of the MoS Margin Predictors.

UPDATE 7:15PM THURSDAY

Here are MoSHPlay’s first thoughts on the nine games in Round 6, making some assumptions about the likely final 23s for each team. MoSHPlay is the extreme Margin Predictor in only one game.