Tag Archives: MLS

Stats Summary – Week 23: Players’ home/away split

I love getting toward the end of the season because we have so much more data to make better conclusions from. We’ve talked a lot about how players score more points at home than they do away – about 25% more. Naturally, there’s variation in the split for individual players. Here’s a table that shows the difference between home and …

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MLSFI S2 Ep28: Round 23 Review & Round 24 Preview

Reid, Simon, Guy, & Mike take questions from the r/FantasyMLS community and Twitter as they preview week 24 of MLS Fantasy. There are plenty of debates about Valeri, Lodeiro, differentials, and more! It’s crunch time in the fantasy season, so get your prep here and hit us up on Twitter to share your opinions Enjoy! Links to items discussed Patreon …

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Boss’ Breakdown – Round 23

Round 23 had loads of goals, a tele-shoe celebration, and a rather long (24+hrs) weather delay! if you missed any thing, here are the FMLS talking points from each match. Vancouver Whitecaps (1) – (2) San Jose Earthquakes MOTM – Simon Dawkins ($8.5) 7pts San Jose’s DP Dawkins has been inconsistent throughout his career in MLS but his overall excellent …

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MLSFB 2016 Form Difficulty Charts – Round 24

Here are the Form Difficulty Charts – Round 24 of the 2016 MLS Fantasy season and form breakdown for Home and Away games from 2015 plus the first games of 2016. If you’re not familiar with these charts, I’ll explain below. One early warning, since these charts are based on team form, the accuracy may be off some until more games have …

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11th Hour Transfer Tips – 2016 Round 23

  We’re not far from the 2016 Round 23 kickoff. So if you still need to adjust your roster, now is the time to do it. To help with this, I have assembled a collection of tips from around the web that I hope people will find useful in your 11th Hour. MLS Fantasy Boss Posts: Round 23 Form Difficulty …

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MLS Injury News: Round 23

Who going to play? Who’s out injured? Who just needs to be rested? These are questions that all MLS Fantasy Manager fans have to deal with and the information we want is not always available as quickly as we like. Enter @MLSInjuryNews. Each week, Michael collects all the news he can from around the MLS world about who’s going to …

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Predictions and Power Rankings for 2016 Round 23

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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …

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Round 23 Punts and Differentials

After a MASSIVE DGW23, we have a bit of a DGW break until GW28. We also have a couple of bye’s coming up in GW25 for: COL,FCD,NYCFC,NYRB,PDX,RSL,SKC,VAN. There is also a bye in GW27 for: HOU,MTL,OCSC,RSL,SJ,SEA,SKC,TFC. RSL & SKC have a 2 bye weeks within a 2 week period, so make adjustments as needed! If you brought in Bono(11pts), Beitashour(14pts), …

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2016 Round 23 Captain Poll

It’s captain poll time for Round 23! Don’t forget, the transfer deadline is, today, Friday the 12th at 11:o0pm EST so be sure to get all of your trades in and captain set by then. There are several good captain options for this round, have you decided on yours yet? Well now is your chance to find out what others think and …

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